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Experiences and giftingVirgin Experience Days

One legal team for every experience

Our work for Virgin Experience Days spans every department, which means we see their business as a whole rather than as a series of isolated legal questions. That perspective is what allows our work to be consistent and commercial.

Patricia TinnLegal Service Director, Lawyerly

Estimated saving c. 60%
a year at typical hourly ratesAbout £40,000
a year on the Enterprise plan£16,548
Matters a year
35

Where the pressure is

An experience gifting business is a marketplace: thousands of supplier partners on one side, consumers and corporate buyers on the other, and a well-known brand in the middle. Every partner needs a contract that protects the customer and the name, every campaign touches consumer law and the brand guidelines, and a large team brings a steady stream of employment questions. The legal work never stops, and much of it used to go to external firms on the clock.

What we did

Around thirty-five matters a year on the Enterprise plan, with the legal function run as a single desk.

  • Supplier, partner and customer agreements reviewed and negotiated so deals keep moving
  • Day-to-day employment advice, and protection for the brand behind the experiences
  • General advice across departments, from marketing to operations, answered inside the week
  • A proactive legal review of the business at the start of the relationship
  • Legal spend management: when a matter needs a specialist, we brief, instruct and oversee them so hours stay lean

Twenty-six matters in nine months, annualised to about thirty-five, mostly commercial agreements, priced at typical firm fees.

Savings are estimates and every figure is shown per year. Matter counts come from our case system in September 2026 and are annualised where a client has been with us for less or more than a year. The hourly-rate figures apply typical UK commercial firm fees for SME work to those matters (for example £1,200 to £2,500 for a contract review, £900 to £2,000 for an employment matter, £300 to £600 for a short advice query, £1,500 to £3,000 for a compliance review and £2,500 to £5,000 for a commercial lease). Plan figures are the published price of the plan the client is on. Each client has approved the use of their name.

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