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# Find the legal gaps before an investor or buyer does. 

A whole-company legal review across six areas. Entity and corporate housekeeping, contracts, IP ownership, employment, data and privacy, and regulatory exposure. We read your real documents, find what is missing or misaligned, and hand you a prioritised risk report and a remediation roadmap you can act on. Popular before a fundraise or M&A process, and as an annual check. The fee is a flat advisory rate, quoted by scope before any work begins.

From $995  , a flat advisory fee, quoted by scope before any work begins.

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How it works

## Three steps from scattered records to a prioritised action plan. 

1

### Scope and document request

A call to agree the scope and what triggered it, a fundraise, an acquisition, or an annual check. We send a structured request list: cap table and corporate records, key contracts, IP assignments, employment and contractor paperwork, and any privacy and regulatory documents. You share them through a secure data room.

2

### Six-area review

We work through each area in turn. Entity housekeeping, contracts, IP ownership chain, employment and contractor status, data and privacy, and regulatory exposure. We flag what is missing, expired, unsigned, or inconsistent, and note where a commercial decision or a specialist's input is needed rather than guessing.

3

### Risk report and roadmap

You receive a written report that ranks each finding by severity and effort, plus a remediation roadmap that sequences the fixes. What to do now, what to schedule, and what to watch. We walk you through it on a call so the priorities are clear.

What it costs

## A flat fee, quoted up front.

Legal Audit & Health Check starts from $995. A legal audit is a flat advisory fee, quoted by scope before any work begins, no per-hour billing and no quote after the fact. The fee depends on the breadth you choose: a focused single-area review sits at the lower end, while a full six-area whole-company audit ahead of a fundraise or sale scopes higher. We confirm the scope and the fee in writing up front, and remediation work, if you ask us to do it, is quoted separately once you decide what to tackle.

What's included

-   Scoping call and a structured document request list 
-   Secure data room for you to share corporate records, contracts, IP, employment, and privacy documents 
-   Review across the six areas you select. Entity, contracts, IP ownership, employment, data and privacy, and regulatory 
-   Written risk report with each finding ranked by severity and effort 
-   A remediation roadmap sequencing the fixes, now, scheduled, and watch 
-   A walkthrough call covering the priorities and any specialist referrals 

Legal audit (advisory fee)

From the live anchor, quoted by scope in writing before work begins

Single-area health check

Lower end of the range, quoted upfront

Full six-area whole-company audit

Scoped higher, quoted upfront

Remediation work (drafting, review, fixes)

Quoted separately once you decide what to tackle

Specialist referral (tax, securities, employment)

Coordinated where needed, billed by the specialist

The audit identifies and prioritises legal risk; it is not a legal opinion on any single matter and does not guarantee that no risk remains. The commercial decisions are yours. GTC does not provide tax, securities, or investment advice and coordinates the appropriate specialist where a finding turns on those areas.

Get started

### Book your legal audit

Tell us about your company and what's prompting the review, and we'll confirm the scope and email a flat-fee quote, no payment, no obligation.

The advisory fee is a flat quote confirmed in writing before any work begins; scope and any specialist referrals are agreed with you up front.

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Why GTC

## Why a legal audit from counsel tells you what a checklist can't. 

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Legal team

GTC's contracts team

Commercial counsel

Attorney-drafted

### Six areas, one coherent view

Entity and corporate housekeeping, contracts, IP ownership, employment, data and privacy, and regulatory exposure. Reviewed together, not in silos. A clean cap table means little if your IP was never assigned to the company; we connect those threads rather than checking boxes.

### Findings ranked by severity and effort

Every audit turns up issues; not all of them matter equally. We score each finding by how much risk it carries and how hard it is to fix, so you spend the next quarter on the things that move the needle, not the cosmetic ones.

### Built for the room you're walking into

Heading into a fundraise or a sale, you face investor or buyer due diligence. We frame the review the way that diligence will, so the gaps surface on your terms, with a plan attached, instead of in a data room under deadline.

### We identify and prioritise, and bring in specialists

We find the issues and tell you what they mean. Where a finding turns on tax, securities, or jurisdiction-specific employment law, we say so plainly and coordinate the right specialist rather than overreaching. The point is clarity, not a false all-clear.

