Project Counsel
Managing major projects
with reduced legal budgets and reduced in-house attorney staff is
a recurring issue for General Counsels of major corporations. Thomas
Vega-Byrnes has the legal management experience and skills to assist
corporate counsel by playing the key role of project counsel, overseeing
the hiring and supervision of additional outside law firms, local
counsel in multiple jurisdictions, and the overall legal team coordination
of a major legal project. He has extensive experience
working alongside company staff and external consultants, such as
tax advisors, accountants, engineers, insurance and finance professionals,
in multi-disciplinary project teams.
Mr. Vega-Byrnes understands
that his clients are interested in timely results at a reasonable
cost. His move from a large firm to his own small firm is driven
in part by a desire to eliminate the pressures big firm partners
face to generate a high level of associate billable hours that do
not always translate into added value for the client. Due to his
lower overhead, Mr. Vega-Byrnes is able to offer his clients a lower
billing rate that is often 50% or less than the rates charged by big firm partners
with comparable international experience. He is also very flexible in working out alternative billing arrangements. |