Fractional General Counsel Services for Startups
At Rubicon, we offer select clients fractional general counsel services for a flat monthly fee. Our plans provide comprehensive legal support, empowering high-growth startups to scale with confidence, knowing their legal needs are fully covered.
Choose your plan.
We offer plans that meet the needs of startups at every stage of growth.
LAUNCH
$3,000per month
- ✔ UNLIMITED Calls / Emails
- ✔ Incorporation Clean Up
- ✔ Non-Disclosure Agreements
- ✔ Advisor Agreements
- ✔ Employment Agreements
- ✔ Consulting Agreements
- ✔ Separation Agreements
- ✔ Confidential Information & Invention Assignment Agreements
- ✔ Stock Plans
- ✔ Stock Grants
- ✔ Stock Option Grants
- ✔ Cap Table Management
- ✔ SaaS Agreements
- ✔ Master Services Agreements
- ✔ Terms of Service
- ✔ Privacy Policies
- ✔ Up to 2 Outside Contract Reviews Per Month
- ✔ SAFE Financings
- ✔ Convertible Note Financings
GROWTH
$6,000per month
- Everything in LAUNCH, including unlimited calls / emails, and:
- ✔ Up to 6 Outside Contract Reviews Per Month
- ✔ Series Seed Financings
GROWTH Plus
$9,000per month
- Everything in LAUNCH, including unlimited calls / emails, and:
- ✔ Up to 10 Outside Contract Reviews Per Month
- ✔ Series A Financings
- ✔ Series B Financings
CUSTOM
TBDmonthly or annually
- Let's design a plan that works for you and your company...
- ✔ UNLIMITED Calls and Emails
- ✔ Other
Commonly Asked Questions
Good question. A senior-level in-house counsel typically costs upwards of $200,000 per year – plus benefits. And good ones are hard to find.
Beyond the cost, many startups don’t have a consistent workload to keep a full-time lawyer busy year-round, leaving you paying for idle time.
With our flexible monthly plans, you’re in control. Pause or resume your subscription as needed, so you only pay for legal support when you actually need it.
You can choose the plan that best fits your needs. However, here’s a quick guide to help you decide:
- Launch is best for Pre-seed Startups and other Small Businesses.
- Growth is best for Seed Stage Startups and Mid-sized Businesses.
- Growth Plus is best for Series A / B Startups and more Mature Businesses.
No. Once you’re subscribed, you can submit as many legal requests as you need. We’ll tackle them one at a time, ensuring each is handled with the care and precision it deserves.
Most requests are completed within two business days. For more complex matters, we’ll give you a clear timeline upfront, so you always know what to expect.
Every General Counsel client works directly with a Partner who has 10+ years of experience in startup law. Your partner is backed by a seasoned paralegal also with 10+ years of experience. No law firm associates are trained on your dime.
Yes. The whole aim of our General Counsel service is to be there when you need us. We want to be your partner in responding to issues large or small.
We’ve found that our General Counsel service covers about 90% of a startup’s legal needs. However, certain specialized areas—such as regulatory compliance, taxation, international structuring, and M&A—fall outside the scope of this service.
For these out-of-scope projects, we’re still here for you. Many of our General Counsel clients engage us on a project-by-project basis for these more complex matters.
Contract review covers the review, editing, and negotiation of any agreement up to 20 pages with any third-party.
From its inception, we’ve designed our firm to be able to work effectively and efficiently with startups. That means low overhead, specialized professionals with 10+ years working with startups, and streamlined processes and tools that allow for high quality and efficient delivery of services.