Counsel IN
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Boutique General Counsel Office

Senior legal judgment, embedded in the business.

Counsel IN provides strategic, embedded and fractional legal & compliance leadership for companies that need General Counsel-level thinking — without the delay, overhead or rigidity of a full-time hire.

For CEOs, founders, boards, investors, scale-ups and international companies operating in complex or regulated environments.

For businesses that need more than external advice — but not yet a full-time GC.

Many businesses reach a point where legal cannot remain reactive, fragmented or outside the business context. They need senior judgment closer to strategy, closer to execution, and earlier in the life of important decisions.

Counsel IN is designed for that point: when the business needs a legal leader who can align commercial priorities, governance, regulation and compliance — practically, calmly and at the right level.

A model built to work like an in-house function.

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Strategic

Legal and compliance support shaped by business priorities, leadership context and long-term direction.

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Embedded

Close to the business, close to decisions, and engaged early enough to improve outcomes — not just review them.

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Fractional

Senior-level capability delivered with flexibility: the value of a GC office, without the fixed cost or timing burden of a permanent hire.

BusinessStrategyLegalBetter Decision

Counsel IN starts where the business is trying to go. Legal analysis follows strategy — not the other way around. The result is advice that protects the business, enables momentum and helps leadership make better decisions with greater clarity.

Not legal for legal's sake. Legal that improves the quality of business decisions.

Senior support where judgment matters most.

Especially valuable where business growth, regulation and executive accountability meet.

  • Corporate governance and board support
  • Commercial and strategic contracting
  • Regulatory and sector-critical advisory
  • Compliance framework design and implementation
  • Ethics, investigations and risk response
  • Leadership support and legal team building

Particularly strong in regulated and high-accountability sectors.

Life Sciences & Healthcare

Deep familiarity with regulated products, compliance, operating risk and executive accountability.

FMCG

Commercial, governance and compliance matters in fast-moving operating environments.

Technology

Practical legal support for scaling businesses, products, partnerships and cross-border growth.

Built for leadership teams under pressure to move well.

  • CEOs and founders navigating growth, complexity or change
  • Boards and investors seeking stronger legal judgment around key decisions
  • Scale-ups building structure before legal becomes a bottleneck
  • International companies needing senior local or regional support
  • Leadership teams operating in regulated, cross-functional environments

Bring Counsel IN when legal needs to be earlier, sharper, and closer to execution.

Agnieszka Majka, founder of Counsel IN

Led by Agnieszka Majka

Agnieszka Majka is an attorney-at-law with almost 20 years of experience across global life sciences, healthcare, FMCG and technology environments.

Her work combines corporate governance, commercial, regulatory and compliance advisory with a business-oriented, practical and collaborative approach.

She has built and led high-performing legal teams and brings a leadership style shaped by mentoring, clarity and a grounded understanding of how demanding work must function in real life.

Measured credibility. Not noise.

Selected recognitions and academic activity support the quality of the Counsel IN proposition.

  • Legal 500 recognitions in Life Sciences & Healthcare
  • IFLR Rising Stars Awards EMEA 2021
  • Expert Guides: Rising Star in Life Sciences (Poland)
  • Lecturing activity: Kozminski University
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Legal leadership, where the business actually happens.

If your business needs senior legal and compliance judgment that is practical, embedded and strategically aligned, Counsel IN offers a more focused alternative to building a full-time GC function too early.