Built to change how businesses experience legal
Team Counsel was created to move legal beyond reactive advice through strategic counsel, governance, legal operations, and practical expertise that support long-term business growth.
The traditional ways of legal consulting will not work for the builders of the future. So we are disrupting it - to shape the legal landscape for the leaders of tomorrow.
Why Team Counsel Exists
Why Team Counsel Exists
Traditional legal support was built for a different way of doing business.
As companies grow, legal becomes part of every major decision, from fundraising and hiring to commercial contracts, governance, expansion, and strategic transactions. Yet for many businesses, legal support remains reactive, fragmented, and disconnected from the pace of growth.
Team Counsel was built to change that.
We believe legal should work alongside the business, not around it. That’s why we combine strategic thinking with practical execution, helping businesses make better decisions with greater confidence at every stage of growth.
Whether supporting an early-stage founder, a growing company, or an enterprise legal team, we work as an embedded partner, building the legal foundations that enable businesses to scale with clarity.
Our belief is simple.
Growth deserves a partner. Not just a lawyer.
The principles that guide every engagement
Mission
By combining the legal depth of Big Law with the speed of an embedded team, we simplify legal complexity across every stage of the business lifecycle, combining strategic legal counsel, operational excellence, and extended support that enable businesses to grow with confidence.
Value
Our core values guide every decision we make. They reflect our commitment to disrupt convention, innovate with purpose, democratise legal expertise, and empower businesses through practical, forward-looking legal counsel.
Belief
We believe the best legal support is proactive, not reactive. By identifying challenges early and building the right structure, we help founders and business leaders stay focused on growth instead of managing complexity.
Different expertise. One shared purpose.
Team Counsel brings together expertise across legal, business, strategy, operations, partnerships, and growth, working as one team to help businesses make better decisions with confidence.

Olivia Rhye
Founder & CEO
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Max Steiner
Product Manager
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Phoenix Baker
Engineering Manager
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Demi Wilkinson
Frontend Developer
A practical approach to solving legal problems for modern businesses
Embedded, not external
We operate as an extension of your leadership team, embedding legal capability into the business rather than providing advice from the sidelines.
Systems that scale
Governance, legal operations, contract infrastructure, and processes designed to grow with the business, not slow it down.
Business first thinking
Legal advice shaped by business priorities, combining strategic judgement with practical execution to create enduring enterprise value.
Let’s build what comes next
Built for businesses ready to scale with confidence.
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