Eliga provides embedded, in-house commercial counsel for technology and SaaS businesses. Services span contracts and commercial deals, compliance and risk management, strategic legal direction, and founder and growth support. Support is delivered at decision level, not after documents are finalised, so legal input arrives while commercial flexibility still exists.

Eliga primarily works with early-stage startups, SaaS companies, and high-growth technology businesses that need high-impact legal support without the overhead of traditional law firms. Clients are typically at a point where legal friction is beginning to show up in deals, hiring, or governance, and they need embedded support rather than reactive outside counsel.

Traditional law firms are engaged reactively: called in when there is a problem, a document to review, or a dispute to manage. Eliga works embedded inside your business, alongside your team, before direction hardens. Legal input is shaped around commercial reality and operating pressure, not delivered in isolation after the fact. You receive experienced commercial judgment positioned close to leadership and deal flow, not sitting outside the business reviewing things post-decision.

The first step is a conversation. Visit the contact page and complete the enquiry form, or book a 30-minute call directly. A senior consultant will take the time to understand your business, what is currently happening, and what support would be most useful. No predefined solution is brought to the first call. We start by listening.

For non-complex, standard contracts, Eliga aims to review within 48 to 72 hours of receiving all necessary materials, unless a different timeline is agreed based on complexity or urgency. Retainer clients typically receive faster turnaround as part of an ongoing working relationship. For time-sensitive deals, urgent review can usually be arranged.

Eliga uses email, video calls, secure document sharing, and project management tools to ensure clarity, accountability, and responsiveness throughout the engagement. The working approach mirrors how an in-house team operates: close to the business, accessible when needed, and responsive to how deals and decisions actually move.

Deals and decisions do not always follow a nine-to-five schedule. Eliga works with this reality. For retainer clients and active deal support, responsiveness is built into the engagement. The aim is that legal input arrives inside the working rhythm of the business, not as a separate bottleneck that slows deals down when time matters most.

The short answer: before you feel the friction. Most legal issues do not start as big problems. They build over time while the business is moving quickly. A useful signal is whether two people on your sales team, negotiating similar deals, would arrive at broadly the same outcome. If not, the issue is rarely the document itself. It is the absence of a shared and understood standard behind it. Periodic reviews aligned to product changes, new market entries, or shifts in commercial norms help prevent this drift.

Drafting and negotiating SaaS and technology agreements at Eliga focuses on getting deals done without giving away more than you should. Key areas include: scope of licence and permitted use, data ownership and processing obligations, liability caps and indemnities, termination rights, and renewal and pricing mechanics. Beyond the document itself, the goal is terms that your sales team understands and can negotiate, not clauses that require escalation to legal on every deal.

Legal support arrives inside the working rhythm of the business, not as a separate bottleneck. During live negotiations, this means reviewing redlines against your risk appetite and commercial position, advising on what to hold and what to concede, and helping the business make decisions that are practical and proportionate rather than theoretically conservative. The aim is for deals to stay on track, terms to be set clearly, and the business to keep moving.