In-house legal consultancy pricing

Retainers from £1,000 to £5,000 a month.

Pricing is designed to match how scaling businesses actually buy legal support: fixed projects for defined work, a monthly retainer for ongoing needs, and ad hoc support when the workload is lighter.

Project based Monthly retained counsel Sussex & London

What affects pricing

Volume

How many matters, contracts or support hours are likely to land.

Complexity

Routine paper and playbooks scope differently from strategic negotiations.

Turnaround

Urgency affects the support model and prioritisation.

Integration level

Embedded, recurring support is structured differently from one-off projects.

Pricing models

Choose the model that matches the legal workload.

Project based

Defined scope, fixed outcome.

Best for contract template updates, privacy policy review, governance clean-up and focused legal ops projects.

Clear scope and deliverables
Useful for one-off initiatives
Works well for document frameworks and reviews

Retained counsel

£1,000 to £5,000 a month.

Best for recurring contract review and negotiation support, governance input and legal decision-making throughout the month.

Compare scope and capacity in our fractional legal counsel cost guide.

Most efficient for repeat workload
Closer integration with leadership and commercial teams
The experience of in-house counsel without the overhead of an employee

Ad hoc

Flexible support for lighter demand.

Best when legal queries arise occasionally and a full retained arrangement would be premature.

Useful for intermittent legal input
Good for smaller businesses building toward a regular model
Can evolve into retained support as volume grows

Why it costs less

A consultancy model, not a law firm.

We are qualified, experienced lawyers, but Adaptable Legal Counsel is a legal consultancy rather than an LLP. That structure changes how we are insured and reduces overhead, and the saving is passed to you through a fixed monthly retainer rather than open-ended billing. The same model applies across all six services and every sector we support.

Clarity

A known model for a known type of workload.

Flexibility

Scope can evolve with the business rather than locking into a fixed team structure.

Commercial alignment

Support is calibrated around business priorities, not just time recording.

FAQs

Pricing FAQ.

How much does in-house legal consultancy cost?+

Retained support typically costs between 1,000 and 5,000 pounds a month, depending on contract volume, complexity and how embedded the support needs to be.

Why is this cheaper than a law firm?+

Adaptable Legal Counsel operates as a legal consultancy rather than an LLP. We are qualified, experienced lawyers, insured differently for business and consultancy advice, which removes much of the overhead a law firm carries.

What pricing models are available?+

Adaptable Legal Counsel offers project-based pricing, monthly retained counsel arrangements and ad hoc support depending on the client's needs.

Regulatory status

Important information about how our services are regulated

Adaptable Legal Counsel is an unregulated legal services business. It is not authorised or regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

No statement on this website should be read as saying that Adaptable Legal Counsel is authorised or regulated by the SRA. The regulatory status of any individual adviser will be confirmed separately where relevant before engagement.

We provide non-reserved legal services only. We do not conduct litigation, exercise rights of audience, carry out reserved conveyancing, probate or notarial work, administer oaths, provide immigration advice, claims management services or regulated financial services, or hold client money.

SRA compulsory minimum terms insurance and the SRA Compensation Fund do not apply to Adaptable Legal Counsel. Before engagement we explain our insurance arrangements, complaints process and any complaint routes that apply to the work.