Corporate & Commercial Lawyers.

The world of commerce creates peaks and troughs in the workload of a legal team. During those busy periods, you may need extra support from skilled corporate lawyers as efficiently and quickly as possible.

Obelisk Support has a pool of expert interim corporate lawyers who can boost your team, as and when you need them. We will match your organisation and project to a flexible lawyer with the right commercial awareness. Lawyers who join our team have worked with some of the biggest law firms, and have the robust experience you need for all scenarios.

To allow you to focus on the work at hand, we take on all the administration. Our lawyers are all interviewed, checked, and onboarded by us. That just leaves you to provide the work.

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Legal support since 2010

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

How it works. As simple as 1,2,3

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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 legal professional – quickly & effortlessly

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Get started

We manage onboarding and related admin tasks

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Scale on demand

We’ll oversee service delivery and project management

Case study: The British Business Bank

The British Business Bank is a business development bank dedicated to making finance markets work better for smaller businesses. At the start of the pandemic, the Bank was tasked by the Treasury to support businesses by rolling out new loan programmes as quickly and efficiently as possible. In need of extra resources, Obelisk provided a finance lawyer with lending experience to be an extra pair of hands at a time of national emergency.

Obelisk Flexible Legal Services

Interim legal team

A flexible pool of experts as an extension to your team, tailored with the legal skills you need, for a fixed price per month

Lawyer on demand

Trust our pool of pre-vetted, City-trained lawyers with in-house experience – for secondment cover to transactions support

Flexible legal support

Boost your core legal team to meet project goals or scale your legal function at speed

Paralegals

Extra support to boost your productivity – our best-in-class paralegals can help from triaging workflow to compliance tasks

What our clients say

“There are two main benefits for us. The first is that Obelisk Support’s consultants are experienced and hugely knowledgeable. We’ve always been impressed by their technical skills and the quality of the work that comes back. The second …Working with Obelisk Support helps us to deliver a cost-effective and high-quality legal service for our business.”

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Anna: Corporate Lawyer

Introducing Anna Anna is a solicitor with experience in private practice and in-house roles dealing with corporate and commercial matters, more recently for large telecom companies. Can you describe your experience of working through Obelisk? I have worked on various...

Shalini: Senior Commercial & IT Lawyer

Shalini is a senior commercial and IT lawyer who is commercially astute and enjoys collaborating across business functions, as well as aligning activities to business objectives. Shalini has sound experience that stretches across various sectors, including commercial...

Francesca: Italian-qualified Finance Lawyer

Francesca is an Italian-qualified lawyer with considerable experience in capital markets. She spent 10 years with Allen & Overy before moving to working freelance with a range of clients.

Regina: Paralegal

Regina has been working with Obelisk Support as a paralegal, building her experience with an assignment in the corporate team at one of the UK’s largest consultancies.

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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

Corporate & Commercial Lawyers FAQs

What is a commercial lawyer or paralegal?

Commercial Lawyers and paralegals help businesses trade and work on a wide range of contracts and agreements dealing with any stage in the manufacturing, sale, supply and distribution of goods and services.

When should I hire a commercial lawyer?

It might be that you are looking to close some major contracts with a new client or to renegotiate some supplier agreements, a commercial lawyer can help highlight any areas of risk, secure a contract that is as close as possible to what you need for your business and generally work as an extension of your team. It’s good to have someone in your corner to ensure you maintain your commercial advantage!

Can corporate lawyers work remotely?

Working remotely as a lawyer is becoming increasingly popular. There are several reasons for this, including the COVID-19 pandemic and the increasing availability of technology that makes it possible for lawyers to work remotely. More clients and law firms recognise the benefits of lawyers that work remotely including cost savings on office space.Working remotely can also look different for different lawyers. Some of our legal consultants work entirely from home, while others work from a co-working space of their choice or another location outside of a traditional office. Some lawyers work full-time remotely, while others work part-time or on a project basis.

What is the process for hiring a commercial lawyer?

Get in touch and tell us what you need. We will then scope the work and suggest what is the best service model for the problem you have. Once we agree the scope and the approach, Obelisk Support will match you to a lawyer or paralegal who can help you. Depending on your business set up needs, a commercial lawyer or paralegal can start in a role as quickly as 24 hours.

I need business legal help fast!

Give us a call! We’re likely to be able to scope your work and get a lawyer or paralegal to support you quickly.

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