Commercial Contract Termination Agreement

A jurisdiction-neutral outright assignment by an Assignor to an Assignee of all intellectual property rights in defined materials, existing and future, for cross-border deals: each type of use listed, an exclusive licence where a country does not allow assignment, consideration with a withholding or gross-up choice, delivery, moral rights waiver or consent, further assurance with an optional power of attorney, recordal, a choice of full, balanced or limited warranties, and English law with LCIA arbitration by default (courts as an alternative).

Jurisdiction

International / Cross-Border

A balanced, law-neutral advisor agreement for a cross-border startup or board advisor engaged as an independent contractor and paid in equity, a fee or both: services and time commitment, an optional share, option or phantom award under the company's own law with monthly vesting, cliff and optional acceleration, confidentiality, IP, compliance, withholding tax, liability and arbitration (English law and ICC arbitration in London by default).

Jurisdiction

International / Cross-Border

A cross-border agreement under which a Consultant provides independent professional services to a Client, with adaptable terms for scope, fees, intellectual property, confidentiality, data protection, tax, liability, termination and dispute resolution.

Jurisdiction

International / Cross-Border

A convertible note for a cross-border investment: an unsecured loan from one Investor that converts into shares on a qualified financing at a discount and/or under a valuation cap, with repayment or conversion on an exit, at maturity or on default, under a governing law and forum the parties choose, with an arbitration variant.

Jurisdiction

International / Cross-Border

A law-neutral controller-to-processor data processing agreement for cross-border services, built to the GDPR Article 28 standard so it also meets most GDPR-style laws, with the governing law and forum chosen by the parties, an optional clause entering the EU standard contractual clauses, and balanced, Controller-leaning and Processor-leaning positions on the negotiated points.

Jurisdiction

International / Cross-Border

A founders' agreement for a company whose law, forum or founders span jurisdictions: roles, the equity split, reverse vesting with a cliff and optional acceleration, good and bad leaver provisions, assignment of business intellectual property, decision-making and deadlock, transfer restrictions, and a chosen governing law with courts or arbitration.

Jurisdiction

International / Cross-Border

A law-neutral agreement for a Company engaging an individual independent Contractor, often in another country, with the governing law and arbitration or courts chosen by the parties (default: English law and London arbitration) and terms for local mandatory law and classification risk.

Jurisdiction

International / Cross-Border

A balanced cross-border master services agreement under which a Supplier provides professional, technical or managed services to a Customer under statements of work.

Jurisdiction

International / Cross-Border