Helcim
Helcim needed senior legal leadership to execute the projects and initiatives that drive the business forward, without waiting on a lengthy full-time GC search. A Fractional GC from Goodlawyer filled that seat.
Helcim is a Calgary-based payments company that provides transparent credit card processing and end-to-end payment tools for small and medium-sized businesses across Canada and the U.S. Founded in 2006, it offers POS, online checkout, invoicing, and hardware without long-term contracts.
Like many growth-stage payments companies, Helcim had a backlog of legal-adjacent projects that needed a senior owner: work that stalls when there is no GC to prioritize, decide, and drive execution with the rest of the leadership team.
Waiting for a perfect full-time hire would have meant months of delay on initiatives the business was already counting on.
Goodlawyer matched Helcim with a Fractional General Counsel who could operate at the altitude of the leadership team: clarify priorities, execute on the work that mattered, and keep initiatives moving without building a large internal legal org first.
For finance and ops leaders, the model was simple: expert legal leadership with a clear scope, without the full overhead of a permanent seat before they were ready.
We can’t say enough good things about our Fractional GC. They have been incredibly helpful in executing projects and initiatives that drive our business forward.
Helcim gained a senior legal partner who helped turn priorities into shipped work. The Fractional GC model gave the company momentum on the initiatives that matter, with a path to evolve coverage as the legal function grows.
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