At Deep Blue, we offer both through our GC On Demand and Legal On Demand services. These are flexible, fast-to-deploy solutions tailored to your stage, your risk profile, and your budget.
Both models are adaptable, and they can serve different needs. Here’s what you need to know:
What’s the Difference?
Fractional Legal Support
A part-time lawyer - often a former GC or senior in-house counsel - who integrates with your team and supports you over the long term. Typically 10-20 hours per week.
- Ideal for: Ongoing legal needs when you don’t have headcount for a full-time hire.
- Profile: Strategic, senior, and commercially minded
- Length: 6+ months, flexible and scalable
- Structure: An on-demand. flexible solution
You get continuity, strategic input, and legal support that scales with your business.
Interim Legal Support
A full-time legal professional for an agreed timeframe - covering a specific absence, workload spike, or urgent need.
- Ideal for: Parental leave, team gaps, special projects, or transactions
- Profile: Plug-and-play in-house lawyers from senior level to GC
- Length: 3–12 months (or longer if needed)
- Structure: Usually 3-5 days per week
You get a quick injection of legal resource to cover a defined gap.
Why It Matters
Legal hiring isn’t always linear. Sometimes you need high-calibre support fast, without locking in a long-term hire. Other times, you need someone strategic, but not full-time.
That’s why we built GC On Demand and Legal On Demand - to help founders, COOs, and legal leaders access flexible legal talent at every stage of growth.
Need legal support but not sure what format works best?
Let’s talk through the options - and introduce you to experienced lawyers who’ve done this before.
Explore GC On Demand and Legal On Demand with Deep Blue.
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