Your Customer Success Team

## A dedicated team that owns your matter from start to finish.

Every GTC client gets a dedicated Account Manager and a Senior Account Manager who learn your business and stay with you from first email to final filing. They are named people who pick up the phone and already know your matter, so every step moves forward without delay.

### Your Account Manager

Your day-to-day point of contact, who coordinates every matter, keeps things moving, and already knows your file. They have your full history, so you start every conversation where the last one left off.

### Your Senior Account Manager

Senior oversight on strategy and escalations, stepping in as your needs grow, so every important detail stays on track.

A named person, on email or a call, at every step.

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How we compare

## Weighing how to run a legal health check? Here's what sets GTC apart.

What you get

GTC

Online filing services

Doing it yourself

Whole-company review across entity, contracts, IP, employment, data, and regulatory in one engagement

Single-domain only 

Single-domain only 

Reads your actual documents, not a self-assessment questionnaire

Generic checklist 

Generic checklist 

Findings ranked by severity and effort, with a sequenced remediation roadmap

Flat list of issues 

Flat list of issues 

Framed for investor or buyer due diligence ahead of a raise or sale

Flat advisory fee quoted by scope before work begins

Hourly / unclear 

Hourly / unclear 

Honest about limits. Coordinates a tax, securities, or employment-law specialist where needed

Whole-company review across entity, contracts, IP, employment, data, and regulatory in one engagement

GTC

Online filing services

Single-domain only 

Doing it yourself

Single-domain only 

Reads your actual documents, not a self-assessment questionnaire

GTC

Online filing services

Generic checklist 

Doing it yourself

Generic checklist 

Findings ranked by severity and effort, with a sequenced remediation roadmap

GTC

Online filing services

Flat list of issues 

Doing it yourself

Flat list of issues 

Framed for investor or buyer due diligence ahead of a raise or sale

GTC

Online filing services

Doing it yourself

Flat advisory fee quoted by scope before work begins

GTC

Online filing services

Hourly / unclear 

Doing it yourself

Hourly / unclear 

Honest about limits. Coordinates a tax, securities, or employment-law specialist where needed

GTC

Online filing services

Doing it yourself

The timeline

## From document request to a roadmap you can act on.

Most of the variable is how quickly the documents come in and how complete they are. We sequence the review so a missing item in one area never stalls the rest, and we set expectations on turnaround up front.

1.  Day 1 
    
    ### Scope and document request
    
    We agree the scope and the trigger, then send a structured request list and open a secure data room for you to share corporate records, contracts, IP, employment, and privacy documents.
    
2.  Days 2–5 
    
    ### Documents in, review underway
    
    As materials arrive we work through each of the six areas, logging what is missing, expired, unsigned, or inconsistent, and noting where a commercial decision or specialist is needed.
    
3.  1–2 weeks 
    
    ### Draft findings
    
    We compile the findings, rank each by severity and effort, and share a draft report so you can correct any context before the priorities are locked.
    
4.  Same engagement 
    
    ### Final report and roadmap call
    
    You receive the final risk report and remediation roadmap, and we walk through it on a call so the sequence of fixes and any specialist referrals are clear.
    

In their words

## All your legal, in one place. 

One accountable team across every practice, operating since 2016.

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Contracts drafted

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In-house attorneys

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Years since 2016

Legal Audit & Health Check FAQ

## Frequently asked questions

What does the audit cover? 

Six areas. Entity and corporate housekeeping. Cap table, share issuances, board and shareholder records, good standing. Contracts. Your key customer, supplier, partnership, and financing agreements. IP ownership. Whether trademarks, code, and inventions are assigned to the company by founders, employees, and contractors. Employment. Contracts, contractor-versus-employee status, and core policies. Data and privacy. What personal data you hold and your notices and processing terms. Regulatory exposure. The licences and rules specific to your sector. You can scope it to all six or focus it where you have the most risk.

When should we run one? 

What do we get at the end? 

What do we need to give you, and is it confidential? 

Will you fix the issues you find, or just list them? 

Does the audit guarantee we have zero legal risk? 

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See where you stand before someone else does.

## Ready when you  are.

A free consultation to scope the review and confirm a flat advisory fee in writing. We'll agree the trigger. Fundraise, sale, or annual check, and the areas to cover before any work begins.

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