Commercial Contracts
Contract architecture for the transactions and operational relationships that carry your business.
Contracts drafted to be lived with — not just signed.
We draft, negotiate, and re-paper the commercial contracts that define how our clients operate: supply, distribution, licensing, outsourcing, framework, and complex bespoke arrangements.
Our lawyers combine transactional rigour with sector insight — pricing risk, sequencing obligations, and building in the flexibility clients need as markets shift.
- Framework and master agreements
- Distribution, agency & supply
- Licensing and technology contracts
- Contract remediation & renegotiation
How we approach this practice.
Our work includes drafting and negotiating shareholder agreements, joint venture agreements, distribution and agency agreements, supply contracts, outsourcing arrangements, and long-term commercial contracts — always calibrated to the client's business objectives, risk appetite, and growth strategy.
Contract capability, end to end.
Bespoke drafting and principled negotiation on complex commercial arrangements.
Master services and framework agreements with disciplined change-control mechanics.
Multi-jurisdiction supply, distribution, and licensing structures with local counsel network.
Warranty, indemnity, limitation, and insurance architecture calibrated to the risk profile.
Portfolio review, renegotiation, and consolidation programmes for mature businesses.
Bespoke contract playbooks and template suites for in-house legal teams.
A disciplined path from concept to close.
- 01Commercial Alignment
We start with the commercial map — economics, control, contributions, and outcome — before drafting a single clause.
- 02Structural Blueprint
A structuring memo sets out the vehicle, jurisdiction, tax treatment, and regulatory path, benchmarked against comparable matters.
- 03Documentation
Bespoke documentation drafted as an integrated instrument set — designed to survive later scrutiny.
- 04Approvals & Closing
Regulator engagement, condition-precedent management, and a disciplined closing choreography.
- 05Stewardship
Ongoing counsel through the life of the matter — governance, calendaring, and dispute-prevention.
Selected commercial mandates.
A partial view of the mandates we have advised on — sanitised for confidentiality, but indicative of the scale and complexity of our work.
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Papered a multi-country distribution network for a global consumer brand entering East Africa.
- 02
Advised a regional bank on a master outsourcing agreement covering critical technology infrastructure.
- 03
Negotiated a long-term supply arrangement between a state utility and an international equipment provider.
- 04
Delivered a contract remediation programme for a listed group across 40+ legacy framework agreements.
Partners leading the practice.
Where this work connects.
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