Writing on the commercial legal function for European scale-ups.
One substantive article a month. No listicles, no hot takes. Frameworks and numbers you can actually use.
01Launch series
Six pieces, in order.
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When should a European scale-up hire a General Counsel?A decision framework — thresholds, signals, and when a fractional GC is the better fit than a full-time hire.
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The real cost of a European General CounselWhat scale-ups don't budget for: loaded-cost breakdown by country (London, Zurich, Amsterdam, Stockholm).
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03
Managing legal across multiple European jurisdictions without a teamA playbook for scale-up operators running the legal function themselves.
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Fractional vs interim vs part-time General CounselWhat actually differs — and which one you probably need.
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How to cut external counsel spend by 30% without losing qualityContrarian and practical: scoping, fee challenges, and what to stop paying for.
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06
Contract operations for Series B scale-upsWhat good looks like: templates, playbooks, obligation tracking, approval thresholds.
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