Job Description
What if you could earn more than a full-time General Counsel without the internal politics, fixed salary ceiling, or executive treadmill?
To be considered for an interview, please make sure your application is full in line with the job specs as found below.
We are helping experienced in-house lawyers in Southampton explore the fractional General Counsel business model.
This is for senior lawyers who already advise founders, boards, executives, or leadership teams and are starting to wonder whether their skill set could become a high-value retained advisory practice of their own.
Not a traditional employed role.
Not a blind leap into business.
A supported pathway into self-employment with structure, credibility, and business development support around you.
What You’ll Receive
- 100% of revenue paid directly to you
Flexible contract structure
Remote-first model
Support to build a portfolio of retained clients
A proven process to go from 1 retained client to 3+ over time
Business Development Support from The SELL Life
You receive:
- Personalised strategy to position yourself as a retained strategic advisor
Frameworks for packaging fractional GC services into monthly retainers
Support to identify and approach the right client market
Referral network of other self-employed lawyers
Vendor discounts and member benefits that rival large firms
Courses, templates, and playbooks for scaling a portfolio practice
Live sessions to solve business development bottlenecks
Who This Is For
Senior in-house lawyers who:
- Are already operating as strategic business partners
Want more upside than a fixed executive salary
Prefer influence over internal hierarchy
Are confident advising founders, boards, executives, or business owners
Want autonomy but do not want to build everything from scratch
The Result
Experienced counsel who move into fractional work can:
- Replace or exceed their corporate salary
Work across several growth-focused businesses
Build long-term retained client relationships
Create a practice that belongs entirely to them
This is not a traditional role where we take a big % for introducing a client to you.
It is an opportunity to explore whether your in-house legal experience could become your own high-value portfolio practice without any need for middlemen or secondment agencies. xwwtmva
Next Step
Apply confidentially.