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Our Services
External In-house Legal Advisory Services
Areas of Expertise
- Administration
- Company Secretarial
- Custody
- Execution and Clearing
- Outsourcing
- Repurchase Transactions
- Building Legal Teams
- Commercial Advice
- Distribution
- Finance & Lending
- Pooled Pension Funds
- Securities Lending
- Broker Agreements
- Corporate & M&A
- Derivatives Trading
- Hedge Funds
- Private Equity
- UCITS and Non-UCITS
- Commission Sharing
- Corporate Restructuring
- Employment Advice
- Listed Investment Companies
- Real Estate
- Transition Management
How We Work
Our External In-House Counsel™ model means we truly work as an extension of your team. We are “on the ground” working alongside you to move your business forward in real time. This approach puts your need for continuity first, by building in resource redundancy to every project, while we work to your business timelines.
Our team is structured to give you access to a diverse team of high performing specialists with global experience covering financial services, corporate, commercial and compliance / regulatory matters. The expertise and previous in-house experience allow us to work with a cross section of your team, from CEO to portfolio manager, and across EMEA, Asia Pacific and North America regions.
In addition, our firm is built on the premise of transparency, so we only offer fixed fees and monthly retainers, at highly competitive rates.
Pricing
Choose Your Plan
Fixed Fee Projects
Ideal for clients with specific projects or well-defined scopes of work. One-time, transparent pricing ensures clarity and predictability.
- Clear, one-time cost
- Transparent and predictable budgeting
- No ongoing commitment after project completion
- Best suited for specific, well-defined projects
Monthly Retainer
Best for clients requiring continuous advisory services. Access to a cross section of skills managed through one partnership.
- Access to a dedicated team of experts
- Continuous, on-demand support
- Flexible, tailored assistance as needs evolve
- Builds a long-term relationship for strategic support
A panel of specialists through one account
The Cleveland & Co business model offers you the hard to access combination of a team of specialists offering high quality advice in the format of a single lawyer hire available as a round the clock service.
- Specialists typically perform
- 15%
- better than generalists
- Compared to a single hire,
- 7x
- more PQE access
- Across time zones
- 100%
- team availability
Conveniently located in London Bridge
Chat with Cordelia, or leave a message.
Cordelia Hughes, Chief Growth Officer