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Fractional Embedded Legal Counsel

Your legal team is good. Really good. They’re just stretched.

There’s a brand that needs coverage. A leave of absence that created a gap nobody planned for. A quarter where the volume of work simply outpaced the headcount. And the work still has to get done. At the same standard, with the same level of judgment, without creating more work for the people already at capacity.

If you’ve ever felt like you were just sticking gum in the leaks, that’s exactly what this engagement is designed to fix.

What This Is

Meredith personally oversees every team member placement, because the quality of the integration matters as much as the quality of the work. Lapis Legal attorneys engage as independent legal counsel. What you experience is a senior attorney who integrates quickly into your workflow, understands the pace and realities of in-house life sciences work, and brings the kind of judgment that means issues get caught early, work gets done right, and your attention stays where it belongs.

From the outside, it looks like seamless coverage. From the inside, it feels like a partner who was already there.

What It Looks Like in Practice

Fractional Embedded Legal Counsel engagements typically include:

  • Brand or franchise coverage across promotional and advertising review, MLR support, and commercial legal guidance
  • BD support, tech ops, R&D, contract drafting, negotiation, and management
  • FDA promotional compliance and healthcare fraud and abuse counseling day to day
  • Compliance program support and policy work
  • Cross-functional partnership with medical, regulatory, commercial, and marketing teams
  • Senior judgment that means issues get flagged early, before they become problems
We work alongside your existing outside counsel and subject matter experts where needed, and can manage those relationships as a natural extension of the team.

Who This Is For

This engagement is designed for established pharmaceutical, biopharma, biotech, and medical device companies whose in-house legal teams need experienced senior coverage that integrates without a learning curve.
  • A brand or franchise has outgrown current legal bandwidth and needs dedicated senior coverage.
  • A team member is on leave and the work hasn’t paused.
  • The pipeline grew faster than the headcount and something has to give — but it won’t be the quality of the legal work.
  • You’ve tried other options for day-to-day coverage before. It was unpredictable, often unreliable, slow, and required more time to manage than it saved.
If you need someone who can be immediately useful without being told how things work here — that’s this.

How It’s Structured

Fractional Embedded Legal Counsel engagements are structured as a monthly subscription or flat-fee arrangement, scoped to the coverage needed and the duration of the engagement. Short-term surge coverage and longer-term arrangements are both available. Engagements typically begin with a scoping conversation to align on coverage areas, integration points, and cadence, followed by an initial period to establish workflow with your team.

Stretched is not a sustainable plan.

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