If your organisation needs environment, planning or climate change legal advice, one way that Guthrie Legal can support you is through our Fractional E&P Lawyer service.

It enables you to have the benefit of experienced E&P lawyer for a “fraction” of time for a fixed fee

Maximum upside minimum risk

A tailored solution

We work closely and collaboratively with clients of all sizes from start-ups to ASX listed corporations and state and local government agencies. We have experience in all aspects of environmental, planning and climate change law, including disputes and advisory matters.

Fixed Cost

Usually we work at a fixed monthly cost based on a notional day rate, depending on how much legal support you need.

Flexible

You might need help one day a week, or a month, or a quarter. You might need more or less. We have the flexibility to craft bespoke retainers that respond to your unique resourcing needs.

Cancellation

Cancellation is with 30, 60 or 90 days’ notice, so you can have the benefits of a lawyer, with the flexibility to change your arrangements as and when required.

Experienced lawyers - supervision required

Engagement-ready experienced client-side advisers who can help with scoping and briefing external legal teams and barristers, retaining environmental experts, as well as doing legal work unsupervised. You do not need to have your internal legal team supervise or sign off on work product (unlike a secondee).

Long-term, transformational support

The Fractional E&P Lawyer service is best suited to clients looking for long-term relationships, across larger projects or litigation, a steady volume of smaller matters, or transformational legal advice on compliance, governance and risk issues.

Our Sector experience

We have particular sector experience in the following industries:

  • Renewables (wind, solar, BESS) including project development, investment, sale, purchase and operation

  • Utilities including water entities, gas transmission and distribution, electricity transmission and distribution, telecommunications

  • Transport sector entities, including bus, tram, rail, airports, shipping and ports

  • Heavy industry and manufacturing, including energy generation, complex manufacturing and quarries

  • Engineering and environmental consulting, including advising on legal disputes, risk management and legal matters in reports

  • State and local government.

Do you need a fractional lawyer?

Our Fractional E&P Lawyer service may be perfect for you, if you:

  • don’t have the time or resources to hire a full-time or part-time permanent staff member

  • are not sure about the legal issues facing your organisation (and the regularity and scope of advice required)

  • are concerned about budget and potential cost associated with external law firms

  • don’t have internal legal team members to supervise lawyers or secondees in specialist environmental, planning and climate law matters

  • are struggling to recruit or obtain a sufficiently senior secondee lawyer from your existing legal providers

Imagine the future

Imagine having a go-to lawyer for environmental, planning, climate, regulatory, compliance and governance advice without having to enter into new contracts, navigate procurement steps and worries about cost each time you have a new matter.

Imagine working with someone over a longer period who knows your organisation business inside-out (rather than stepping in and out for transactional matters).

Imagine the benefit of working with an experienced lawyer, equipped to give advice and brief executive and governance teams and the board.

If you can imagine it, we can design it through our Fractional E&P Lawyer Service

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