Back
GLS General Counsel™
A world class GC with the backing of a global law firm
The Problem
Your business has grown rapidly and you now need real strategic leadership from your legal function. You need a blue chip General Counsel.
Related challenges include needing someone who:
- knows your business inside and out
- understands your industry and overall operating context
- consistently demonstrates good judgement
- talks like a businessman, not a lawyer
- your business will be happy to deal with
- can remain humble - even when your business does not agree
- can demonstrate ownership and leadership in equal measure
- is a master of management and delegation
- can perform miracles with finite legal resources
- has competency across a broad range of vital legal areas
You know a world-class GC can meet these challenges. Wouldn’t it be good if you could access such a world class GC but without the full-time cost?
The GLS Solution
GLS General Counsel™ gives you access to your own world class GC on a part-time basis allowing you to benefit from a top tier, in-house, legal function but without the full-time cost.
Not only does GLC General Counsel™ give you access to a world-class GC, it also provides you with access to a range of resources that go well beyond what is available to most in-house teams, without any extra cost to you.
GLC General Counsel™ provides an ecosystem-specific, tailored, legal leadership and resourcing solution that can operate on a “plug n play” basis or bring leadership to existing but more junior legal resources.
All our GLS General Counsel™ resources are drawn from a unique pool of lawyers who have both leading private practice pedigree and have also served as actual GCs at major blue chip organisations.
Problem solved.
Solution Deliverables
| People: | All our resources are experienced professionals with at least 10PQE and have previously served as Heads of Legal, Chief Legal Officers or General Counsel. |
| Scalable: | Choose how many days per week equivalent representation that you would like. |
Legal Dept. Infrastructure: | Your GLS General Counsel™ will be able to utilise the GLS Group Legal Policy (more than US$100,000 worth of policy infrastructure). |
| Attachment Rights: | Your GLS General Counsel™ serves as your own Head of Legal and you are entitled to refer to GLS Law as your engaged law firm. |
| Precedent Empowered: | Access, without additional charge, to the GLS Essential 15 Templates (worth US$15,000). |
| Network Empowered: | Your in-house lawyer will be able to access the collegiate network of every GLS lawyer globally making them highly empowered. |
| Onsite Attendance: | Your in-house counsel is available for both on-site and offsite engagement with minimum levels of mandatory contact time. |
| Global Reach: | Your in-house lawyer can access the resources and support of the GLS Group wherever we operate globally. |
| Discounted Rates: | You will be entitled to a discount of 10% for any legal work that you require from GLS Law Firm should that need arise (e.g. litigation, etc). |
Solution SLA Options and US$ Pricing
| Column one | Column two | Column three | Column four | Column five |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| SLA | Pricing | |||
| Basic | 2 Days Per Month | $3,000 | ||
| Standard | 5 Days Per Month | $7,000 | ||
| Advanced | 10 Days Per Month | $15,000 | ||
| Complete | Full-Time | $35,000 |
GLS RPLV Legal Operations Score
This solution’s GLS RPLV impact score:
| Resource Status: | Specialist | Repeater | Formative |
| Ease of Implementation: | Complex | Average | Easy |
| Value Demonstration/Visibility: | Low | Medium | High |
| Productivity Leverage Profile: | Low | Medium | High |
| IHL Line Optimisation: | Single | Multiple | All Lines |
IHL Critical Function Optimisation Targets
This solution enhances performance across the following critical in-house functions:
In-House Legal: Critical Functions / Processes
General Counsel
Human Capital
Legal Operations
GLS has identified 15 critical in-house processes/functions that are present in every world-class legal department. To learn what these functions are, their composition and how they interrelate to deliver efficient legal team performance outcomes - visit here.
