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Corporate Counsel
An external General Counsel for businesses that don't yet need a full in-house team, and a force multiplier for businesses that do. Day-to-day commercial counsel, governance, and dispute prevention, built for the operating cadence of a growing enterprise.
What We Handle
Scope of Work
- ▸ Commercial contracts: MSAs, SLAs, NDAs, distribution, vendor, channel-partner agreements
- ▸ Corporate governance, board advisory, ROC and Companies Act compliance
- ▸ Regulatory work across FEMA, SEBI, RBI, and sector-specific regulators
- ▸ Employment, ESOP, and labour-law advisory at scale
- ▸ Receivables recovery, demand notices, and commercial arbitration
- ▸ Joint ventures, group restructuring, partnership documentation
- ▸ Annual or quarterly retainers with on-call counsel
- ▸ For M&A, capital structuring, and IBC matters, see our group brand Solvencis.
Who It's For
Privately-held SMEs, mid-market businesses, listed companies, and founder-led startups that need consistent, senior legal counsel without the cost of a full in-house team, or to extend an existing one across new jurisdictions.
How It Works
A Four-Stage Path to Clarity
- 01Scoping call
Matter brief, jurisdictional needs, board calendar, and the realities of your operating cadence.
- 02Engagement letter
Scope, fee structure, escalation paths, and SLA in writing before any work begins.
- 03Onboarding
Secure document handover, system access, identification of stakeholders and sign-off authorities.
- 04Retainer
Monthly drumbeat, quarterly business reviews with the leadership, year-end audit support.
Frequently Asked
Corporate Counsel, in Plain Answers.
The questions enterprise buyers, GCs, and procurement teams ask most before engaging on this practice.
Can LawCrust act as our outsourced General Counsel?
Yes. The "External GC" retainer is the most common engagement on this practice. It covers day-to-day commercial counsel, contract review, governance, regulatory work, and dispute prevention with a single named counsel, monthly drumbeat, and quarterly business reviews with leadership.
How is the retainer scoped?
The engagement letter defines a monthly hour-pack or matter-volume estimate, an escalation path, an SLA for routine work (typical contract turnaround: 48-72 hours), and a quarterly true-up if scope drifts. Most retainers run for 12-month terms with 90-day exit notice.
Do you handle ROC, FEMA, and SEBI filings?
Yes. Companies Act / ROC compliance, FEMA / RBI inbound-outbound investment filings, SEBI continuous-disclosure obligations for listed clients, plus sector-specific regulator interactions are all in scope. Filings are calendarised and tracked alongside matter work.
How does this practice differ from M&A and IBC consulting?
Day-to-day commercial counsel and dispute prevention live here at LawCrust. Strategic M&A advisory, deal structuring, valuation work, and IBC consulting at the parent-group level are delivered by our group brand Solvencis. The two work together on transactions: Solvencis on strategy and structuring; LawCrust on diligence, drafting, regulatory approvals, and integration.
Can you handle multiple group-company entities under one retainer?
Yes. Most enterprise retainers cover the parent and a defined set of subsidiaries / SPVs. Cross-entity matters (intra-group transfers, ESOP roll-out, intercompany agreements) are handled inside the retainer; new entity inclusion is added by an engagement-letter addendum.
More general questions on engagement, security, and procurement live on the FAQ page.
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Send Us Your Matter.
A short note about scope and jurisdiction is enough for us to size the engagement on the first call. We respond within one business day.