How can we help?
To access legal support from just £145 per hour arrange your no-obligation initial consultation to discuss your business requirements.
Annual subscription for larger companies
Extend plan
The smarter way for high-growth and established businesses to access legal advice
Extend is our fully managed legal support plan with dedicated account management, giving you priority access to a curated team of highly experienced solicitors, whenever you need them and at a budget set by you.
As an Extend client, you’ll benefit from:
Easily accessible, responsive and comprehensive legal partnership, covering our full range of business legal services.
A pro-active and accessible account manager, committed to understanding your business and satisfying your legal needs.
A curated team of partners and senior lawyers, many of whom have not only worked for some of the most highly regarded law firms in the UK, but also in businesses, usually as legal counsel but sometimes as senior leaders.
High quality, practical and commercially-focused legal advice, delivered in plain English.
Tiered packages with increasing discounts on our standard rates (which are typically £290 per hour for partners and solicitors, and £145 for trainees, legal assistants, and paralegals) depending on the value of the package you purchase, giving you control over your legal budget.
Transparent billing. We’re happy to scope each project and provide time estimates so there are no unexpected costs. Plus, you’ll receive monthly statements with line-by-line entries on the time spent on your projects and the value remaining on your plan.
We become an extension of your team
Our Extend plan is designed for businesses with more complex and frequent legal needs, offering seamless support that integrates directly into your operations.
Whether you need specialist expertise to work as an extension of your in-house legal team or a reliable partner to handle your day-to-day legal work, Extend ‘plugs in’ to your business, allowing you to focus on high-level strategy and driving growth.
With our Extend plan, you’re not just outsourcing legal tasks — you’re gaining a trusted partnership and a team that’s committed to helping your business thrive. See an example of a curated Extend team below.
Here’s how it works:
- Tailored expertise: We don’t believe in one-size-fits-all. We assess your unique business requirements and handpick a curated team of subject matter experts to support your legal needs — now and in the future. Your Extend team is chosen specifically to match your unique requirements, challenges and goals.
- Scalable support: As your business grows, your legal support scales with it. Whether you need extra resources for a major project or routine legal assistance, our flexible model ensures you have the right support, when you need it. You will have access to the full breadth across and within our legal teams, providing you with continuity and scalability as required.
- Cost efficiency: By committing to a longer-term subscription partnership, you benefit from discounted packages and a team that will invest time in getting to know you. This allows you to manage legal requirements and budgets more effectively, with no surprises or hidden fees.
- Proactive partnership: Our role is not just reactive. We become an extension of your team, identifying risks and opportunities early, and helping you stay ahead in a competitive landscape and fast-moving commercial environment.
What does it cost?
Including an initial 3-month trial period, your Extend plan runs for a rolling period of 12 months, with an option to renew or cancel at the end of that period. The cost of your chosen Extend package is invoiced quarterly in advance, and the value can be used towards projects across our full range of legal services on an hourly rate basis and towards our fixed fee products.*
| Extend packages | Plan value at Standard Rates | Equivalent partner / senior solicitor time | Extend Discount | Extend plan cost |
| Tier 3 | £17,400 | 60 hours | 27.58% | £12,600 |
| Tier 2 | £34,800 | 120 hours | 31.03% | £24,000 |
| Tier 1 | £58,000 | 200 hours | 34.48% | £38,000 |
| We also offer bespoke larger packages to suit your requirements | ||||
With our Extend plan, we commit to fostering an on-going partnership, and clients are encouraged to choose a package that aligns with their anticipated annual legal needs. If it is expected that more than 50% of the value in a package will be consumed within the first quarter, a larger package may be required.
While your legal needs may inevitably fluctuate throughout the year, the aim of this plan is that the value usage is distributed relatively evenly across the four quarters of the subscription year. If the value is used up sooner than the 12-month period, you can purchase a new package.
*Harper James retains the right to invoice earlier based on a client’s usage.
Which legal services are included in the Extend plan?
You’ll be able to access all our services listed below as an Extend client, regardless of how big the deal or complex the matter, it’s all included.
Business Disputes
Business Immigration
Commercial Law
Commercial Property
Corporate Law
Data Protection
Finance & Investment Law
Employment Law
Insolvency & Corporate Recovery
Intellectual Property
To help you solve common issues with clarity on costs and deliverables, you’ll also benefit from discounted rates on our fixed fee products.
How can we help?
To access scalable legal support from a curated team of solicitors, arrange your no-obligation initial consultation to discuss your business requirements.
Your account management team
Kate is our Head of Client Services and is also a commercial and corporate lawyer, advising businesses from start-ups up to global companies on everything from investment and franchising to sale and purchase transactions, exits and much more.
Nicky is a Partner in Client Services, having previously worked as a commercial and corporate solicitor for 27 years, advising business on their corporate acquisitions and disposals, commercial contracts and arrangements and funding requirements.
An example of a curated Extend team
With over 24 years’ experience advising on commercial matters, Stephen brings a wealth of technology expertise having previously worked in-house as senior counsel to BT before joining private practice.
Jas is a corporate partner at Harper James Solicitors, advising on corporate governance, mergers & acquisitions, venture capital & investments.
Samantha qualified as a solicitor in 2001, she has been advising entrepreneurial businesses on their employee and management ownership programmes for more than 20 years.
Ben is a dual-qualified solicitor and Chartered Trade Mark Attorney (qualifying in 2016) and assists clients with trade mark clearance searching, brand strategy and world wide trade mark protection as well as dealing with a range of intellectual property disputes and litigation.
Having previously worked at DLA Piper, Sally advises clients on a broad range of employment matters and has a particular strength in employment litigation.
Becky is a highly knowledgeable commercial lawyer, specialising in Data Protection and Privacy Law. She can add value to a business by drawing on nearly 20 years of in-house experience.
share the benefits of your Extend Plan
Extend Plus
Are you a subsidiary, parent company or part of a group? You can share the benefits you receive as an Extend client with your other companies.
Extend Plus is a service plan that allows your other companies to share the value of your Extend package.