Executive counsel
Practical guidance to CEOs, leadership teams, and boards on risk, strategy, governance, and sensitive decisions.
Outside General Counsel
Legal judgment
for companies
in motion.
Senior in-house legal leadership, scaled to your business. NHL Group helps management teams make clear decisions, manage risk, and keep important work moving.
Fractional GC Interim GC Special projects
More than outside counsel
A legal partner
inside the business.
NHL Group works alongside founders, executives, and boards as an extension of the management team—not as a firm waiting at the edge of the business.
We bring the perspective of an experienced General Counsel to day-to-day decisions, consequential negotiations, and the moments when judgment matters most.
What we do
The legal function,
right-sized.
One senior point of contact across the legal issues that follow a growing business.
Commercial agreements
Drafting and negotiating customer, supplier, technology, licensing, services, and strategic partner agreements.
Corporate & transactions
Entity governance, financings, acquisitions, joint ventures, restructurings, and diligence from strategy through closing.
People & workplace
Employment agreements, executive matters, policies, investigations, separations, and practical workplace advice.
Compliance & risk
Compliance frameworks, internal policies, commercial risk allocation, and focused solutions for regulated operations.
Disputes & outside counsel
Early dispute strategy, efficient oversight of litigation, and selection and management of specialist counsel when needed.
Who we serve
Built for businesses
between need and scale.
For companies whose legal needs are too important to manage reactively—but do not yet require, or no longer justify, a full in-house department.
01
Growth companies
Businesses building commercial discipline while moving quickly.
02
Founder & family-owned
Companies where legal, commercial, and ownership decisions converge.
03
Private equity-backed
Portfolio companies needing experienced legal leadership and execution.
04
International businesses
Management teams navigating U.S. operations and cross-border complexity.
How we work
Business first.
Legally sound.
01 / Embedded
Close to the decision.
We learn the business, the people, and the commercial objective so legal advice arrives in context.
02 / Decisive
Clear enough to act on.
We translate complexity into practical choices, calibrated risk, and a recommended path forward.
03 / Accountable
Ownership through execution.
We do more than identify issues. We help management carry decisions through to completion.
Engagement models
Support that fits
the moment.
Structured around the business, the workload, and the level of leadership required.
Ongoing
Fractional General Counsel
Recurring senior legal leadership integrated into the management team, with predictable access and priorities.
Transitional
Interim General Counsel
Experienced coverage during leadership transitions, leave, rapid growth, or a search for permanent counsel.
Focused
Special projects
Targeted leadership for transactions, contract programs, compliance initiatives, disputes, and critical matters.
Start a conversation
The right legal support
should create momentum.
Tell us what your business is facing. We’ll determine whether NHL Group is the right fit and outline a practical next step.