Modifying & Assigning a Business Agreement
Contract amendment
Change the terms of a contract that's already signed.
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Reviewing or negotiating a contract
You've been sent an agreement, or you need one changed, and you want to know what it actually commits you to.
An agreement you have been sent is a list of things you will be bound by, written by someone whose interests are not yours. Reading it is not the hard part — knowing which clauses decide the money, the exit and the risk, and which are ordinary, is.
What this can involveWhat it can involve
Does one of these sound like yours?
You don’t need to know the legal term for it. Start with what actually happened.
- Having it read and explainedWhat the agreement actually says, in plain language, with the dates and the parties pulled out.
- The terms that decide the moneyWhen you get paid or have to pay, when it renews on its own, and how it ends.
- What you would be exposed toWhat you would be liable for, what you would be covering for someone else, and whether you are signing personally.
- Restrictions and ownershipWhat you could not do afterwards, what you have to keep confidential, and who owns what gets made.
- Changing or negotiating itMarking up what you want different, and putting an agreed change into a form that holds.
- Where a disagreement would be settledWhich law the agreement says applies, and where a dispute under it would go.
The same reading applies whatever the agreement is: an employment contract, a lease, a supplier agreement or the terms behind a digital service are all read for the same six things.
None of these quite right? You don’t have to pick one.
More than one area
One situation, more than one area of law.
Reviewing or negotiating a contract rarely sits in a single category. These are the areas it most often reaches, and why. You don’t have to pick one — the matter decides, not you.
Each one is a real page you can read before deciding anything.
Most oftenContractsThe agreement itself, whatever the agreement happens to be about.
And often also
- Corporate & CommercialMost commercial relationships come down to an agreement between two businesses.
- Employment & LabourAn employment contract is read the same way, with its own rules on top.
- Real Estate & PropertyA lease is a contract, with its own notice periods and deposit terms.
- Consumer LawThe small print of a purchase or a subscription is an agreement too.
Documents
You may also need a document.
If the agreement needs changing rather than reading, or you need one of your own to start from, the document is often the whole job.
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This builder drafts a new mutual NDA from guided questions — useful if what you actually need is an agreement of your own rather than a view on one you have been sent. It does not review anything.
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Mutual non-disclosure agreement
Two parties sharing confidential information with each other, on matching terms.
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Other situations
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