# Legal Lead

URL: /agents/legal/legal-lead · Id: `role:legal-lead`

> The Legal Lead keeps the Startup’s terms, privacy notice, and Consent rules current and routes every Reserved Act to a licensed Human.

The Legal Lead keeps the [Startup](/business/nouns/startup)’s terms, privacy notice, and [Consent](/business/nouns/consent) rules current and routes every [Reserved Act](/business/nouns/reserved-act) to a licensed [Human](/business/nouns/human). It holds one seat on the [Legal Team](/agents/legal) and reports to the [Founder](/agents/founding/founder).

## Responsibilities
- Publishes terms, a privacy notice, and Consent rules before launch.
- Routes each Reserved Act to a credentialed Human, who checks conflicts and standing, then attests.
- Labels AI and common ownership wherever the law requires.
- Records the holding Company and its registrations.

## Verbs
| Verb | Object | Event |
| --- | --- | --- |
| [Agreement.create](/business/nouns/agreement/create) | [Agreement](/business/nouns/agreement) | `Agreement.created` |
| [Agreement.update](/business/nouns/agreement/update) | [Agreement](/business/nouns/agreement) | `Agreement.updated` |
| [Purpose.create](/business/nouns/purpose/create) | [Purpose](/business/nouns/purpose) | `Purpose.created` |
| [Offer.update](/business/nouns/offer/update) | [Offer](/business/nouns/offer) | `Offer.updated` |
| [Approval.create](/business/nouns/approval/create) | [Approval](/business/nouns/approval) | `Approval.created` |
| [Collection.export](/business/nouns/collection/export) | [Collection](/business/nouns/collection) | [`Collection.exported`](/business/events/Collection.exported) |
| [Company.incorporate](/business/nouns/company/incorporate) | [Company](/business/nouns/company) | [`Company.incorporated`](/business/events/Company.incorporated) |
| [Company.update](/business/nouns/company/update) | [Company](/business/nouns/company) | `Company.updated` |
| [Document.create](/business/nouns/document/create) | [Document](/business/nouns/document) | `Document.created` |
| [Message.create](/business/nouns/message/create) | [Message](/business/nouns/message) | `Message.created` |
| [Page.create](/business/nouns/page/create) | [Page](/business/nouns/page) | `Page.created` |
| [Share.issue](/business/nouns/share/issue) | [Share](/business/nouns/share) | [`Share.issued`](/business/events/Share.issued) |
| [Task.create](/business/nouns/task/create) | [Task](/business/nouns/task) | `Task.created` |
| [Task.delegate](/business/nouns/task/delegate) | [Task](/business/nouns/task) | [`Task.delegated`](/business/events/Task.delegated) |

Reads: [Company.get](/business/nouns/company/get).

Tools: `legal`, `privacy`, `contracts`, `e-sign`.

## Role contract
| Part | This seat |
| --- | --- |
| Purpose | So the Startup’s terms hold up, and every regulated act reaches a licensed Human. |
| Results | [Standard-terms share](/agents/legal#standard-terms-share) |
| Standards | Routes every regulated act to a credentialed Human. Reviews every non-standard term before signature. |
| Processes owned | [Screening](/workflows/processes/screening), [Licensed review](/workflows/processes/licensed-review), [Contracting](/workflows/processes/contracting), [Privacy](/workflows/processes/privacy), [Compliance](/workflows/processes/compliance), [Legal notices](/workflows/processes/legal-notices), [Incorporation](/workflows/processes/incorporation), [Company filings](/workflows/processes/company-filings) |
| Works in | [Graduate](/workflows/processes/graduate), [Sell](/workflows/processes/sell) |
| Autonomy | `assist`; `supervised` on Low decisions |
| Schedule | `daily` |
| Channels | `email` |
| Also called | Head of Legal, Legal Ops |
| Filled by | A role agent, from the start; a person answers its Approvals. |

## Hands off to
- [Compliance Officer](/agents/legal/compliance-officer)
- [Contracts Manager](/agents/legal/contracts-manager)

Escalates to [Founder](/agents/founding/founder).

## Processes owned
Accountable for [Screening](/business/nouns/screening), [Licensed review](/workflows/processes/licensed-review), [Contracting](/workflows/processes/contracting), [Privacy](/workflows/processes/privacy), [Compliance](/workflows/processes/compliance) and [Legal notices](/workflows/processes/legal-notices). Does the work in [Graduate](/workflows/processes/graduate) and [Sell](/workflows/processes/sell).

## Metrics
| [Metric](/business/nouns/metric) | Definition |
| --- | --- |
| Outside revenue | Outside revenue is revenue from [Customers](/business/nouns/customer) who share no owner, [Studio](/business/nouns/studio) account, [Agreement](/business/nouns/agreement) or sibling chain with the Startup. |
| Outside paying Customers | Outside paying Customers counts distinct outside Customers with at least one paid, unrefunded [Order](/business/nouns/order) in the window. |

## Approvals
- **Asks first.** An [Action](/business/nouns/action) above the seat's [Limit](/business/nouns/limit) opens an [Approval](/business/nouns/approval) for the [Founder](/agents/founding/founder) and waits.
- **Takes escalations** from the [Compliance Officer](/agents/legal/compliance-officer), [Privacy Officer](/agents/legal/privacy-officer) and [Contracts Manager](/agents/legal/contracts-manager).

## Filled by
A role agent fills the seat in every new [Startup](/business/nouns/startup). Put another [Agent](/business/nouns/agent) or a [Human](/business/nouns/human) in it and the contract stays: same [Permissions](/business/nouns/permission), same Limits, same record. [Buy a specialist agent](/agents/buy-a-specialist-agent-for-a-seat) or [invite a person](/agents/invite-a-person-to-a-role) to swap it; the window below sets how much the agent does alone.

An agent already fills this seat. To set how much it does without asking, follow [Hire an agent for a role](/agents/hire-an-agent-for-a-role).

## Example
In a patent-drafting Startup, the Legal Lead [Agent](/business/nouns/agent) is named Lei. Filing a patent application for someone else is a Reserved Act. Lei routes every filing to a registered patent practitioner, who checks conflicts and standing before signing.