Obelisk Flexible Legal Services
Interim legal team
A flexible pool of experts, with the legal skills you need, for a fixed price per month
Lawyer on demand
Trust our pool of experienced, pre-vetted lawyers – for holiday and parental cover to special projects
Flexible legal support
From help on major transactions to ad hoc legal support for your growing organisation
Paralegals
Extra support to boost your productivity – our best-in-class paralegals are here to help
How it works. As simple as 1,2,3
1
Describe
your brief
Hours, days, or months of support – whatever you need
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We’ll connect
you
We match you with your pre-vetted legal professional – quickly & effortlessly
3
Get started
We manage onboarding and related admin tasks
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Peace of mind
We’ll oversee service delivery and project management
Fast, flexible legal support you can rely on
Flexibility and ease are built into our service model. Whether you need a lawyer for a special project, ad hoc legal support for hours, days or weeks, or to scale your legal function at speed as your business grows or to help on major transactions – we can meet your needs quickly while you stay in control of your costs.
With no long-term obligations, control remains with you – and we take care of the time consuming and costly tasks such as pre-vetting and administration.
Each of our legal consultants has been selected for their skills and expertise. Collectively, we provide access to a team of city-trained lawyers and experienced paralegals you can trust. Combining our unique #HumanFirst approach and pioneering matching platform we can connect you effortlessly to the right lawyer for your business.
You will remain supported throughout – as do our legal consultants. You benefit from dedicated account management and built-in project management; and our consultants have access to helpful resources including legal research tools and regular commercial updates to ensure smooth service delivery and the very highest quality legal support.
At Obelisk Support, we believe that flexible working can work for everyone. We know that legal work has peaks and troughs, and speed is essential to a growing business. So we’ve built a network of legal experts that you can rely on – available within a matter of days – or even hours.
Benefit from
Flexible pricing tailored to your budget
Rapid turnaround of work from best-in-class legal consultants
We handle all recruitment, onboarding, and admin
Dedicated account management
Why Obelisk?
A large pool of pre-vetted, highly skilled lawyers and paralegals
Quality matches powered by our proprietary matching platform
We pioneer new ways of working to help our clients succeed
We are committed to creating a more inclusive legal profession
Committed to setting high standards
We are a B Corp Certified™ organisation with a clear social-impact mission: to make legal work more inclusive.
We are committed to ensuring that everyone can earn a wage that meets their everyday needs.
Obelisk Support is the only 100% female-founded and managed legal services provider in the UK.
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What our clients say
“The Obelisk service has been a fantastic godsend. Work is picked up and turned around fast, by an experienced consultant who has really got to know us and our clients & partners.”
“If we need extra help, we have Obelisk’s number and we know they can deliver.”
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Our Legal Specialisms
M&A Lawyers
Major transactions and
post acquisition support
Commercial Lawyers
Commercial contract drafting, review and negotiation
Corporate Lawyers
Corporate and Commercial Lawyers
Data Protection and Privacy Lawyers
Data protection and data privacy / GDPR specialists
Construction Lawyers
Construction projects and commercial property legal support
Employment Lawyers
Advice & documentation
Company Reporting
Company secretarial and governance support
Document Review
Preparing, reviewing and amending documents
Case study: Smart legal services for Ascential
Smart decision-making is what the Ascential business model is all about, so it’s no surprise that their legal team have been ahead of the game when it comes to using flexible legal services as part of their legal operations strategy. With a portfolio of some of the world’s most respected insight brands, Ascential operates from 39 offices around the world and serves customers in 150 countries. Learn how Obelisk has helped the legal team be more agile and able to focus time on strategic projects that deliver impact and value.
We do things differently
Championing making legal work more inclusive since 2010
For Growing Businesses FAQs
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