A Series A digital-health company
Senior counsel, embedded, without the billable-hour meter.
How one growth-stage company replaced an unpredictable billable-hour relationship with an embedded GC, cutting outside counsel spend, avoiding a full-time hire, and shipping deals faster under HIPAA scrutiny.
- Industry
- Digital health / health-tech
- Stage
- Series A
- Engagement
- Embedded fractional GC
- Tier
- Core
The billable hour quietly worked against the business.
Before NanoGC, legal was a cost the company tried to use as little as possible. A traditional firm billed by the hour, which made the smartest move, asking early, the most expensive one.
An invoice that grew with every question
Each call, email, and redline added to the meter. The team self-censored on routine questions to avoid running up fees, exactly when they needed counsel most.
Partners sold, associates executed
The senior attorney who pitched the relationship rarely did the work. Junior associates ramped up on the business at full rates, and continuity broke every new matter.
Reactive, not embedded
Counsel responded matter by matter from the outside. No one was watching the regulatory horizon or anticipating what the next financing round would require.
We embedded a GC inside the business.
Instead of renting hours from an outside firm, the company brought on NanoGC as its embedded general counsel, senior, accountable, and priced to a defined scope of work.
One senior attorney owns the account
A Big-Law-trained GC embedded directly in the business, the person who scopes the work is the person who does it. No partner-to-associate handoff, no re-ramp every matter.
Scoped engagement, not a meter
Coverage priced to a defined Scope of Work and agreed up front. Asking early stops being expensive, so the team brings counsel in when it actually matters.
Inside the workflow
Reachable in Slack and email like a teammate, anticipating the next financing round, watching the regulatory horizon, and turning redlines in hours instead of days.
Same legal need. A completely different experience.
| Traditional firm | NanoGC, embedded | |
|---|---|---|
| Pricing | An hourly meter. The invoice grows with every call, email, and revision. | A scoped engagement priced to a defined Scope of Work, agreed up front. |
| Who does the work | Partners sell, associates execute, and you pay for the training. | A senior, Big-Law-trained attorney owns your account end to end. |
| Availability | Scheduled calls and email tag, with the clock running the whole time. | Embedded in your Slack and email, reachable like a teammate. |
| Relationship | An outside vendor reacting to requests, matter by matter. | Inside the business, anticipating what's coming next. |
| Continuity | New intake, conflict checks, and ramp-up for every new matter. | Already up to speed on your business and your risk posture. |
Lower spend, no full-time hire, and deals that move.
Routine commercial, employment, and privacy work moved in-house under a scoped engagement, collapsing the old hourly invoices.
Senior, Big-Law-trained coverage at a fraction of the loaded cost of a full-time general counsel, no salary, equity, or benefits load.
Embedded in Slack and email, counsel turned customer and BAA redlines in hours, keeping HIPAA-sensitive deals moving without compliance gaps.
“We stopped treating legal like a meter we were afraid to start. Having a senior GC inside the business meant we moved faster and slept better through diligence.”
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