What if you could earn more than a full-time General Counsel without the internal politics, fixed salary ceiling, or executive treadmill?
We are helping experienced in-house lawyers in Darwin explore the fractional General Counsel business model.
This is for senior lawyers who already advise founders, boards, executives, or leadership teams and are starting to wonder whether their skill set could become a high-value retained advisory practice of their own.
Not a traditional employed role.Not a blind leap into business.A supported pathway into self-employment with structure, credibility, and business development support around you.
What You'll Receive100% of revenue paid directly to youFlexible contract structureRemote-first modelSupport to build a portfolio of retained clientsA proven process to go from 1 retained client to 3+ over time




Business Development Support from The SELL LifeYou receive:Personalised strategy to position yourself as a retained strategic advisorFrameworks for packaging fractional GC services into monthly retainersSupport to identify and approach the right client marketReferral network of other self-employed lawyersVendor discounts and member benefits that rival large firmsCourses, templates, and playbooks for scaling a portfolio practiceLive sessions to solve business development bottlenecks
Who This Is ForSenior in-house lawyers who:Are already operating as strategic business partnersWant more upside than a fixed executive salaryPrefer influence over internal hierarchyAre confident advising founders, boards, executives, or business ownersWant autonomy but do not want to build everything from scratch
The ResultExperienced counsel who move into fractional work can:Replace or exceed their corporate salaryWork across several growth-focused businessesBuild long-term retained client relationshipsCreate a practice that belongs entirely to them
This is not a traditional role where we take a big % for introducing a client to you.
It is an prospect to explore whether your in-house legal experience could become your own high-value portfolio practice without any need for middlemen or secondment agencies.
Next StepApply confidentially.

📌 Fractional General Counsel (Darwin)
🏢 The SELL Life
📍 Darwin