Practice area
Contracts, Governance and Disputes
From inception to resolution: building growth and defending value.
A company's strength lies in the precision of its agreements. We partner with founders and boards to build the legal foundation of their ventures, with a focus on preventive law: governance frameworks and commercial contracts that anticipate friction and reduce the risk of deadlock and liability.
When a commercial conflict arises, strategy is your best defence. We support disputes by bridging financial reality and legal argument, so that you keep command of your business relationships.
Services
Where we can help.
Commercial Contracts and Legal Drafting
Robust framing of scope, Drafting End User License Agreements (EULA) and SaaS subscription contracts, structuring agreements, Drafting Code of Conduct, POSH (Sexual Harassment) policies, Embedding "Data Processing Addendums" (DPA), etc.
ExploreContract Risk and Negotiation Advisory
Structuring indemnity scope, triggers, caps, baskets, and procedures to allocate risk, designing liability caps, carve-outs, advising on governing law, jurisdiction, and forum clauses to align enforceability, and defining acceptance criteria, service levels, and designing termination events. and Drafting consequences of termination.
ExploreFraud and Integrity Risk Advisory
Assessing key risk areas, evaluating existing Internal Financial Controls (IFC), Advisory on ABC risk frameworks, designing due diligence frameworks, advising on robust Whistleblower Policies and Codes, Advising & designing Standard Operating Procedures (SOPs) for complaint handling, etc.
ExploreShareholders' Agreement (SHA) and Governance
Structuring board seats,defining quorum, and granting "Observer Rights, Identifying critical decision areas, Drafting robust Right of First Refusal and Right of First Offer, Defining founder lock-ins and promoter vesting schedules, drafting exit rights and Negotiating the "Waterfalls".
ExploreStartup and Founder Advisory
Drafting clear vesting schedules, cliff periods, and "Good Leaver/Bad Leaver" exit clauses, Structuring & Advising on ESOP and SARs schemes, assisting in curating the legal "Virtual Data Room", etc.
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