Beyond the hire
When your business needs in-house legal support, hiring is often the obvious answer, but headcount can be slow to secure, expensive to carry and limited by the seniority and specialist experience of recruits.
Clearlake gives you an immediately available managed legal team instead: lawyers at all levels of seniority, specialist areas of expertise and panel law firms where needed, all delivered under a single, simple retainer and all coordinated via a single, connected technology platform for tracking matters, contracts and workflows.
Whether you need a UK legal footprint, extra support for an existing in-house team or a broader alternative to your next legal hire, we provide flexible capacity and clear visibility, with predictable monthly pricing.
Built for business
Clearlake gives clients more than access to lawyers. We deliver a fully managed legal function, built around the right people, practical workflows and a connected platform that gives your senior executive team full visibility across all workstreams being managed.
More than headcount
Hiring one lawyer gives you one person. Clearlake gives you a managed legal team, with lawyers at different levels, access to specialist disciplines and trusted panel firms where deeper expertise is needed, all as part of a single, flexible retainer. You get broader legal capability without building the whole function yourself.
One connected platform
Clearlake One is our purpose-built proprietary platform that sits between our lawyers and our clients, giving your executive team a clear view of all matters, contracts and workflows. Your business teams can self-serve for routine legal tasks, initiate standard contract processes and track all the work we are delivering for your business, in one simple portal.
UK and beyond
Clearlake supports clients in the UK, across Europe and internationally. We operate as an authorised legal practice, regulated by the SRA in England & Wales, but we also deliver international consultancy support where your needs extend beyond the perimeter of regulated English legal services.
Premium sector focus
Our lawyers are drawn from Magic Circle and leading US law firm backgrounds, with senior in-house and blue-chip experience. We focus on sectors we understand deeply, including software, fintech, crypto, advanced manufacturing and engineering to deliver a premium, sector-expert service.
