How is this different from hiring a law firm?
Law firms are reactive by design. They wait for something to go wrong, then engage — formally, expensively, and usually too late to prevent the damage. Their instinct is combat: contracts designed to trap people, disputes resolved by whoever fights hardest.
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What I do is the opposite. I'm proactive, not reactive. I sit alongside your leadership team, think about the plan, and identify what's coming before it becomes a problem.
And when issues do arise, my instinct is always to find the fastest, least damaging path forward, not to escalate to formal legal process.
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Your law firm handles the legal battles. I help make sure you rarely need to have them.
How is this different from other fractional GC services?
Most fractional GC services are operational: they handle the day-to-day legal workload your business can't manage alone. That's useful, but it's reactive. It keeps the legal inbox under control. It doesn't protect the plan.
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What I do is strategic and forward-looking. I'm not here to manage your contracts or handle your legal admin. I'm here to scan the horizon, identify what could derail your plan, and make sure your business is robust enough to handle whatever arrives. All without losing momentum.
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Twenty years as a GC across some of the UK's most ambitious businesses means I've seen what actually derails plans. That experience is what I bring to every engagement.
What if Horizon or Radar surfaces problems I wasn't expecting?
That's kinda the point! And it's less frightening than it sounds.
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The goal is never to produce a list of everything that could theoretically go wrong. It's to give you a clear, prioritised picture of what actually matters, what the realistic options are, and what a manageable path forward looks like. Most businesses come out of these engagements feeling more confident than when they went in: because clarity, even about difficult things, is always better than uncertainty.
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And if something serious does surface - something that needs urgent attention - you'll be far better placed having found it early than having it find you later.
Can I do Radar on its own, without committing to a longer programme?
Yes, absolutely. Radar is a standalone engagement — a single day that delivers immediate, actionable value regardless of what comes next.
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Many businesses start with Radar precisely because it's the lowest commitment and often the most revealing. Some go on to Horizon or Vantage afterwards; some don't. Either way, you'll leave with a clearer picture of what your business isn't seeing than you had when you arrived.
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And if you do go on to Horizon, your Radar investment isn't wasted: the £10,000 is credited against the Horizon fee. Because Radar is a core part of Horizon, not an optional addition to it. You've already done that work. You shouldn't pay for it twice.
Do I need to have a GC already?
No. If you don't have a GC, Horizon is the right programme: in Horizon, I work directly with you and your leadership team to scan ahead and build the legal priority list your business needs to land the plan.
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If you do have a GC, you have a choice. Horizon still works if you want to work directly with me on that process yourself. Or Vantage is the better fit if you'd rather use this as an opportunity to upskill your GC and elevate them into a genuine strategic driver of the business.
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Not sure which is right for you? That's exactly what the first conversation is for.
How quickly can we get started?
For Radar, typically within a few weeks of our first conversation: it's a single day and the main requirement is getting the right people in the room.
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For Horizon or Vantage, the programme can usually begin within a month of agreeing to proceed, though if there's urgency, it's worth having that conversation. Diary permitting, we can often move faster than that.
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For Summit, the honest answer is that speed isn't the most important consideration. If there's a place available and the fit is right - for both of us - we can get started quickly. But Summit only works when the relationship is genuinely right. That's what the first conversation is really about.