Fractional General Counsel
The science is working. The investors are in. The path to market is real. And somewhere between the board meeting and the regulatory strategy conversation, it became clear: you need a lawyer. Not a firm you call when something breaks. A trusted legal advisor who understands your business, knows this industry from the inside, and can help you build the right foundation before you need it.
This isn’t a retainer for occasional questions. It’s executive-level legal leadership embedded in your business. Meredith leads the engagement, with support from her team as needed. Part of your leadership team, understands your pipeline, and gives you the kind of ongoing strategic guidance that anticipates issues before they become urgent.
What It Looks Like in Practice
Fractional GC engagements typically include:
- Ongoing legal and regulatory strategy at the executive level
- FDA promotional and advertising compliance as you approach commercialization
- Healthcare fraud and abuse counseling: AKS, FCA, and the operational decisions that create exposure before anyone realizes it
- Commercial contracting, vendor agreements, and partnership structures
- Compliance program design and infrastructure build
- Board and investor-facing legal support, including board-ready materials and governance guidance.
And the steady, senior presence that means your leadership team always has someone in their corner who understands the full picture, including knowing when to bring in outside counsel or subject matter experts, and how to manage them effectively when we do.
Who This Is For
This engagement is designed for pre-commercial and early commercial pharmaceutical, biopharma, biotech, and medical device companies that:
- Have hit a meaningful milestone — an IND filing, a Series B, a partnership agreement, a first commercial hire — and realized the legal complexity has outpaced the current infrastructure.
- Are preparing for commercialization and need someone who has done this before, multiple times, across multiple therapeutic areas.
- Want executive-level legal judgment without adding permanent headcount before the business is ready to support it.
If you’re not sure whether you need this, that uncertainty is usually the answer.
How It’s Structured
Fractional GC engagements are structured as a monthly retainer, scoped to your business and adjusted as it evolves. Engagements typically begin with a scoping conversation to align on priorities, followed by an initial 90-day period to establish rhythm and integrate with your team. From there, scope and cadence are reviewed regularly to make sure the engagement keeps pace with the business.
Ready to talk about what this could look like for your company?