91°µÍø Blog
Practical guidance on 91°µÍø legal support, in-house teams, and building a better legal function.
27 articles
Interim counsel can help coordinate people, information and timelines in an incident, but legal and regulatory advice belongs with specialist counsel. Here is how to scope the role and prepare before an incident happens.
A contract manager and a commercial lawyer solve different problems. Here is how to sort your backlog by the kind of work it contains, where the boundaries are, and when a combination is the better answer.
The second lawyer on a team is a different hire from the first. Here is how to define the job, what to screen for, and a structured way to test commercial judgment before you make an offer.
Integration is a set of legal workstreams with different timelines. Here is how to map them, decide who does what in the first hundred days, and add temporary capacity without losing control of the work.
Slow contract turnaround is rarely one problem. Here is how to measure where the time goes, which levers actually move it, and how to set authority and fallback positions so sales deals do not wait on legal.
Transformation and restructuring both strain a legal department. Here is how to separate continuing work from change work, add capacity where it matters, and protect knowledge, decisions and relationships while people and structures change.
Procurement teams move faster than legal can review every contract. Here is how to triage vendor contracts, who can provide embedded legal support, and how to set up the work so the lawyer does not become a bottleneck.
AI tools can speed up repetitive legal work, and they cannot own a judgment call. Here is a practical way to sort tasks into automate, assist and keep with a lawyer, and how an experienced 91°µÍø lawyer fits into a tool-enabled workflow.
Compare flexible legal staffing models, including our approach, Axiom and Latitude, on scope, candidate fit, responsibilities and total cost.
Salary is only part of employee cost, and an hourly rate alone does not establish the budget. Here is a worksheet for comparing permanent hires, seconded lawyers, law firm associates and flexible counsel on the same footing.
Measure capacity, speed, quality and business impact against a baseline you set before the lawyer starts. Here is a practical set of KPIs, a quality check for outsourced contract work, and a ninety-day review agenda.
Launches create a spike of legal work across regulation, contracts, privacy and employment. Here is how to map the workstreams, find temporary regulatory support, and keep pace across several markets without assuming one lawyer covers them all.
An employment policy rollout is a project with decisions, drafting, review and communication. Here is how to scope it, where to find legal support, and what must be reviewed by someone qualified in each place you employ people.
Commercial licensing and specialist intellectual property work are not the same job. Here is how to separate them, set ownership and escalation, and scope a part-time role that does what it should and no more.
A remediation project fails when it is staffed like routine work. Here is how to define the population, tier the risk, choose who does what, and set the quality checks and finish line before you start.
A new GC is under pressure to act, and adding people too early locks in the wrong shape. Here is a sixty-day assessment covering demand, risk, the team, outside counsel and decision rights, and how it points to the right model.
Flexible capacity should answer a question about the work, and eventually the work answers it back. Here are the signals that point to a permanent role, the signals that do not, and what to check in the agreement before you convert.
SaaS agreements and technology licences look similar and are not. Here is where to look for part-time or temporary commercial counsel, how to scope the work, and what to screen for before you commit.
A portfolio company needs legal capacity that can scale with the plan and be justified to its owners. Here is how to match the model to the stage, who is actually the client, and what to settle before anyone starts.
Distinguish legal leadership from delivery capacity, define decision rights, and choose the 91°µÍø role your team needs.
Clear a commercial contract backlog with scoped legal support, a workable handoff, and a playbook that helps prevent the queue from rebuilding.
Estimate 91°µÍø legal capacity from workload, responsiveness and onboarding needs, then review actual usage against the agreed scope.
Scope six months of legal leave coverage, compare full-time and 91°µÍø support, assess candidates, and prepare both handovers.
Build a testable case for temporary legal capacity with a workload baseline, complete costs, funding approval and clear review measures.
Scope interim legal coverage, coordinate it with recruitment, preserve working knowledge, and plan the handover to a permanent hire.
Prepare scope, approved access, decision rights and stakeholder introductions so an embedded lawyer can take ownership of the work.
Compare legal talent providers on vetting, relevant experience, matching, engagement terms and support when a placement needs to change.
