Firm-level beneficiaries (firm-sponsored consultations)
How a firm can sponsor consultations for its own members or clients as beneficiaries.
Last updated: May 14, 2026
Firm-level sponsorship is a beta extension of the sponsor-org feature. It uses the same beneficiary infrastructure, but the sponsor entity is your firm rather than a separate NGO or company.
What firm-level beneficiaries are
Your firm can sponsor consultations on LeyApp the same way an external organisation can. The firm's owner and admins invite beneficiaries (members or external clients), set a per-beneficiary budget, and pay the consultations on the beneficiary's behalf.
Each beneficiary still books their own consultation; the firm just covers the cost up to the configured budget.
How this differs from a sponsor-org
A **sponsor-org** is a separate `organizations.type = 'sponsor'` entity — typically an NGO, a corporate legal-aid program, or an embassy. A **firm sponsoring its members** is the same firm (`organizations.type = 'firm'`) acting as the funding source for a subset of its bookings. The difference matters for accounting and reporting, but the day-to-day workflow is identical: invite beneficiaries, set budgets, pay.
Common use cases
- A firm offers a free or subsidised first consultation to all new clients via a sponsored booking link.
- A firm runs a pro-bono programme for vulnerable groups and routes payment through its own funds rather than a partner NGO.
- A firm partners with a referral source (insurance company, employer benefits programme) and sponsors consultations on their behalf.
Inviting firm beneficiaries
Only firm **owners and admins** can manage beneficiaries. Open **Dashboard → Firm → Beneficiaries**.
Step-by-step
- Click **Invite new beneficiary**.
- Enter the beneficiary's email, name, an optional internal reference (your case number), and a purpose (visible to the beneficiary).
- Set a budget — either an amount in euros (cap on total sponsored value) or **unlimited** (no cap).
- Send the invitation. The beneficiary receives an email with a one-click acceptance link.
Budgets and consumption
The budget cap is **cumulative**: every non-cancelled booking the beneficiary makes through your sponsorship counts against the budget. Cancelled or declined bookings do not count.
The Beneficiaries page shows a live budget usage indicator per beneficiary (green / amber / red). You can change a budget at any time from the same page — both increases and decreases take effect on the next booking.
If you need to onboard a cohort (e.g. fifty new clients in one batch), use the **Bulk invite** option on the same page to paste a list of emails in one go.
Suspending and resuming beneficiaries
Suspending a beneficiary blocks them from creating new sponsored bookings while preserving existing ones. Resume puts them back in active state. Both actions write to the firm audit log.
Privacy and beneficiary data
Beneficiaries see your firm name and the budget they have available. They do not see other beneficiaries. You as the sponsor see who they booked with and when, but **not** the contents of the consultation — chat messages and case files stay between the beneficiary and the lawyer (see Sponsored booking privacy article).