Curated by Vinod Kumar Jain & Amit Jain · All Frontier Global · free, no login
The earlier version of this page implied downloadable templates. There are none here, and that is deliberate — a template signed without review is a liability dressed as a saving, and the clauses that decide how a deal goes wrong are exactly the ones generic templates get wrong. What this does instead: names the class of contract that normally fits your situation and the clauses worth arguing about, so the conversation with a lawyer starts further along.
Why no templates
A template is a set of assumptions about a deal you have not described. It assumes a jurisdiction, a balance of power, a risk appetite and a set of commercial terms. When those assumptions are wrong the document still looks like a contract — which is precisely the danger.
The clauses that matter are the ones people delete to save time: liability caps, termination, IP ownership, and what happens to work in progress when it ends badly.
Reviewing a draft is far cheaper than litigating a bad one, and cheaper than most people assume. If the deal matters enough to write down, it usually matters enough to have read.
Where a genuinely standard form exists in your industry, use that one — an established form with known interpretation beats a generic download.
What this is not
Not legal advice and not a substitute for a lawyer. It is a vocabulary aid: the name of the thing you need and the questions worth raising.
No clause text is offered, quoted or drafted here — only the subjects those clauses cover.
Classes overlap and names vary by country and industry. What one market calls a master agreement another calls a framework or a supply agreement.
Nothing here reflects mandatory rules — employment protections in particular often override whatever the parties write.
Sources
None, and none appropriate: contract law, mandatory protections and the interpretation of standard clauses are jurisdiction-specific, and a general citation would create false confidence. Have a qualified lawyer draft or review anything you intend to sign.