adeo
For law firmsAustralia
Sector · Legal Fixed-fee · Transparent

Built for the questions partners are now being asked.

Cyber is now a board question, not an MSP question. Adeo gives the managing partner — and the firm's risk partner — a plainly-written, independently-produced answer they can table.

Why now Sector pressure points

Why legal firms come to Adeo.

№ 01

Insurance renewal is hardening.

Insurers are asking for evidence, not assurances. An MSP's "we've got that covered" is no longer an acceptable answer to the underwriter.

№ 02

Cyber is a top-three board risk.

ALPMA's 2024 survey put cyber as the top business risk for Australian law firms — with only 45% of boards rating their own cyber maturity as adequate. The gap is widest in mid-sized practices.

№ 03

Section 180 duty of care.

Director duty of care now explicitly includes cyber posture. Partners sit in two chairs — as lawyers for clients, and as directors of their own practice.

№ 04

APP 11 and client confidentiality.

Client confidentiality obligations create exposure the MSP's service contract rarely speaks to. The firm owns the breach, not the vendor.

№ 05

Matter systems outpace governance.

Matter-management platforms, third-party counsel portals, and external sharing are rising faster than the oversight around them.

Engagements Fixed-fee, in writing, before work begins

How Adeo works with managing partners.

№ 01 · Entry
Quick-Scan
From A$2,400 · five days
№ 02 · Flagship
Baseline Audit
A$7,500 – 15,500
№ 03 · Ongoing
vCIO Retainer
Quoted per engagement
Recurring · Artefact
Adeo Pulse
A$550 – 850 / month

Full engagement details and fees live on the Services page. Every proposal is written in advance; there are no retainers, renewals, or recurring charges without your signature.

First engagement What the brief typically surfaces

What typically surfaces on a first engagement.

Patterns we see on a first engagement with a 30 – 80 staff firm:

  1. 01One or two legacy service accounts without MFA, created for document-management integration and never reviewed.
  2. 02Restore-test evidence that is scheduled but not logged — a live exposure at renewal.
  3. 03Matter-folder external sharing that has drifted since the last governance review.
  4. 04Conditional-access policies that no longer match the approved baseline — usually a convenience exception never rolled back.
  5. 05One or two invoice items from the MSP that do not map cleanly to contract.

The output is a document a managing partner can forward to the MSP with one line: "we need these actioned, please confirm timeline."

The brief answerFrequently asked

Why Adeo, not Big 4?

The Big 4 are excellent. They price at two to three times what Adeo does for equivalent scope, and the work is usually delivered by a mid-level consultant under a partner's name. If the board needs a tier-one name on the cover page, that's a legitimate choice. If the board wants senior, independent, accessibly priced, and Adelaide-local — that's what Adeo is.

Independence, plainly

Adeo's only source of revenue is the fee your organisation pays us.

That limits what we can earn. It is also the product. No vendor commissions. No MSP referral fees. No resale margin. In either direction.

What we will not do
  • × Run helpdesks, desktop management, or production systems.
  • × Resell software, hardware, or licences.
  • × Take commissions from any vendor, MSP, or insurer.
  • × Brief a board without the engagement sponsor in the room.
Next step

A thirty-minute conversation, at no cost.

Email contact@adeo.au with "Legal enquiry" in the subject line. Reply within one business day.

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