Legal & compliance support for technology companies that can't afford to let admin slow down growth

Technology companies face a constant stream of legal and compliance overhead—NDAs with every new enterprise prospect, vendor agreements piling up before a product launch, SOC 2 or GDPR documentation that someone has to actually organize and maintain. Most founders and ops leads handle this themselves until it becomes unsustainable. A Trusty Oak EA takes the administrative layer off your plate so your legal counsel can focus on the work that actually requires a law degree.

Fractional legal & compliance support support for tech companies

How Trusty Oak handles legal & compliance support for tech companies

A Trusty Oak Executive Assistant working in legal and compliance support for a tech company typically handles the coordination and documentation work that sits between your legal team and the rest of the business. That means tracking NDA status across counterparties in tools like DocuSign or PandaDoc, maintaining a contract repository in Notion or Google Drive with consistent naming conventions and expiration alerts, and following up with vendors or partners on outstanding signatures so nothing stalls a deal. For compliance workflows, your EA can help populate and organize evidence folders for SOC 2 audits, track policy review cycles, and manage the intake queue for data subject access requests (DSARs) under GDPR or CCPA. Your role is to review and approve anything that requires legal judgment—your EA handles the logistics so that work actually gets done on schedule.

What your EA takes off your plate

Before your first session, pull together a list of every recurring legal or compliance task you're currently handling yourself—even the ones that take only 20 minutes—and note which tools you're using for each. The most common mistake is handing off 'legal admin' as a vague category without specifying where documents live, who the counterparties are, and what 'done' looks like for each task type. The more concrete your starting inventory, the faster your EA can take ownership without coming back to you for clarification on every document.

NDA Tracking and Routing

Manages the full lifecycle of NDAs in DocuSign or PandaDoc—sending, following up on unsigned agreements, and logging executed copies to a centralized contract tracker.

Contract Repository Maintenance

Organizes executed agreements in Google Drive or Notion with standardized naming, folder structure, and expiration date tagging so nothing falls through the cracks at renewal time.

SOC 2 Audit Evidence Organization

Collects and organizes evidence artifacts from internal teams—screenshots, policy docs, access logs—into the folder structure required by your auditor or compliance platform like Vanta or Drata.

DSAR Intake and Response Coordination

Logs incoming data subject access requests, tracks the 30-day response deadline, and coordinates with engineering or data teams to gather the required information for legal review.

Policy Review Cycle Management

Maintains a calendar of annual or quarterly policy reviews, sends reminders to document owners, and tracks sign-off status for policies like your Acceptable Use Policy, Privacy Policy, and Information Security Policy.

Tools our team works with

We adapt to your existing stack — no forced migrations.

PandaDoc

Airtable

Google Workspace

SharePoint

Notion

DocuSign

...and many more!

Trusted by tech companies

Trusty Oak supports tech companies including Permute AI, Ritual — handling everything from legal & compliance support to broader operational support.

What legal & compliance support support costs for tech companies

Drag the sliders to build a monthly plan that fits your workload.

Executive Assistants

~$35/hour

15 hours $525

Specialists

~$50/hour

10 hours $500

Fractional Executives

~$95/hour

5 hours $475

Your monthly budget

$1,500

Starting at $1,000/month. One-time $300 onboarding fee includes your Strategic Delegation Plan.

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Frequently Asked Questions

Can an EA handle compliance work if they're not a lawyer or certified compliance professional?

Yes, because the work being delegated is administrative, not legal. Your EA manages document organization, deadline tracking, evidence collection, and stakeholder coordination—tasks that don't require legal judgment but do require reliability and attention to detail. Anything that requires interpretation or legal sign-off stays with your counsel.

We use Vanta for SOC 2 compliance. Can your EAs work in that platform?

Trusty Oak EAs are tool-agnostic and can work in Vanta, Drata, Secureframe, or whatever compliance platform you use. During onboarding, your Client Success Manager will document the specific workflows and access levels needed so your EA can operate within your existing setup from day one.

How do you handle confidentiality given the sensitive nature of legal documents?

All Trusty Oak team members sign NDAs as part of their engagement, and your EA will work within whatever access controls you set—whether that's role-based permissions in Google Drive, DocuSign, or a contract management system. Your Client Success Manager will help you define the access scope during the onboarding process.

Get legal admin off your plate

Start with a $1,000/month talent budget and a Strategic Delegation Plan built around your actual compliance and contract workflow. One-time $300 onboarding fee, US-based EA, hours that roll over.