How long does a general counsel search take?

On average 23-35 days from discovery call to placed hire, with an 86% fill rate on active searches.

Do you handle confidential GC searches?

Yes. Our outreach is always confidential. We do not post a visible listing, which protects the company and gives passive candidates the privacy they need to engage.

What size companies do you place GCs for?

We place general counsel and senior legal officers for companies across industries, typically those growing to the point where in-house legal leadership is becoming essential.

How does milestone-based pricing work for a GC search?

Payments are tied to defined milestones rather than a single lump-sum contingency fee. Total cost is roughly 50% less than a standard contingency arrangement. The exact structure is covered on your discovery call.

Job Placement · Legal · General Counsel

A general counsel search is one of the most consequential hires your company will make.

The right GC owns legal risk across the entire business. They are never on job boards. We run confidential general counsel searches in 23-35 days at roughly 50% less than contingency firms, with a 45-day replacement guarantee.

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23-35Days to fill on average

86%Fill rate on active searches

~50%Less than contingency pricing

Why General Counsel Searches Are Different

A GC who fits is not searchable. They are sourceable.

A general counsel candidate needs to fit the company, the CEO relationship, the industry context, and the legal risk profile, all at once. That specificity rules out most candidates who happen to be between positions. The right GC is employed, satisfied, and not looking. Reaching them means confidential, direct outreach built around the specific opportunity you can offer. That is the only way a general counsel search moves at speed without sacrificing quality.

$50,000+

Per month in unmanaged legal risk

Without GC oversight, legal decisions default to outside counsel at full rack rates, or to no one at all. Both outcomes are expensive.

6-18 months

Average GC search without direct sourcing

Companies that wait for the right candidate to surface spend a year absorbing outside counsel fees and unmanaged risk.

Confidential

Outreach only, never a visible listing

A public posting for a GC role signals instability to investors, lenders, and counterparties. We keep the search private.

The Math on Waiting

Every month without a GC is outside counsel fees plus unmanaged risk.

Companies in GC transition often manage the gap with outside counsel at $400-$900 per hour. A six-month gap commonly costs $100,000 or more in outside legal spend, on top of every contract, negotiation, and compliance decision that went unreviewed or unadvised.

The Conversation Window

The best GC candidates decide quickly when approached right.

Senior legal leaders evaluate new opportunities privately and move faster than most hiring managers expect once the right opportunity surfaces. The company that wins is the one that reached them first with a compelling, well-framed pitch, not a job posting they never saw.

No commitment. We will tell you exactly what we can do for your general counsel search and what it costs.

Other legal roles we place

See our legal placement service, or explore: Litigation Associate, Partner, Paralegal.

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