Give legal
an owner.
TrueGC is ongoing general counsel for organizations with real legal work and no in-house legal team.
WHEN LEGAL HAS NO INTERNAL OWNER
The legal issues are connected. The people handling them often are not.
An agreement can become a delivery issue. An AI decision can raise privacy and IP questions. A transaction can change governance and compliance obligations at once.
Agreements & Transactions
Agreements, financings, alliances, acquisitions, and restructurings pull several legal workstreams together.
Technology, AI & Data
Data, AI, systems, vendors, and digital products create linked operational and legal choices.
IP & Privacy
Ownership, licensing, data use, and information obligations shape how the organization operates.
Board & Governance
Boards and leaders need clear authority, records, approvals, and decisions.
Regulatory & Compliance
Legal obligations, investigations, reporting, and remediation rarely stay isolated.
One owner holds every thread.
TrueGC connects the dots, keeps ownership clear, and holds one legal picture in view.
HOW TRUEGC WORKS
An outside general counsel should do more than wait for assignments.
TrueGC stays available, thinks ahead, keeps priorities current, and gives every legal question a clear owner.
Ownership & access
One accountable senior counsel owns the legal picture. Agreed leadership contacts can call or email, and new questions are assessed, prioritized, and assigned without opening a new engagement each time.
Priorities & legal systems
Regular legal-priorities meetings keep leadership current. TrueGC maintains the templates, records, approval rules, processes, and recurring work that allow the legal function to keep moving.
Proactive oversight
We learn the business, stay alert to what is changing, keep the team current, and raise issues while there is still time to address them well.
Escalation & specialized counsel
A defined response and escalation process makes the next step clear. When a larger matter or another specialist is needed, TrueGC helps scope, select, direct, and coordinate the work while remaining the legal owner.
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BUILT FROM INSIDE THE ROLE
Designed around what leadership actually needs from a GC.
TrueGC was built by a former General Counsel and former Chief Executive who has spent decades working with executive teams, boards, business leaders, and outside law firms from both sides of the relationship.
That experience shaped a different model for outside legal counsel: not simply someone to call when a matter appears, but someone who understands the organization, exercises judgment about what deserves attention, and remains accountable for what happens next.
STARTING TRUEGC
Start with something useful, not a leap of faith.
You should not have to commit to an ongoing general counsel relationship before we understand your organization or you understand how we work.
01
Start with a conversation.
Tell us what is landing on leadership, how legal work is being handled, and where the friction is. We will tell you whether TrueGC is likely to fit.
02
Complete the Assessment & Roadmap.
We learn the business, review recurring needs, identify immediate priorities, and define what an appropriate ongoing legal function should look like.
03
Decide whether to continue.
We recommend what the organization needs. If TrueGC makes sense, we move forward. If it does not, you keep the assessment and roadmap to use however you choose.
A clear picture before any ongoing commitment.
The assessment turns what we learn into a working plan you can use with or without TrueGC.
Your current legal landscape
Immediate priorities requiring attention
A 60-to-90-day legal roadmap
A recommended recurring scope for TrueGC
Legal systems and processes needing attention
Larger projects to plan separately
COMMON QUESTIONS
Questions before you start.
Is TrueGC just a block of prepaid legal hours?
No. TrueGC is built around responsibility for the legal function, not the purchase of a certain number of lawyer hours. We agree in advance on the recurring work appropriate for the organization, while calls, emails, ongoing judgment, anticipation, and proactive oversight remain part of the relationship.
What happens when something big comes up?
We identify larger matters early and scope them separately before the work begins. When specialized counsel is needed, TrueGC remains the legal owner and helps select, direct, and coordinate that work.
Will you actually raise issues with us, or do we still have to know when to call?
Yes. Thinking ahead is part of the job. We learn the business, stay alert to what is changing, and raise issues that deserve attention while there is still time to address them well.
What if we complete the assessment and decide TrueGC is not right for us?
You keep the assessment and roadmap and can use them however you choose. There is no requirement to continue into an ongoing TrueGC relationship.
QUESTIONS TO EXPLORE
Is outside counsel the right fit?
Understand the role, compare counsel models, and consider what ongoing legal support would mean for your organization.
READY WHEN YOU ARE
Legal does not need to keep landing on your desk.
Start with a conversation. We will learn how legal is working today, tell you whether TrueGC can improve it, and explain what the next step would look like.