For Clients

Senior Lawyers embedded in your team, and fast.

Tell us your needs and we’ll second a seasoned lawyer to deliver, bringing deep expertise, razor-sharp focus, and that unmistakable X-factor that gets results.

No hands-off advice. No stretched capacity. No gaps.

You stay focused on what matters — and look good too.

SHIFT HQ supports you both to keep momentum high, outcomes outstanding, and brilliance consistent.

That’s the SHIFT way: brilliant people, brilliant work, brilliant lives. Built for humans, for the way we work and live today.

Services
  • BAU legal support and cover
  • Specialist technical support and capability building
  • Fractional or Interim General Counsels
  • Legal change uplifts and integration
  • Legal projects
  • Legal strategy and transformation
  • Legal Ops / Tech Optimisation (via SHIFT Consultancy)
  • Governance and Co-Sec Support (via SHIFT Consultancy)
Areas
  • Banking and Finance
  • Public Law
  • Construction
  • Insurance
  • Litigation
  • Privacy
  • Data Protection
  • Technology
  • Commercial Contracts
  • Corporate and Commercial
  • Energy
  • Financial Services Regulatory
  • Regulatory Affairs
Sectors
  • Corporates– Listed
  • Central and Local Government
  • SME Business
  • Law firms
  • Start-ups
Go here for SHIFT Consultancy – Governance, Compliance and Legal Operations /Tech Optimisation

SHIFT has taken the time to get to know me and my team — how we work — which means the consultants they place create immediate value. That’s been key to getting the match right.

Kirstin Jones, General Counsel & Co-Sec, SKY

The SHIFT model works incredibly well for us — flexible, responsive, and tailored to our needs. SHIFT’s lawyers are highly experienced, smart, and able to hit the ground running.

Meredith Ussher, ex-General Counsel, NZTA Waka Kotahi, now SHIFT Lawyer

The SHIFT Lawyer was a fantastic addition to our team during her time with us. They handled a broad range of legal matters with competence and professionalism, quickly picking up complex issues and delivering practical advice.

Louise Martin, Head of Legal & Co-Sec, Auckland International Airport

How it works

Brilliant Experts join SHIFT

Vetted, onboarded, skilled, experienced, and ready to get stuck in.

Clients tell us what they need

Problems, priorities, capacity, expertise, outcomes, and timelines. We scope the solution with – or for – them.

SHIFT HQ expertly matches and creates solution

Expert chooses role, client chooses lawyer. SHIFT HQ makes the connection and manages the paperwork.

Expert seconded, solutions move.

Expert and client focus on what matters. SHIFT HQ supports both throughout.

Outcomes achieved. Problems Solved. Brilliance unlocked.
Careers and clients evolve with us – and as part of our community too.

SHIFT lawyers are senior in‑house experts — doers, not just advisers. Every lawyer is vetted for judgement, commercial nous, and the ability to embed fast and deliver from day one. Most have 10+ years’ PQE, many with specialist depth or GC‑level experience. SHIFT HQ are experts too, and we will match you with the right person based on your priorities, pressures, realities and goals. We give you options too – the choice is yours.

Anything you need to keep moving – whether it’s BAU support, cover during crunch periods, or a project when you just need an extra brilliant legal brain. Fractional roles too, where your SHIFT lawyer becomes your temporary or ongoing legal resource — flexible and tailored to the rhythm of your business. Because they’re senior, seasoned, in-house experts, you can trust them to deliver, and deliver brilliantly.

We agree everything upfront – lawyer, scope of work, terms, hours, length – but can flex if things change. Engagements mostly range from 6 weeks to 12 months, often part‑time.

You pay only for the time worked.

SHIFT lawyers are part of our team, so paperwork, onboarding, support and development sits with us. You provide the laptop, access, and day‑to‑day direction.

10 working days’ notice to terminate, but most clients extend – some even make it permanent, and our lawyers become our clients, and the SHIFT grows.

When you need outcomes, you need a safe pair of hands that can deliver them. Especially when budgets and deadlines are tight, and the pressure is high. SHIFT lawyers are that safe pair of hands – senior, proven, and will slot in as if they’ve always been part of your team.