The mandate
A rapidly scaling payments business needed its first General Counsel — a leader who could build a legal and compliance function from the ground up while the company expanded across several regulated markets. The appointment was strategically sensitive and had to remain confidential during a live funding process.
Our approach
We mapped legal leaders who had built functions inside regulated financial businesses rather than inherited mature teams, and assessed each against the specific demands of a multi-regulator, high-growth environment.
The outcome
The appointed General Counsel established the company’s legal, compliance and governance framework and became a trusted adviser to the founder and board through its subsequent growth. This account is illustrative of our approach and omits identifying details to preserve client confidentiality.