Interim Legal Support
Scale your legal team.
Without hiring.
With Interim Legal Support, you can quickly add experienced, pre-vetted legal professionals to your team, providing immediate capacity exactly when you need it most.
Why legal leaders choose Interim Support
Whether you’re covering annual leave, managing a surge in work, or keeping critical projects on track, we help you maintain momentum without the cost and commitment of permanent hiring.
Responsive
Stay responsive by keeping business-critical work moving without creating bottlenecks.
Expertise
Access specialist expertise and bring in exactly the skills you need, exactly when you need them.
Efficiency
No lengthy recruitment cycles, onboarding challenges or long-term commitments.
Flexibility
Scale up or down: Increase legal capacity during busy periods and reduce it when demand subsides
The Bank has used Obelisk since 2013 to provide regular ‘overflow’ legal support for our lending services business. This arrangement has worked extremely well for us. It’s like a butler service. Invisible but reliable.
Adrian Marsh, UK General Counsel
ING Bank
Is your legal team under pressure?
You may need interim legal support if:
Contract backlogs are slowing down the business
Contract backlogs are slowing down the business
A key lawyer is on leave or secondment
You need specific expertise for a project
Hiring permanently is expensive or slow
Your business is growing faster than expected
While waiting for a new permanent hire
Holiday absences are straining your team
What’s included?
Our Interim Legal Support service enables you to quickly access experienced legal talent that is already vetted, insured and ready to contribute.
✓ Experienced lawyers with in-house and private practice backgrounds
✓ Flexible engagement models, from a few hours a week to full-time support
✓ Rapid deployment for urgent requirements
✓ Specialist expertise across multiple legal disciplines
✓ Seamless integration with your existing legal team
✓ Professional indemnity insurance which covers their legal advice
✓ No long-term hiring commitments
• contract review • employment support • commercial agreements • compliance guidance • legal Q&A • policy drafting • supplier disputes • privacy & security • contract review • employment support • commercial agreements
When I first gave the instruction on this role, I definitely felt like I was being treated as a priority. Most important is that I feel like I am being paid attention to — like I am a priority — in instances where it actually is an urgent need.
Alastair Kilgour, General Counsel
Pentland Brands
When we need extra support, it is often urgent — we may have an unexpected project surge or need specialized expertise quickly. In those cases, we really need someone fast, and I think Obelisk has been really good at turning around candidates and quickly providing options to consider.
Vicky Harris, General Counsel
Norstella
Over 15 years of support, including to 35 of the FTSE 100
Over 13,000 jobs matched and delivered
Access to 2,000+ pre-vetted and hand-picked legal experts
Our Process
2.
We match you with a lawyer
Our team will hand select our best match from our network of 2,000+ lawyers.
3.
You review the lawyer’s profile
Hire the lawyer immediately, or schedule an interview–it is up to you.
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