Engagement options
We understand that no one solution fits all.
When we engage with a client, we take the time to understand your legal needs, objectives and the issues pertaining to your case.
And given the nature of your requirements, we are able to tailor our billing structure to be support your needs.
This structured service and billing may take the form of:
- Fixed or capped fees
- Traditional engagement agreements
- Retainers
- Secondments, through Nexus Expedite
Fixed or capped fees
Our lawyers will work with you to understand the scope of your needs. Following their assessment of your case, they will quote a fixed or capped fee.
Traditional engagements
For more intermittent legal requirements, we are able to provide quotes outlining a more traditional engagement, based on agreed hourly rates.
Retainers
For ongoing legal support, a retainer arrangement delivers the comfort of certainty around billing and an on-call lawyer who is integrated and committed to your business.
Retainer clients can increase or decrease their retainer level as frequently as they wish.
Secondments
A secondment arrangement may work best if you require short-term or project-specific legal support from a lawyer who is on-site.
Clients commonly second Nexus lawyers to scale up or provide additional legal support, for a specific scope of work or when covering a team member’s absence (such as maternity leave).
Secondments can provides certainty of cost and provide access to an in-house lawyer on-site, without increasing employee headcount or on-costs.
Visit Nexus Expedite for more information about how we can support your legal needs with a secondment placement.
Benefits of engaging Nexus
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Easy scalability
Scale up your in-house or project team with a lawyer who has the right seniority and expertise for your needs.
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Right lawyer for your team
We’re a law firm with a moderated network of specific skill sets. Our lawyers do this as part of a practice they are growing for themselves, not moving from one contract role to the next.
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One lawyer, 250 experts
Whether working from your office, on secondment or a retainer, a Nexus lawyer has ready access to the firm’s 250 experts globally, all of whom share our innovative Newlaw mindset.
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Seamless cover
If you have a lawyer going on leave, Nexus Expedite seconded lawyers are able to provide seamless cover until they return.
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Ready access, better relationships
Embedding a seconded lawyer into your business allows them to be readily accessible and more responsive to your needs, as their understanding of your business deepens over time.
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Risk management
Our lawyers, Nexus Law Group or Expedite, are covered by professional indemnity and legal professional privilege, with full back-office support.
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Flexible
Nexus Expedite seconded lawyers provide you with the flexibility to meet your business’ legal needs, as and how you need them.
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Recruitment and head-count
Externally retained or seconded Nexus Expedite lawyers won’t add to your headcount or recruitment costs.
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Global alliances
Our global alliance of NewLaw law firms allows you to access global expertise locally.
