How It Works
CEO Peace of Mind, at a fraction of the cost.
Fortune 500 CEOs get peace of mind on legal risk by putting a senior executive in charge of legal, government relations, and their outside law firms. BLM makes that same peace of mind affordable for growing companies, with a Fortune 500-caliber senior executive on your management team, at a fraction of the cost of a full-time hire.
The Problem
A growing company needs senior judgment on legal risk, regulators, and outside law firms. But a full-time SVP-level executive is a big-company expense. So most growing companies go without one. The CEO carries legal risk alone, or the law firms run themselves. Neither one gives the CEO peace of mind.
How BLM Works
Match.
We start with a conversation and your free Business Legal Rating. Then we match you with a Principal Consultant whose experience fits your industry, your regulators and your stage. You meet your Principal Consultant before you commit.
Your Principal Consultant.
Your Principal Consultant sits with your leadership team and owns responsibility for managing your legal function, government relations, and outside law firm relationships. Your information stays confidential to your company.
A flat monthly fee.
You pay a flat monthly fee, a fraction of a full-time senior executive's cost, and get an executive who manages your legal function, government relations, and outside law firm relationships.
What Your BLM Executive Does
- Owns responsibility for the legal function, the way your CFO owns the numbers, so it isn't left to a CFO who isn't trained for it
- Manages the legal function through the lawyers you choose: your own counsel (your existing lawyers and law firms) or the Embedded Legal Team from Business Law Group LLP. The executive doesn't act as your company's lawyer
- Sits with your leadership team on decisions with legal, regulatory, or government exposure
- Identifies opportunities, not just risks
- Manages your outside law firms: picks the right firm, sets the scope, and keeps costs in check
- Leads government relations where your business needs it
- Brings a founder-CEO's view of risk: practical and aimed at growth
- Coordinates the legal work with your own counsel or Business Law Group LLP's Embedded Legal Team
Your BLM executive acts in a business management role. BLM does not provide legal advice. Legal services are provided by Business Law Group LLP or your own counsel.
Comparison
| Full-time SVP / General Counsel | BLM executive | Ad hoc outside law firms | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Annual cost | Median total pay of about $526K a year for general counsel at private companies under $500M in revenue (BarkerGilmore 2025), before benefits and outside counsel. For reference, George Brunt was paid up to $1M a year in these roles. | Founder: from $2,000/month. Core: $12,000 to $24,000/month, based on revenue. Business Law Group LLP hours included. | Hourly rates plus a retainer. Billed by the matter or hour, and hard to predict |
| Incentive for efficiency | Neutral. Same salary either way. | Flat fee. We bear the cost of inefficiency, so we're rewarded for solving problems fast. | Billed by the hour, so more time means more fees. |
| Seniority | Senior executive | SVP-level, Fortune 500 senior executive background | Varies by matter and firm |
| Sits on your management team | Yes | Yes, as part of your leadership team | No |
| Manages outside law firms | Yes | Yes | No. They are the outside law firm |
| Government relations | Often | Yes | Usually not, or billed separately |
| Knows your business | Deeply | Ongoing relationship with your company | Matter by matter |
| CEO and founder experience | Varies | Yes. BLM principals have founded and built companies | Rarely |
| Best for | Large companies | Growing companies that want senior leadership without a full-time salary | One-off legal matters |
Who gains from efficiency? Law firms do excellent work, but hourly billing means more time on a matter brings more fees, so the model doesn't reward speed. A full-time hire is neutral: the salary is the same either way. BLM charges a flat monthly fee, so we bear the cost of inefficiency. We're rewarded for solving problems quickly and preventing them in the first place.
The comparison is general. Actual costs vary. BLM is a business consulting company, not a law firm. Legal services, where needed, come from Business Law Group LLP or your chosen counsel.