Services
Legal Advisory
Partner-level legal guidance, without the cast of thousands
Growing businesses need senior legal guidance. Not always in-house and not always from a traditional law firm, but always with the experience that can get you to the right answer for your business.
shared. provides external legal guidance covering the issues that growing businesses face: governance and regulatory frameworks, commercial and financing agreements, and M&A and other transaction support. Work is carried out directly by Tom Sibert, a former K&L Gates corporate partner and General Counsel of a global asset management business, and delivered efficiently using modern legal technology.
Services are available on a retained, project or matter-by-matter basis, structured to suit the needs and resources of your business.
What this covers
Governance frameworks and board advisory. M&A, joint ventures and transaction support. Commercial, financing and investment agreements. Regulatory compliance and risk management. Fund structuring, documentation and regulatory matters. Legal aspects of capital raising and investor relations.
Fractional GC
Trusted outside counsel, on the inside
Some businesses need more than occasional legal advice. They need a senior lawyer who understands the business, sits alongside the leadership team and manages legal matters end to end, but without the cost of a full-time hire.
shared. provides fractional General Counsel services on a structured, ongoing basis. Tom acts as your GC, attending board meetings, managing external advisers, overseeing legal risk and handling day-to-day legal matters, available when you need him and stepping back when you do not.
This works particularly well for businesses approaching a significant transaction, capital raise or period of regulatory change, where consistent senior legal oversight makes a material difference.
What this covers
Day-to-day legal risk management. External counsel instruction and oversight. Board and executive advisory. Governance, compliance and regulatory matters. Contract and commercial oversight. Transaction and capital-raising support.
Fractional COO
Operational leadership and support
Scaling a business, preparing for investment or navigating a period of operational change requires senior operational leadership. Not every business is at the stage where a full-time COO makes sense, but the work still needs to be done.
shared. provides fractional COO services for businesses that need experienced operational leadership on a flexible basis. Tom draws on six years as COO of a complex, multi-jurisdictional regulated platform to help businesses build the operating models, governance structures and reporting frameworks that investors and regulators expect.
Available on an ongoing retainer or project basis, structured around what your business actually needs.
What this covers
Operating model design and implementation. Governance and reporting frameworks. Investor reporting and capital-raising infrastructure. Process improvement and operational efficiency. Cross-border platform management. Board and CEO partnership on operational matters.