Your Fractional General Counsel
GenCounsel fills that void for emerging or growing companies that increasingly need legal support but can’t justify hiring a full-time staff attorney or expanding their legal department. Our highly experienced business lawyers can serve as virtual in-house counsel for an important project or as outside general counsel at an affordable fixed rate.
The GenCounsel Advantage
GenCounsel is an innovative and dynamic business services platform providing value to business leaders and seasoned in-house counsel. Our experienced legal executives support the planning and execution of contracts, transactions and strategic ventures under a managed cost model.
Our core clients are small and midsize enterprises in the Philly area that either do not have legal departments or have in-house counsel that is constantly overburdened. GenCounsel also serves larger companies whose legal departments seek additional brainpower or niche experience on long-term or project bases.
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A Background In Business Development And Corporate Counsel
The lead attorneys of GenCounsel have been bankers, entrepreneurs, executives and senior associates at business law firms, so they bring real-world business and financial sense to your endeavors. They also have more than a decade of relevant experience as in-house counsel and outside general counsel to numerous multimillion-dollar corporations.
Our members possess the skill sets and comprehensive experience to address commercial contracting, intellectual property, raising capital, employment, regulatory, corporate governance, mergers and acquisitions, litigation management and more. GenCounsel clients span every industry, from health care and life sciences to manufacturing and software as a service (SaaS).
“Down The Hall And Available To All”
A key differentiator for GenCounsel is that we can situate an attorney on-site at your offices for a contracted period. This gives management and key employees real-time access to legal counsel and helps us to help you by gaining a firsthand understanding of your operations and personnel. It’s the best of both worlds – literal in-house counsel while you are working through a major initiative without the long-term investment. Our clients come to view our on-site professionals as insightful strategists and vital members of their team.
Partnering For Success
Our GenCounsel attorney is a very experienced lawyer with a deep knowledge of corporate finance, SEC reporting, and regulatory matters related to healthcare and life sciences businesses. We have worked closely together as colleagues and with him as a trusted legal advisor. He has consistently demonstrated his keen legal knowledge and ability to think and analyze as much as a businessperson as a thoughtful and experienced lawyer.”
Meet Our Team
Kevin L. Hicks
John E. Parker
Flexible Terms Tailored To Your Business Needs
We provide a palette of options suited to any budget. Our lawyers typically work on a fixed monthly retainer well below the traditional hourly rate of law firms. Some clients opt to prepay for a mutually agreed number of hours per month while other companies enlist our team on an hourly or project basis as needed.
Sophisticated And Integrated Legal Counsel Without The Investment Of A Permanent Hire