Drafting, reviewing and negotiating business contracts with a focus on clear obligations, practical risk allocation and the company’s commercial objective.
We review the commercial objective, the proposed structure of the transaction and the documents exchanged between the parties, then draft or revise the agreement so the rights, obligations, timelines and risk allocation are clear.
The service can start before negotiations, during exchange of drafts or shortly before signature, depending on the stage of the transaction.
Understand the transaction, parties, deliverables and commercial objective before choosing the clauses and structure.
Translate the agreed commercial terms into clear contractual obligations, timelines, procedures and remedies.
Identify clauses that create legal or commercial exposure and propose revisions aligned with the client’s position.
Review comments and redlines, prepare alternative wording and help management understand the effect of proposed changes.
Check consistency across the final draft, schedules and commercial terms before the agreement is executed.
Support later amendments, renewals, notices and contract-related documents when the relationship changes.
Identify the contracting parties correctly and confirm who is signing and in what capacity.
Define what must be delivered, when, against which standard and how acceptance is documented.
Clarify pricing, invoicing, payment triggers, taxes where relevant and consequences of delay.
Set the duration, renewal mechanism and situations in which either party may terminate the agreement.
Allocate key risks and address confidential information and intellectual property where they matter to the transaction.
Make the notice mechanism and dispute provisions clear so the parties know the contractual path if a problem arises.
A review can cover the parties and authority to sign, scope and deliverables, payment terms, duration and termination, liability allocation, confidentiality, intellectual property, notices and dispute provisions. The review should be tailored to the transaction and the company’s commercial objective.
Yes. The work can begin with drafting a new agreement based on the transaction and the parties’ intended obligations, or with reviewing and revising a draft received from another party.
Contract support can include reviewing proposed changes, identifying legal and commercial risk, preparing alternative wording and supporting negotiations before signature.
Depending on the matter, the service may cover commercial and service agreements, supply and distribution arrangements, confidentiality agreements, memoranda of understanding, amendments and other business contracts.
Send the context of the transaction and the available draft so the required scope of legal support can be identified.
