Outsourced legal counsel: dedicated support for your legal team
Contracts to review, meetings to prepare, registers to keep: the workload of a legal team often grows faster than its headcount. MaaSil recruits a dedicated legal counsel for you, who joins your legal team full time. They work under the responsibility of your general counsel or your lawyer, using your templates and your procedures.
The duties of an outsourced legal counsel
The MaaSil legal counsel works within your team, on the matters you entrust to them:
- Everyday contracts: drafting from your templates, reviewing and monitoring commercial and supplier contracts.
- Corporate secretarial: preparing shareholder and board meetings, minutes, keeping the registers.
- Corporate law: formalities, amendments to the articles of association, monitoring of subsidiaries and delegations of authority.
- Compliance and GDPR: record of processing activities, policy updates, data subject rights requests.
- Legal monitoring: tracking legislative changes and case law in your fields.
- Litigation support: building case files, chronologies, exchanges with your lawyers.
- Legal research: preparatory memos, validated by your legal department.
Which companies is it for?
This role is aimed at companies with a legal team, even a small one, at scale-ups whose contract volume is growing fast, at groups managing many subsidiaries, and at real estate players who handle many leases and deeds. It is also suited to law firms looking for support with legal production.
Skills and tools mastered
We recruit qualified legal professionals trained in French law and with excellent written expression, sometimes specialised in real estate law or corporate law. Tools:
- Legal databases, such as Lexis 360, Dalloz or Doctrine, depending on your subscriptions.
- Contract management and electronic signature tools.
- Corporate legal management and register-keeping software.
- Microsoft 365 or Google Workspace, notably advanced Word for drafting.
- AI tools for research, summarising and proofreading, under human supervision.
Why outsource a legal counsel role with MaaSil
An integrated legal counsel
They join your legal team, apply your templates and report to your legal department.
A talent who grows
A MaaSil legal counsel specialised in real estate law started as an assistant in the legal team of a French scale-up; two years later, they work in tandem with the general counsel.
Confidentiality
Secure premises, equipment provided, GDPR compliance and an ISO 9001:2015 certified quality system.
No administrative management
MaaSil handles the contract, payroll, HR follow-up and infrastructure. You manage the matters day to day.
How does the recruitment process work?
- 1
Discovery
We analyze your business, your tools, your processes and the personal qualities you are looking for.
- 2
Search
We select the best profiles after a series of tests and in-depth interviews.
- 3
Final interview
You meet the shortlisted candidates and put them through your usual hiring process.
- 4
Start
The assignment begins with a supervised 2-month trial phase, with full integration into your tools.
Frequently asked questions
Does an outsourced legal counsel replace a lawyer?
No. The MaaSil legal counsel works within your legal team, under the responsibility of your general counsel or your lawyer. They do not give legal advice to third parties and do not represent you in court: they prepare, draft and follow up the matters that your team validates.
Do they know French law?
We select legal professionals comfortable with French business law, assessed through a battery of tests and in-depth interviews. You conduct the final interview yourself, and complex matters remain validated by your general counsel or your lawyer.
How is the confidentiality of files ensured?
The legal counsel works in secure premises, on equipment provided by MaaSil, in compliance with the GDPR. You define their access, as for an in-house employee.
How much does an outsourced legal counsel cost?
The rate varies according to working time and the level of experience or specialisation sought. Recruitment, contract, payroll and equipment are included. See our rates on the Pricing page or request a quote.
Do you want to outsource this role?
Tell us about your needs: we will present profiles selected for your company.
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