Preparation of contract

Every person constantly interacts with contract law, even if they are not aware of it. Our society is built on mutual obligations: from the simplest everyday actions (buying products in a supermarket or traveling by transport), to more complex legal agreements (export of goods and others). In most everyday matters, you can rely on oral agreements. At the same time, when it comes to such actions as buying real estate, a car, ordering services, you cannot do without a contract.

A contract is a civil law or economic law agreement between two or more parties aimed at establishing, changing or terminating their mutual rights and obligations on a specific issue. The contract clearly defines who, what, to whom, when and for what price (in most cases) must perform. Such agreements are a fundamental tool for managing legal risks and ensuring transparency of any important relationships.

What types of contracts can our lawyers prepare?

Legal practice covers a wide range of contractual relations. Lawyers of the company “Prikhodko & Partners”, given their extensive practical experience, can help with the development and conclusion of the following types of contracts:

• purchase and sale (apartments, houses, land, vehicles, property rights, goods, etc.);
• lease (residential, non-residential premises, land plots, equipment, etc.);
• exchange (barter);
• donation (object owned by the counterparty, currency values, etc.);
• credit, loan;
• pledge (property, property rights);
• provision of services, performance of work (including legal, information, marketing, accounting, etc.);
• inheritance;
• life support;
• in the field of intellectual property (factoring, licensing, on the transfer of property rights to an IP object, etc.);
• in the field of foreign economic activity, etc.

The list above provides only the most popular contracts that our clients have requested for development. Therefore, our contract lawyer can analyze, develop and formalize the signing of other agreements in areas such as commercial, civil or labor law.

In what cases is a lawyer needed to draft a contract?

A lawyer, like a doctor, is always needed, but he is not always involved in a timely manner. In the field of contractual relations, this rule is of critical importance, since contacting a specialist before signing the agreement is an investment in your legal protection and avoiding financial losses (in particular, from an unscrupulous counterparty). The best time to involve a lawyer in contractual issues will be the moment when the other party sends you a copy of the contract, and you need to make changes to yours. In this case, a lawyer from the company “Prikhodko & Partners” will:

• first, conduct a legal audit of the agreement (check its content);
• second, correct unfair conditions in the terms of the contract and stabilize the interests of both parties;
• third, make other necessary adjustments to the contract.

It is important to know! For small household transactions, you probably will not need critical legal assistance. However, it is mandatory when the subject of the contract has a high value, complex legal structure (for example, in the case of real estate transactions, corporate agreements, international contracts). For more detailed information, order a consultation with one of our specialists.

Contract drafting service: how does our lawyer help?

It is worth emphasizing that the vast majority of disputes related to the recognition of contracts as invalid or their early termination arise due to the frivolous attitude of the parties to their conclusion. Unforeseen important points, ambiguous wording or the absence of dispute resolution mechanisms are slow-acting mines. You should not save on professional legal support, as this almost always results in significantly higher legal costs.

In order to provide timely and high-quality assistance, a lawyer from the company “Prykhodko & Partners” will provide you with the following services:

• Introductory consultation;
• analysis of the content and form of the existing contract;
• selection of the optimal type of contract to regulate the rights and obligations of the parties (if a draft of a new agreement is required);
• prepare a competent text of the document that will maximally protect your rights and legitimate interests;
• make amendments before final approval of the content of the contract;
• provide support in its signing by the parties (negotiations) and notarization.

What should a quality contract in the field of management contain?

To protect your interests as much as possible, the agreement should be not only legally competent (avoiding “ambiguous formulations”), but also as detailed as possible. A quality agreement is also your shield in case of a conflict with a counterparty. A correct agreement should contain:

• indicating the type/kind of agreement (purchase and sale agreement, contract, factoring, etc.);
• a preamble (as a rule, the parties, place of conclusion of the agreement and date are indicated);
• the subject of the agreement (a clear definition of what is being concluded);
• a clause on rights and obligations, liability in case of violation of the terms of the agreement;
• the price and procedure for payments (it is imperative that the agreement contain payment terms and methods of payment);
• the procedure for resolving disputes between counterparties (claim and claim procedure, an option for international arbitration can also be envisaged);
• force majeure (as a general rule, exempts from liability for improper fulfillment of the terms of the contract, since it occurs through no fault of the counterparty);
• final provisions (term of validity of the contract, procedure for making amendments, etc.);
• details of the parties.

Conclusion of a contract with the help of our lawyer

The lawyers of our law firm “Prikhodko and Partners” offer you a comprehensive service with a flexible pricing system that will depend on the complexity of your request, the scope of legal services provided, as well as the qualifications of the specialist himself (you can involve a legal assistant, lawyer, advocate in cooperation). An approximate list of their services for drawing up a contract is as follows:

• basic consultation / legal audit;
• adaptation and correction of the text of the contract;
• development of a draft of a new agreement;
• development of certain types of contracts (in particular, foreign economic activity contracts).

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