Counsel Operations · Switzerland
Counsel work for Swiss companies

Founder Counsel, External Inhouse Counsel and
Counsel Desk for Swiss companies.

NorthAlp supports scalable founders from incorporation and established companies once legal, tax, HR and accounting can no longer run in separate lanes.

NorthAlp supports scalable founders and growing companies from the point where single advisors, single opinions and single spreadsheets are no longer enough.

Counsel consultation at the table
Three product lines

Founder Counsel · External Inhouse Counsel · Counsel Desk.

For scalable founders from incorporation, for established companies with recurring counsel needs, and for structured counsel presence in daily business. Standalone, combined or rotating.

From incorporation

Founder Counsel

Integrated support for scalable founders from incorporation — when wrong structural decisions get expensive later.

  • Structure, shareholdings, IP, vesting
  • Investor-readiness, financing rounds
  • Tax, HR, accounting integrated
  • Coordination with notaries and specialists
scoped per mandate · NorthAlp retainer logic
Founder Counsel
Recurring counsel need

External Inhouse Counsel

Recurring counsel function. Hour-based retainer, remote/hybrid, three tiers.

  • Compact 5h / Business 12h / Premium 24h per month
  • Legal, Tax, Accounting, HR — one team
  • Triage, pre-send review, contract checks
  • Quarterly hour pooling
from CHF 1,500 / month
See EIC tiers
Fixed presence

Counsel Desk

Structured counsel presence with fixed consultation slots. Remote, hybrid or on-site.

  • Four frequency models: Monthly to Weekly One Day
  • Management and board sparring
  • HR/legal triage, contract coordination
  • Travel across Switzerland possible
from CHF 1,800 / month
Counsel Desk
Who NorthAlp is for

Complexity as threshold, not headcount.

NorthAlp is for founders, entrepreneurs and companies where complexity appears earlier than an internal legal, tax or HR staff function. For scalable business models, support may start at incorporation. For operating companies, the need appears with increasing complexity. For growing SMEs, it typically develops into a recurring counsel function.

Headcount is not the deciding factor. What matters is whether legal, tax, HR and financial questions already interconnect.

Four disciplines

Legal · Tax · Accounting · HR.

The discipline is the substance dimension. All three product lines are available in all four disciplines — standalone, combined or rotating.

Counsel Function: Legal, Tax, Accounting, HR
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Four ways forward.

30 minutes to talk.

We clarify whether Founder Counsel, EIC, Counsel Desk or a combination fits. If none of them does, we say so openly.