Fractional GC Blocks for High‑Growth SaaS and AI Teams

Use discounted blocks of legal hours to get embedded, execution‑minded general counsel support without adding to your headcount.

Our Fractional GC Blocks are designed for later‑stage SaaS, AI, marketing, and e‑commerce companies that need more than “advice on demand.” You get a consistent legal partner who understands your product, data, and commercial motion—and a block of time each month to actually move work forward.

What are Fractional GC Blocks?

Fractional GC Blocks are monthly blocks of 20, 40, or 60 hours of outside general counsel support. Instead of buying a single memo or a handful of contract reviews, you reserve dedicated time on our calendar each month for the work that really needs a GC: AI governance, privacy, product counseling, and commercial contracts.

This structure gives you access to a seasoned general counsel on a part‑time basis, with enough time each month to tackle meaningful projects, support day‑to‑day questions, and keep momentum going across product, marketing, and sales.

Who are Fractional GC Blocks for?

Fractional GC Blocks are a good fit if you are a:

  • Series B or Series C SaaS or AI company with a growing volume of contracts, data, and regulatory questions.
  • GC, Head of Legal, or first in‑house counsel who needs a partner on AI, privacy, or commercial work without immediately hiring another lawyer.
  • Founder or COO who has been handling “legal” alongside everything else and now needs a more structured, reliable way to get legal work done.

They are especially useful when you are launching AI‑powered features, selling into enterprise or highly regulated customers, or expanding into new jurisdictions with more complex privacy and marketing rules.

How the 20 / 40 / 60 hour blocks work

Each Fractional GC Block is a monthly commitment. You choose the level of support that matches your current legal load:

Fractional GC Blocks for High-Growth SaaS and AI Teams

Use discounted blocks of legal hours to get embedded, execution-minded general counsel support without adding a full-time GC headcount.

20-hour block

20 hours / month · $400 / hour

  • Light, focused support for SaaS and AI teams.
  • Great for discrete projects or backup for a Senior Legal Counsel.
  • Ideal when you want a fractional GC on call, but do not yet need deeper embedded support.

40-hour block

40 hours / month · $375 / hour

  • Built for new product or AI feature launches, or a privacy program refresh.
  • Enough time each month to make visible progress and still handle day-to-day questions.
  • Works well alongside an existing GC or first in-house lawyer who needs sustained support.

60-hour block

60 hours / month · $350 / hour

  • Feels like a part-time GC for your SaaS or AI company.
  • Helpful when your legal team is under-resourced or covering a leave.
  • Best for companies with a steady stream of product, privacy, and commercial work.

Includes unlimited email and Slack with same day responses. For each block, up to 2 (20-hour), 4 (40-hour), or 6 (60-hour) unused hours may roll over to the following month.

What can we cover with a Fractional GC Block?

We design each block around your priorities, but common patterns include:

  • Standing GC office hours with your leadership or legal team for live issue‑spotting and decision‑making.
  • AI governance work, including reviewing how you use agents and LLMs, mapping risks, and designing practical guardrails and review workflows.
  • Privacy program design or refresh, aligned with how your apps, vendors, and marketing stack actually handle data.
  • Commercial and SaaS contracting, including templates, playbooks, and negotiation support for MSAs, DPAs, BAAs, data and content licenses, and AI‑specific terms.
  • Marketing and IP questions tied to growth experiments, new campaigns, or creative workflows that rely on AI tools.

Because this is a true fractional general counsel model, we do not just tell you what to do—we help you sequence and implement the work, in partnership with product, engineering, marketing, security, and operations.

How Fractional GC Blocks fit with our other plans

If you are earlier stage or want to start smaller, our Access GC and Product & Contracts Lite GC subscriptions provide structured monthly support at a lighter touch. Fractional GC Blocks are for the companies that need more time and deeper involvement—often because they are scaling quickly, selling to larger customers, or feeling sustained pressure on AI, privacy, and commercial issues.

On the Fractional GC Blocks page, we focus on the 20 / 40 / 60 hour options. If you are not sure which approach is right for you, we can talk through your roadmap and current workload on a short introductory call.

Book a 20-minute Fractional GC Blocks consult

If you’re considering Fractional GC Blocks and want to see if this is the right level of support for your team, you can book a short call directly on my calendar.

Representative fractional GC matters

A few examples of the kind of work we typically handle within Fractional GC Blocks:

Series C SaaS platform

Privacy program build-out

  • Built a defensible privacy program in one quarter for a later-stage SaaS company.
  • Worked with data engineering to map data flows and stand up DSAR intake.
  • Updated UX for TCPA and consent, ran DPIAs, and set deletion and retention schedules.
  • Revised the privacy policy and DPAs and supported a SOC 2 audit.

HIPAA product launch

Health data & vendors

  • Led HIPAA compliance for a new product at a growing SaaS company.
  • Ran a HIPAA gap analysis and mapped PHI across data flows and vendors.
  • Drafted HIPAA policies and a customer-facing BAA, and negotiated BAAs with key vendors.
  • Advised on product design, tracking technologies, and marketing copy for HIPAA compliance.

Series B AI marketing platform

Privacy & agentic AI

  • Served as fractional GC to a Series B SaaS marketing platform.
  • Completed privacy gap analyses for CCPA, GDPR, and the DSA with data engineering.
  • Removed the company from multiple state data broker registries after regulator outreach.
  • Reviewed an agentic AI product and drafted or revised more than twenty policies and agreements.

AI governance playbooks

Vendors & internal use

  • Created AI contracting playbooks tailored to real vendor negotiations.
  • Designed AI vendor review frameworks to speed approvals while managing risk.
  • Updated AI use policies for engineering, HR, and marketing teams.
  • Redlined numerous AI vendor agreements across marketing, interviewing, and coding tools.

Frequently asked questions about Fractional GC Blocks

How do I know if a Blocks engagement is the right level of support?

A good starting point is to look at your current backlog and upcoming 1–2 quarters. If you have a steady stream of contracts, product or AI reviews, and privacy questions every week, and you want someone to stay close to those workflows, a 40‑ or 60‑hour block is usually a better fit than a lighter subscription. If your needs are more episodic, a 20‑hour block or one of our other plans might make more sense.

How do we work together month to month?

We generally start each month by aligning on priorities—what has to ship, what is blocked, and what is coming up on your roadmap. From there, we divide the block into a mix of live working sessions, async contract and policy work, and ongoing support via email and Slack. You will always know where we are spending time and what is coming next.

Can you work alongside our existing GC or legal team?

Yes. Many of our Fractional GC Block clients already have a GC, Head of Legal, or small in‑house team. In those cases, we plug in as a focused resource on AI governance, privacy, and commercial work, or we cover specific projects or overflow during a busy period or leave. We stay aligned with your internal team’s strategy and processes, rather than building something in a vacuum.

What if our needs change after a few months?

Part of the value of a blocks model is that it is flexible. As your needs evolve, we can move up or down in hours, or transition you to a different fractional GC structure that better matches your stage. We will be transparent about when a different configuration would serve you better, including when it might be time to hire in‑house.