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On-demand Head of Legal

In today’s fast-paced business environment, legal and compliance issues demand more attention than ever. WTS Australia’s on-demand Head of Legal service is your strategic solution, providing immediate access to top-tier legal expertise tailored to your unique business needs. Our service is designed with a singular focus: to deliver uncompromising excellence in legal support. From streamlining legal processes to enhancing compliance frameworks and negotiating contracts, we ensure your business is supported by the very best legal minds. Our on demand service is offered on an as-needed basis, allowing your operations to run smoothly and efficiently. Entrust your legal concerns to us and experience the peace of mind that comes with having a dependable, expert partner in legal affairs.

What do we offer?

We lead and manage part of all of your legal function, much like we were your in-house legal director. In managing your legal function, we can carry out the following

We can quickly get up to speed on the specifics of your business and provide you with pragmatic legal advice to help with both strategic and day to day decision making.

In doing this we will:

Consider the macro business objectives and the micro dynamics of a particular business unit to inform our advice;
Review new and existing business initiatives and contracts to ensure they are both legally sound and useful to the business;
Identify legal risks and ensure they are communicated and addressed;

We create or review your compliance frameworks, offering actionable insights for stronger governance.

In doing this we will:

Develop and maintain a legal risk management and compliance framework;
Implement, review, uplift and manage corporate governance structures (including providing independent chairs of committees and company secretarial function);
Provide advice on regulatory compliance

We create or review your legal processes, offering actionable steps to improve processes.

In doing this we will:

  • Update legal processes to enhance efficiency, reduce costs and increase rates of business compliance;
  • Provide training for the new or updated processes;
  • Provide contract management services

We provide effective legal risk management with regular and ongoing risk identification, mitigation and management.

In doing this we will:

  • Continuously identify and analyse potential legal risks;
  • Develop mitigation strategies and contingency plans;
  • Advise on crisis management and provide support during legal emergencies;
  • Provide support and assistance for regulator enforcement actions. Our strategic advice assists in positioning your business for the best possible outcome.
  • Assistance with proactive, early and regular management of regulator relationships.

Align and expedite your contract negotiations to fit your company’s risk profile.

In doing this we will:

  • Provide our significant expertise in drafting, reviewing, and negotiating contracts (upstream and downstream );
  • Develop standardised contract templates and negotiation playbooks;
  • Provide strategic advice and tools to streamline contract administration ;
  • Provide a hand over to the team administering the contract.
Astrid Raetze
Astrid RaetzePartner | Legal
Paula Edwards-Moffat
Paula Edwards-MoffatPartner | Legal

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