Legal teams are expected to scale like operations—but often without operational infrastructure. The most underpriced risk in growth is the assumption that controls, culture, and accountability will scale on their own. Revenue scales. Headcount scales. Technology scales. But governance doesn’t—unless you deliberately rebuild it. Growing companies often assume yesterday’s success is proof that today’s risk is manageable. What they underestimate is how quickly decision velocity outpaces oversight. Authority diffuses, processes get informal, and exceptions become the norm—right at the moment the company is becoming more visible to regulators, plaintiffs, and the market.