Our Story

Over the past 30 years, Sean has served as general and commercial counsel for a a broad-array of tech and other start-ups, scale-ups, and companies in crisis.

The dilemma: Commercial managers are reluctant to hire expensive commercial counsel because customer demand may not require a permanent hire (yet). It's at that awkward period when the company appears to be growing but the budget is still too tight and commercial legal help seems like a luxury to have.

The solution: Hire as needed until you determine a permanent solution is absolutely required. Let KPI and sound budgeting decisions take the fore. Until then, hire ICS to get you through those awkward growing pains.

ICS provides your company dedicated commercial counsel who familiarize themselves with the risk-tolerances, products, and technical intricacies relative to your specific commercial offerings. Hire short-term, tailor your demand to the actual demands afoot, and save money to maximize profits.

Meet Sean Erensmith - Managing Director of ICS

Sean Erensmith is a U.S. lawyer with deep expertise in technology, AI, privacy, and commercial law. With a career spanning leading tech companies and high-growth startups, Sean has advised on complex commercial transactions, regulatory compliance, and AI-driven innovation.

Currently based in London, Sean has held key legal positions at Panaseer Limited and Mind Foundry, an AI spin-off from Oxford University. His work has focused on international commerce and contracting, data security, and risk mitigation to ensure that cutting-edge technology aligns with legal and ethical standards.

Sean’s legal acumen extends to contract negotiation, data privacy (GDPR, UK/EU regulations), and AI governance, helping businesses scale responsibly. He has also engaged with sustainable business practices, particularly in the intersection of AI, environmental policies, and ethical compliance.

Passionate about the evolving landscape of AI law, Sean frequently collaborates with industry leaders to navigate emerging challenges in data protection, AI regulation, and commercial strategy.

Crisis Management

When your business grows faster than your human resources are prepared to meet, we help you meet customer demand for:

● Contract Drafting, Reviews, and Risk Assessments

● Contract Redlining and Edits

● Live Negotiations and Battle of the Forms

● Formalization and Contract Execution

● Archiving and Contract Management

CLM is what we do...

Permanent Solutions

Start-ups and Scale-ups need foundational processes and procedures to ensure sales success.

● Contract Drafting, Templating, Mechanization

● Contract Redlining and Edit Standards

● Live Negotiations and Battle of the Forms

● Formalization and Signing Authority Processes

● Archiving and Contract Management

● Play Book for Commercial Engagements

● Coaching, Training and Hiring Assistance

My Approach

Fact: Business managers tread carefully not wishing to tax valuable financial resources for additional HR expenditures. Many believe that the deployment of a commercial counsel too soon would be a waste of money. They reason: There isn't enough business to keep a full-time counsel busy.

Meanwhile, business is showing promise and customers are beginning to bite. In a cost-saving effort, a business manager will try to close the deal perhaps relying on expensive outside counsel, or a paralegal, or anybody in the scrum who took a semester of law. But that comes with risk: Time, expense, expertise, delay, and opportunity costs. And you end up creating a bespoke one-off deal that gets you no closer to a well-oiled machine.

My approach is to come in and get a lay of the land. What's in place, what's needed, what's critical, what needs organizing. I can provide you a business model for your short, medium, and long-term commercial needs.

And, I can sit right down and start knocking out the work.

Don't let your business suffer because you are dedicated to a shoe-string budget. Work within the budget and hire short-term to meet short-term need.