Laura Serrano
Fractional Counsel
- The business
- B2B SaaS · Series A · Spain & EU
- Legal needs
- Commercial · Data · Corporate · Employment
- The lawyer
- SaaS · Commercial · Privacy · Corporate
- Dedication
- 20 hrs/month · ongoing
Curated for this business
Fractional Counsel
Your business needs legal. It may not need a legal department.
Work with a carefully curated senior lawyer who knows your business and acts as your trusted legal partner, with the dedication you actually need.
Your legal function. Fractional by design.
One lawyer who knows your business. Ongoing, not matter by matter.
400+ independent lawyers, 20+ jurisdictions — curated one by one
The real problem
Legal is already part of your business. The question is who owns it.
Contracts keep arriving. Customers ask legal questions. Suppliers send their own paper. Employment questions appear. Privacy and compliance need attention. Fundraising, partnerships and new markets all need legal input.
It is spread across the CEO, the CFO, the COO and whichever external adviser answered last time. Every matter starts by explaining the business again, and nothing carries over.
You don't have a legal problem. You have an ownership problem.
Legal work in your companyWho owns it
Customer MSA — largest accountCEO
Supplier framework agreementCOO
Employment contracts — 4 new hiresCFO
Privacy policy and DPAsNobody
Reseller agreement — first market abroadFounders
Investor side lettersCEO
Claim — supplier disputeLaw firm
The model
A legal function, without building a legal department.
A Fractional Counsel is an independent lawyer who collaborates with your company on an ongoing basis and becomes its legal point of reference.
Founders and leadership
Run the business. Should be deciding, not drafting.
Fractional Counsel
Owns and coordinates the recurring legal day-to-day, and carries the context.
External law firms
Brought in for very specific matters, billed by the hour and working from outside the business.
01
One lawyer
The same carefully curated lawyer throughout. They answer when you write, and they already know what you are talking about.
02
Ongoing, not per matter
Context accumulates instead of being rebuilt every time something arrives. Decisions connect to the ones before them.
03
The dedication you need
Shaped around your business rather than a scope of work — and it can change as the company grows.
When it starts to make sense
You may not need a legal department yet. But you may already need a legal function.
Pick the signal you recognise.
- What your Fractional Counsel does
- Typical dedication
- What changes
What your Fractional Counsel takes on
Your day-to-day legal, covered.
The legal work already appearing in your business every week — owned by someone who knows why it matters to you.
Commercial & customer contracts
Customer agreements, MSAs, supplier agreements, partnerships and negotiations.
Corporate & fundraising
Governance, board matters, cap table, fundraising, investor requests and corporate housekeeping.
Employment
Employment contracts, contractors, equity-related matters and recurring employment questions.
Privacy & compliance
Data protection, DPAs, policies, compliance requirements and customer security questionnaires.
Product & regulatory
Legal questions arising from the product, the business model or regulated activities.
Growth & new markets
Legal support when the company expands, sells, hires or sets up in new jurisdictions.
And when the business needs it, your Fractional Counsel can take on the formal role of external DPO or external Compliance Officer, with the responsibility that carries.
Continuity
Stop starting from scratch every time you need legal advice.
Business context accumulates instead of resetting with every new matter.
Context with your Fractional Counsel A different lawyer for each matter The context you keep
Founding team
- Knows the business
- Doesn't have the time or the legal expertise to own it
- Legal competes with running the company
Traditional law firm
- Billed by the hour or by matter: every question has a cost
- Works from outside and on instruction, far from the day to day
- Context is rebuilt matter by matter
Fractional Counsel
- Knows the business and works as a natural extension of your team
- Provides legal expertise, contentious matters included
- Carries the context
- Dedication and cost agreed up front
- Ongoing by design
One lawyer. Your business context. Ongoing legal continuity.
Why Ambar
Not access to lawyers. The right lawyer for your business.
We start with the company: your sector, your stage, the legal needs already appearing in the business, the dedication that fits and the way you work. Then we identify the best fit from the Ambar community and explain why.
4%Of applicants join the Ambar community
400+Independent lawyers, 20+ jurisdictions
60%With in-house experience, not only firms
Average experience across the community is 15+ years, and 98% client satisfaction across 1,200+ matters delivered.
He adapted quickly to our organisation, brought sound legal judgment and showed professionalism, rigour and flexibility throughout.
She understood the business from the outset and worked effectively across teams, bringing a high level of expertise and trust.
We have worked with Ambar from the start — always with strong results and maximum satisfaction for everyone.
How it works
Four steps. One lawyer.
01
Tell us about your business
What the company does, where it is heading and the legal work already landing on someone's desk.
02
We identify the right lawyer
The best fit from the Ambar community for your sector, stage and legal needs — with the reasoning behind it.
03
Choose the dedication
Hours a month or days a week, shaped around what the business actually needs.
04
Start collaborating
Your Fractional Counsel takes on the recurring legal work and becomes your point of reference for it.
As your business evolves, the collaboration can evolve with it.
Start
Your legal function. Fractional by design.
Get the legal support your business needs, with the continuity and dedication that make sense for you.