Contract Drafting

Well-designed contracts balance long-term strategic objectives with day-to-day commercial workability. They must address known legal risks, anticipate regulatory developments, and reflect the operational realities of complex, often multi-party arrangements, while remaining readable and practically useful to the people who rely on them. Our contract drafting practice spans the full range of commercial agreements, from vendor/merchant contracts to highly bespoke financial services and technology transactions. We bring both sector depth and drafting precision to every engagement.

We draft and negotiate the full suite of corporate and investment agreements required across the business lifecycle, including shareholder agreements, joint venture arrangements, term sheets, investment agreements, convertible instruments, distribution and agency arrangements, and licensing agreements. Our approach emphasises clarity, commercial workability, and robust risk allocation that holds under pressure.

The agreements governing integrations between payment processors, acquiring banks, payment aggregators, and technology platforms have grown considerably complex as global payment infrastructure has become more interconnected. We draft and negotiate payment service integration agreements that clearly delineate technical, operational, and financial responsibilities, including SLA frameworks, settlement and reconciliation mechanics, chargeback allocation, data handling obligations, and regulatory compliance warranties.

The contractual intersection of traditional financial institutions and virtual digital asset service providers requires careful navigation of two distinct regulatory worlds. Banks, NBFCs, and payment companies entering into service arrangements with crypto exchanges, custody providers, or blockchain infrastructure businesses need frameworks that address regulatory risk allocation, AML and KYC obligations, liability carve-outs, termination rights, and the specific representations required by regulated entities. We structure and draft these arrangements with a thorough understanding of both sides of the table, the compliance constraints of regulated financial institutions and the commercial requirements of VDA businesses.

Every VDA service provider requires a robust suite of user-facing and operational documentation, terms of service, risk disclosures, privacy policies, fee schedules, and onboarding agreements, that is legally compliant, commercially defensible, and clearly communicated. We draft bespoke documentation for the full range of VDA businesses: VDA Exchanges; Custody Service Providers; Wallet Infrastructure Providers; Market Makers & Liquidity Providers.

We draft employment contracts, consultant agreements, IP assignment deeds, and confidentiality arrangements that protect businesses against the most common and commercially damaging disputes, including ownership of work product, post-employment restrictions, and the enforceability of non-disclosure obligations across jurisdictions.