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LS In-house

LS In-house is our flexible resourcing service.

Designed for businesses with an existing inhouse employment or commercial law resource who sometimes need extra support, we provide experienced employment lawyers, commercial/ IP lawyers and paralegals to help deal with a surge of work, a large project or provide cover for an existing team member’s absence.

Our team of LS In-house lawyers have all worked inhouse for a broad spectrum of companies and industries, undertaking UK and EMEA wide roles. They combine specialist legal expertise with deep inhouse experience of supporting internal stakeholders. They are experts in their field, with the commercial awareness, experience and practical problem-solving skills to help your business exactly when you need it. Our team has wide reaching expertise including employment, technology, data, commercial, IP and regulatory advice.

Our LS In-house lawyers are fully integrated into our award-winning practices, with the ability to tap into our wider team’s knowledge bank and with full access to our large programme of internal training. They undergo a rigorous selection process to ensure they have the legal and commercial experience to become a key part of your team.

Our lawyers are highly experienced, flexible and can work in the way that suits your business, whether full time or part time, on location or virtually, fixed or variable hours or any other way of fitting in with your work patterns and requirements. Click here to view the team.

Clients who use this service say:

[LS In-house is] every bit as good as we'd have expected ….
We used LS In-house recently to cover a period of peak demand. We interviewed a host of different candidates and managed to secure a great fit for our role. Onboarding was simple and the candidate herself really hit the ground running and became “part of the team” for the duration of her time with us. Having a network back into Lewis Silkin was really great for cross-checking wider market positions too. LS In-house will be our first port of call if we need someone to step in quickly to support again.
Global professional services firm
LS In-house quickly provided a candidate with exactly the right background who was able to slot into the team and pick up the workload with minimal training. The LS In-house lawyer became a valued member of the team. I fully expect to use the LS In-house service again when the need arises..
Multinational financial services corporation

LS In-house GC

We can provide clients with General Counsel support on a particular project/strategic change. We can also offer you a senior legal consultant on an ongoing basis within your business, providing assistance or as your dedicated part-time or interim General Counsel, providing a longer term, integrated relationship, so your consultant can really get to know you and your business and provide commercial, pragmatic and insightful solutions. All of our senior consultant lawyers have extensive inhouse experience of working with high level stakeholders and supporting complex projects.

Whether you are a General Counsel needing some senior experienced support on a new project or strategic change, or a CEO/ COO/ CFO looking to bring on a part time or interim General Counsel, we can be flexible and work in the way that suits you. We can also help with a wide range of bespoke scenarios such as structuring new activity or conducting audits, whilst always adding value including by identifying risks and opportunities, or developing processes and policies.

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