Type of client: Inhouse legal support | Industry: Sport – soccer | Employees: 200-300. Request: An A-League team required a lawyer to support their legal team whilst their general counsel was on maternity leave to provide assistance with general commercial, consumer law, information technology, privacy and sponsorship matters. How we helped: We provided a lawyer for 9 months, 2 days per week flexibly across the week, with 2 half days in the office to support the other lawyer in the client’s legal department. Our lawyer was replaced by another lawyer while she was on annual leave creating a seamless experience for the client during a busy time finalising sponsorship deals before the beginning of the season.

Technology – Big Data | Your Outsourced Legal Team | Employees: 10-20  Request: A client with an in-demand software product required urgent assistance in negotiating their licensing arrangements with large international companies to ensure that their valuable IP was protected. How we helped: We provided immediate assistance in the negotiation of multiple agreements.  Our team has subsequently supported the client on an ongoing basis to negotiate further service and licensing agreements and review existing employment and contractor arrangements to identify areas of risk.  We prepare standard terms to help streamline our client’s engagements with their customers and ensure they spend less time negotiating agreements and more time on developing their software and building customer relationships.

Technology – For Good | Fixed term retainer | Employees 20-30 Request: A client with an innovative online platform and mobile app required legal assistance in relation to raising funds for its business from a variety of investors located both in Australia and overseas. How we helped: Our team provided legal support for a fixed monthly cost based on the anticipated date for completion and a percentage of the value of the transaction.  This ensured our team could be available to assist with all requirements of the deal and prepare the necessary agreements and other documentation, whilst sharing some risk with the client on the value successfully raised. We were able to guide our client through commercial negotiations with their investors, and ensure that its regulatory requirements and obligations to its existing shareholders were being met. Our client successfully raised the funds required to help it move on to its next stage of business growth.

Type of client: Your outsourced legal team | Industry: Property – co-working |  Employees: 30-50. Request: A client that owns and runs co-working spaces was growing quickly and needed assistance with licence negotiations, trade marks, fundraising and employment issues. How we helped: We drafted the client’s initial licence terms and instructed property specialists in the negotiation of leases as the client expanded to new sites.  Our team subsequently supported the client on a fixed-term retainer to raise series A funding.  We continue to support the client with licensing, employment and contractor arrangements and disputes as well as assisting with registration and enforcement of its trade mark portfolio and company secretarial matters. We continue to refine their standard terms to help streamline our client’s engagements with their customers and ensure they spend less time negotiating licences and more time investing in customer experiences.

Type of client: Inhouse legal support | Industry: Automotive | Employees: 1000-2000. Request: A large multinational client from the automotive industry required lawyers to supplement their existing department of 7-10 lawyers and provide assistance with general commercial, corporate, consumer law, information technology, privacy and advertising matters. How we helped: We provided lawyers who could fit into the client’s legal department seamlessly with the support of the rest of our team.  Over the past 9 years, 7 of our lawyers have joined the client’s department for periods of between 3 to 18 months for between 2 and 5 days. One of our lawyers managed the client’s department for 9 months when they had difficulty recruiting a replacement. Although our lawyers are usually part-time, they provide their time flexibly across the week to keep matters moving, can be replaced during periods of annual leave and have the support of our entire team. This means they spend less of the client’s general counsel’s time and relieve the pressure on the client’s legal department as a whole.