From its formation, every business will enter into some form of contract with outside parties.
Third-party vendors and suppliers will present business owners and management-level employees with everything from short order forms to lengthy service agreements.
Likewise, businesses constantly enter into contracts with their customers, whether in the form of short verbal transactions or heavily-negotiated contractual arrangements.
When drafted correctly, written contracts should make clear the expectations of each party both when things go well, and when things start to go wrong.
Our attorneys take a pragmatic approach to contract drafting, balancing risk-management objectives with the complexity and sophistication each arrangement requires.
We regularly assist our clients negotiate and draft a broad variety of commercial contracts, including:
- Professional and other service-related agreements;
- Product sales agreements;
- Commercial lease agreements;
- Manufacturing and distribution agreements;
- Intellectual property licensing agreements;
- Confidentiality and non-disclosure agreements;
- Joint venture agreements;
- Employment and independent contractor agreements; and
- Non-competition, non-solicitation, and other restrictive covenant agreements
