Legal support plans
Each plan defines what we take charge of, how quickly we respond and how far it goes. You are not buying lawyer hours: you are buying that the work gets done and that there is a team who knows your company the day you need it.
How to choose
How many companies you have, how many people you employ and how many contracts you sign per month. These are the three factors that determine the real legal workload of an Ecuadorian company, and they are data you already know.
| If your company has | Essential | Management | Executive |
|---|---|---|---|
| Companies | 1 | Up to 3 | Up to 6 |
| Employees | Up to 20 | Up to 60 | Up to 200 |
| Contracts per month | Up to 3 | Up to 10 | Those of your ordinary operation |
If your company exceeds any of these limits, the next plan is the one that fits. When your company grows during the relationship, we review the level together: the plan follows the company, not the other way around.
The plans
All three cover the same matters. What changes is how much of the legal function we take on and how quickly we respond.
From
$650
per month · plus VAT
For the company that needs to get in order and have someone to ask before deciding.
Our recommendation
From
$1,200
per month · plus VAT
For the growing company that can no longer improvise its contracts or its hiring.
From
$2,200
per month · plus VAT
For the mid-sized company or family group with multiple companies and its own corporate governance.
Six-month minimum term across all three plans. In Executive, each additional company beyond six is quoted separately.
In detail
| Essential | Management | Executive | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monthly fee | From $650 | From $1,200 | From $2,200 |
| Consultations | Unlimited, in writing and through the agreed channel, on any matter within the plan's scope. | ||
| Response time | 2 business days | 1 business day | Same business day |
| Contracts | Review of up to 3 per month | Review and drafting of up to 10 per month | Ordinary operation, no cap |
| Corporate | Obligations calendar and alerts | Shareholder meetings, minutes, appointments, beneficial owner | The above, plus board participation and corporate governance |
| Labor | Consultation and deadline alerts | Contracts, SUT registration, ordinary terminations | The above, plus labor policy and prevention |
| Corporate books | — | — | Custody and updating of each company's books |
| Trademarks | — | Watch of your registered marks and alerts on similar applications | Watch of your registered marks and alerts on similar applications |
| Risks | Regulatory alerts | Semi-annual review | Semi-annual risk map with quarterly follow-up |
| Administrative | Consultation | Consultation and guidance on requirements | Handling of requirements and inspections |
| Meetings | Quarterly | Monthly | Monthly, plus quarterly committee |
| Tax consultation and review | — | — | Permanent tax consultation and periodic review of each company's compliance status |
| Bookkeeping | Optional module | Optional module | Optional module |
| Team | One assigned attorney | One assigned attorney with backup | Responsible partner and assigned team |
| Term | 6 months | 6 months | 6 months |
Values do not include VAT.
Module
Clarté handles accounting and tax matters for its clients. It is a service separate from the legal one, with its own scope and its own fee — that is why it is contracted separately.
Because almost every company already has an accountant, often for years. We do not want having to change them to be the reason you cannot start with us. You hire the legal side today and the accounting side the day it makes sense — or never.
Because when we handle both, they stop being two vendors: one interlocutor, one meeting, one invoice. What the accountant sees in payroll and monthly operations is exactly what the lawyer needs to know before it becomes a problem.
The fee depends on transaction volume, headcount on payroll, tax regime and number of companies. Quoted after the diagnostic. Clients with an active legal plan get preferential rates on the accounting module, and vice versa.
A company of that size almost always has its own accounting department, and does not need us to replace it. What is usually missing is a second pair of eyes.
It is neither an audit nor a certification: it is a review based on the information the company provides. If you also want us to handle the bookkeeping, the module is available at any level.
Scope
A plan that does not say what it leaves out cannot be delivered. These matters are not part of any monthly fee, at any level:
Conversation is unlimited; the formal deliverable is not. Orienting you on a matter is always included. The written report that supports a decision, the lawsuit or the transaction are quoted separately.
All of the above is handled by Clarté, and clients with an active plan get preferential rates and priority scheduling. Having a plan does not limit what we can do for your company: it changes the price at which we do it.
With trademarks, the boundary is the same: watching them and alerting you is included in Management and Executive; registering a mark or opposing a third party's is quoted separately, at preferential rates.
How we charge
The market standard is contracting a monthly block of hours. We stopped doing it for a practical reason: no one calls their lawyer when they fear the call will have a cost — and the consultation that is not made is exactly the one that ends up expensive later.
That is why plans are not measured in hours. They are measured in what we take charge of, how quickly we respond and how far it goes — and all three are written above, before you sign anything.
Frequently asked questions
No. The accounting module is optional and contracted when you decide, or never. We work without issues with your current accountant.
We review the level together. If you exceed the company, employee or contract limits of your current plan, we move up. It is a known rule from day one, not a surprise.
We quote it as a project, at preferential rates for having an active plan and priority scheduling. A lawsuit, a sale or a reorganization do not fit into a fixed fee, and we prefer to say so upfront.
Yes, within the plan's scope and in writing. What has a limit is not how much you ask, but the deliverable: a formal report, a lawsuit or a contract beyond the monthly cap are quoted separately.
When someone files to register a trademark in Ecuador, their application is published in the SENADI Gazette and a thirty-business-day period opens to file opposition. Once that period expires, opposition is no longer possible. We periodically review those publications against your registered marks and alert you if something similar appears, in time for you to decide what to do.
Because directors are jointly and severally liable for their existence and accuracy, and because a share transfer does not take effect vis-à-vis the company or third parties until it is recorded in the book. In a family group that is what makes a succession or a change of ownership real: an agreement between the parties is not enough.
Six months. It is the time it takes for us to know your company well enough for the plan to be worth what it costs.
The legal diagnostic determines it. We review your corporate, labor, contractual and tax situation, and deliver a risk map with priorities. With that you will know what you need — with us or without us.
The legal diagnostic reviews your company across ten fronts and ends in a risk map with priorities. It is the starting point for any plan — and it works just as well if you decide not to hire it.
