Outsourced general counsel

If you’re not ready to take on an in-house lawyer, as your business grows we can provide you with the support you need with our outsourced general counsel service.

Whether it’s corporate policies, fundraising, product development or licensing, disputes or employee matters, you can simply outsource your legal matters and we’ll ensure you’re on the right track.

We're the legal advisers behind some of the UK’s most successful technology organisations. With a dedicated relationship manager, and one point of call, we’ll ensure the right expertise is brought at the right time to steer you through.

Benefits of using our service

Legal support at the end of the phone as and when you need it.
Dedicated relationship manager who knows you and your business.
Bringing in the right expertise at the right time.
Helping you make strategic decisions now that will set you up for later growth, investment or divestment.
Access to our extensive networks, particularly investors.
Access to international markets – we're part of a trusted international best friend network across 119 jurisdictions.
Knowledge workshops, events and networking opportunities.

What do others say?

Working with Mills and Reeve has been a refreshing experience. The team made it easy for us to understand what we needed to know and enable us to be confident in taking the next steps in building the services and products we provide, including Myclinic.com.
Dr Abdullah Albeyatti, CEO and Co-Founder

Our clients

Corporate deals

We've supported many companies on their structuring, fundraising, contracts, and policy over their lifecycle up to acquisition, including:

DeepMind (AI) - sold to Google for $500million
Grapeshot (brand and campaign management technology) - sold to Oracle for $325million
Monoidics (code verification software) – sold to Facebook
Firmstep (Government IT transformation services provider) – sold to US corporate Granicus

Wellola - Europe's leading patient facing platform providers

We've worked with Wellola to develop its licensing and support model, as well as contract terms, for its secure Enterprise Portal (Portasana), together with data protection and privacy notices for patients and medical practitioners.

Wellola is one of Europe's leading patient facing platform providers offering video consultations, online assessments, appointments bookings, and secure messaging.

Speechmatics - Autonomous speech recognition provider

We've worked with Speechmatics on a range of contract and policy/process issues as it scales-up its business, including refreshing its standard terms for new licensing models and helping design intra-company arrangements with its subsidiaries.

Speechmatics has developed a number of autonomous speech recognition solutions, which help major media and broadcasting outlets to manage their content streams.

Formpipe - Leading provider of document management solutions to the banking and financial sector

We've worked closely with the team at Formpipe to develop internal processes for contract management and negotiation, advising on a new suite of standard contracts for different products and markets, as well as helping to develop corporate policies on privacy and security, modern slavery, and anti-bribery.

Formpipe is one of Europe’s leading providers of document management solutions to the banking and financial sector.

Gearset - A leader in DevOps solutions for Salesforce

We've supported Gearset (a leader in DevOps solutions for Salesforce) since its spin-out from software company Redgate. This included initial company set-up needs, such as company loan arrangements, business premises leases, standard employment contracts and an employee share option scheme. We also provided day to day support on negotiations with customers and general employment and immigration issues.