In-house legal consultancy services for growing UK businesses.

Six dedicated services cover the legal work that slows down businesses turning over 50 million to 200 million pounds: contracts, privacy, governance, training and the legal ops that sit behind them all.

In-house legal consultancy Retained from £1,000 to £5,000 a month Optimised with Claude

Service mix

Fractional counsel

Ongoing, embedded legal support.

AI training

Claude for faster drafting and review.

Contracts

Negotiation, review and playbooks.

Privacy & governance

UK GDPR and board-level support.

Legal consultancy, not a law firm.

We are lawyers with years of experience, but Adaptable Legal Counsel is a legal consultancy rather than an LLP. That means different insurance and a leaner operating model, and we pass the saving on to you through a retainer instead of hourly billing.

Consultancy, not LLP

Lower overhead than a traditional law firm structure.

Optimised with Claude

Faster drafting and review, without losing legal judgement.

Retained from £1,000 to £5,000 a month

A predictable budget instead of open-ended invoices.

We learn your business

Legal advice grounded in your actual commercial strategy.

Applied to the sectors we know best.

Every service on this page is shaped by direct experience in marketing and events agencies, recruitment agencies and SaaS businesses.

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Delivery model

Flexible by design.

Project based

Best for contract templates, privacy packs or one-off legal ops projects.

Retained counsel

Best for recurring contract volume and day-to-day support, from £1,000 to £5,000 a month.

Common service questions.

How is this different from a law firm retainer?+
We are a legal consultancy, not an LLP. We are qualified, experienced lawyers, insured for business and consultancy advice, which keeps cost well below a typical law firm while still giving you senior legal judgement.
Can services be combined under one retainer?+
Yes. Most clients combine contract negotiation, privacy review and governance support under one retained arrangement, typically priced between 1,000 and 5,000 pounds a month.
Do you work with businesses across Berkshire, Sussex and London?+
Yes. We serve clients on site across Berkshire and Sussex, with remote and ad hoc support in London, and remote support for UK businesses elsewhere.