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Our comprehensive General Consulting Agreement template is designed for consultants and businesses alike to formalise professional services engagements with confidence.
What’s included
- A fully editable agreement that can be customised to your situation: term, scope of services, fees, confidentiality, intellectual property, termination, and more.
- A clean structure with clear headings, so you can plug in your details and have a ready-to-use document in no time.
- Helpful prompts and bracketed fields (e.g., [Consultant Name], [Client Name], [Start Date]) to guide your customisation.
- A robust set of clauses that address key risks and obligations between the parties, so you minimise ambiguity and focus on the work.
Who is it for?
- Independent consultants, freelancers, and service providers who need a solid contract to govern their engagements.
- Businesses and organisations looking to hire consulting services and want a clear, well-structured legal framework.
- Anyone seeking a straightforward, professional agreement template without starting from scratch or reinventing the wheel.
When to use it
- Before a consulting engagement begins — ideal for clarifying scope, deliverables, fees and responsibilities up-front.
- Whenever you need to formalise a one-off project or an on-going consulting relationship.
- When you want to replace informal email conversations or loose arrangements with a clear, signed contract.
Why you’ll benefit
- Clarity: Everyone knows what is expected — services, timeline, payment, deliverables, what happens if things change.
- Protection: Includes key provisions like confidentiality, IP ownership, termination rights, limitation of liability.
- Efficiency: Rather than drafting from scratch you get a professional base ready to go, saving you time and cost.
- Professionalism: Shows your clients or consultants you operate formally, with appropriate structure and documentation.
Key features to look out for
- Defined Scope of Services section: helps reduce scope‐creep and mis-understandings.
- Clear Compensation & Payment terms: decide whether hourly, daily or project fee; specify invoicing and late payment interest.
- Independent Contractor Status clause: ensures correct classification and avoids employment mis-characterisation.
- Confidentiality and Intellectual Property provisions: define who owns what and how confidential information is handled.
- Termination & Term section: builds in notice periods and termination for cause, so you’re not locked in indefinitely.
- A carefully drafted Limitation of Liability and Indemnification section: to manage risk.
- Choice of Governing Law & Dispute Resolution: letting you specify the law and mechanism (mediation/arbitration) that apply.
