Governance & Risk Framework
Create Structure. Build Confidence. Govern with Clarity.
Our Governance & Risk Frameworks help legal teams establish clear ownership, accountability, and decision-making structures to ensure every process, technology, and policy operates with control and consistency.
Everingham Legal’s library of policies, procedures and playbooks are designed to eliminate risk, deliver clarity to key stakeholders and allow your legal team to focus on the work that matters.
Why Legal Operations Lose Control
As legal teams scale their technology and processes, things start to break down. Without a clear governance model, no one knows who owns what — decisions are made ad hoc, data becomes unreliable, and risk increases.
Common Symptoms:
Overlapping responsibilities between legal, IT, and procurement.
Inconsistent processes across teams or business units.
Data and reporting that can’t be trusted.
Vendor management gaps and compliance blind spots.
AI and new technologies are not captured by employment agreements, codes of conduct, or non-disclosure agreements.
Without leadership from the legal team, even the best systems drift into disarray.
5-Steps to Governance & Risk Maturity
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Review existing policies, processes, and decision flows. Determine the gaps and agree on an ideal future state.
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Identify who owns key systems, data, and workflows. In many cases, stakeholders disagree about “who owns what”.
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Define roles, committees, and decision-rights for legal operations and technology. This plan should account for both existing technologies and a strategy for managing new technologies introduced into the business.
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Build frameworks for compliance, risk, and vendor management.
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Establish dashboards, audits, and KPIs to keep governance active and effective.
Why Governance & Risk Matters
Strong governance turns transformation into lasting capability. It ensures consistency, transparency, and control across the entire legal function.
Benefits:
Clear accountability and ownership across stakeholders.
Consistent decision-making aligned to business goals.
Enhanced compliance and risk management.
Trusted data and measurable performance.
Leadership confidence in technology and process outcomes.
Ownership and accountability over all AI-generated assets.
What You’ll Receive
A structured model that empowers your legal function to make faster, safer, and smarter decisions.
Typical engagements include:
Governance framework and decision-rights matrix.
Policy and process documentation templates.
Risk and compliance control checklist.
Governance dashboard and KPI set.
Executive summary and implementation roadmap.
Why Choose Everingham Legal
We help legal leaders bring order to complexity. Our governance model combines the rigour of corporate governance principles with the agility of modern legal operations, ensuring control without bureaucracy.
We’ve built governance frameworks for teams managing global technology portfolios and cross-functional legal ecosystems. Our approach caters to highly regulated industries, small and large legal teams, and fast-growing businesses.
Pragmatic: Adapted to your structure, not a one-size-fits-all model.
Compliant: Reflective of ISO, GDPR, and legal risk standards.
Actionable: Designed for immediate implementation.