Contract & Commercial Law
Drafting, negotiating and reviewing the agreements a business runs on day to day.
Detailed overview
Most commercial risk is created quietly, in template agreements nobody re-read. We review and rebuild contract stacks so that the standard terms a business issues every week are actually working in its favour.
The team drafts and negotiates across the commercial spectrum — supply, distribution, services, agency, licensing, outsourcing — with attention to the clauses that decide disputes: liability caps, indemnities, termination, and governing law.
We also run contract audits for clients with legacy portfolios, mapping obligations, renewal dates and exposure so that management knows what it is committed to.
- Master services, supply and distribution agreements
- Standard terms of business and purchase conditions
- Agency, reseller and franchise arrangements
- Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements
- Outsourcing, SaaS and technology contracts
- Liability, indemnity and limitation drafting
- Contract audits and obligation mapping
- Termination, variation and renegotiation
Why you might need this service.
If one of these describes your situation, a short conversation will establish whether there is a matter worth pursuing.
Your standard terms have not been reviewed in years and no longer reflect the business.
A significant counterparty has sent their paper and you need it negotiated.
You are entering a new market or channel and need the right contractual model.
A contract needs to be exited and the termination mechanics matter.
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Before you make contact.
Submit the consultation form on this site, call the office, or email our intake address. We aim to acknowledge every enquiry within one business day and to offer an appointment within three. Where a matter is time-critical — an arrest, an injunction, a deadline that expires this week — say so in your first message and we will treat it accordingly.
A named partner or senior associate is responsible for every file and remains your point of contact throughout. Work is delegated within the team where it is efficient to do so — document review does not need partner time — but supervision does not move, and you will always know who is accountable.
Depending on the matter: hourly at the rate of the lawyer doing the work, a fixed fee for defined scopes such as documentation or a licence application, or a retainer for continuing advisory work. Whichever applies, you receive a written engagement letter setting out the basis, the rate and the estimate before any chargeable work begins.
Yes, directly, and at the first opportunity. A candid assessment early is worth considerably more than an encouraging one that changes eight months and a large invoice later. Where a case is weak we will explain why, and whether anything can be done to strengthen it.
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Speak to the contract & commercial law team.
Describe what has happened in a few sentences. We will tell you whether it is a matter we should take, what it would involve, and what it would cost.
- Direct line
- +1 (212) 555-0142
- Response time
- Every enquiry acknowledged within one business day.