Contract Drafting & Negotiation

Whether you are entering a new commercial relationship, renegotiating existing terms, or responding to a counterparty’s draft, we can assist at any stage of the contracting process. We provide clear, practical advice on the legal implications of contractual terms and ensure that your agreements are fit for purpose.
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We draft, review, and negotiate commercial contracts across a wide range of sectors and transaction types, including supply agreements, service contracts, distribution agreements, joint venture documents, licensing arrangements, and bespoke commercial frameworks.

Our approach to contract work is shaped by our dispute resolution background: we draft with a view to what will matter in a dispute, ensuring that key provisions — governing law, jurisdiction, liability, termination, and remedies — are clear, enforceable, and proportionate to the commercial risk involved.

We advise on both Turkish law and English law governed agreements, and regularly support clients in cross-border negotiations involving different legal systems and counterparties from multiple jurisdictions.

Key Areas of This Practice

Our work in this area encompasses the following aspects:

Drafting & Review

We draft contracts from scratch and review counterparty documents, identifying risk allocation issues, ambiguous provisions, and drafting weaknesses that could create exposure in a dispute.

Negotiation Support

We advise and participate in commercial negotiations, helping clients understand the legal implications of proposed terms and developing negotiating positions that protect their interests.

Cross-Border Contracts

We advise on contracts governed by English law and Turkish law, and support clients navigating the challenges of cross-border agreements involving different legal systems and counterparties.

Dispute Prevention

Our dispute resolution background means we draft with disputes in mind — ensuring that key clauses such as governing law, jurisdiction, limitation of liability, and termination are clear and enforceable.

The Basics

What Does Contract Drafting & Negotiation Involve?

  • Identifying client objectives and risk appetite
  • Drafting and structuring key contractual provisions
  • Reviewing and marking up counterparty documents
  • Advising on governing law and jurisdiction clauses
  • Negotiating terms and conditions
  • Finalising and executing the agreement

A well-drafted contract is the most effective tool for preventing disputes and protecting commercial relationships. Poor drafting — ambiguous terms, unbalanced risk allocation, or missing provisions — frequently leads to costly disagreements. Our approach to contract work is shaped by our experience in dispute resolution: we anticipate the issues that most commonly lead to litigation and arbitration, and we address them at the drafting stage before they become problems.

How to Apply

Do You Need a Contract Reviewed or Drafted?

Whether you are entering a new commercial relationship, renegotiating existing terms, or responding to a counterparty's draft, we can assist at any stage of the contracting process. We provide clear, practical advice on the legal implications of contractual terms and ensure that your agreements are fit for purpose.

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Types of Contracts We Handle

Compensation can include things like medical expenses, permanent injuries, loss of employment, lost wages, property damages, and diminished earning capacity.

We advise on the legal structuring of joint ventures, including the allocation of rights, obligations, and risks between the parties, exit mechanisms, and dispute resolution provisions.

We handle licensing agreements, software development contracts, and technology transfer arrangements, ensuring that intellectual property ownership and usage rights are clearly defined and protected.

We advise on construction contracts, consultancy agreements, and professional services arrangements, with experience across both FIDIC-based and bespoke contractual frameworks.

We assist in the preparation and review of investment agreements, loan documentation, and other financial instruments, addressing key legal risks and ensuring enforceability.

As a dual-qualified firm, we advise on agreements governed by English law, providing integrated advice on drafting, interpretation, and enforcement for cross-border commercial transactions.

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Civil litigation is a term that applies to any legal dispute where two or more parties are seeking monetary damages or a specific performance and does not include criminal accusations. Some cases go to trial in which a judge will determine the outcome, but not all will.
 

The most common kinds of civil litigation involve contract disputes (ie alimony, injury, debt), class action lawsuits (ie discrimination), property disputes and complaints filed against a government body.

How Long Do I Have to File My Lawsuit? No one-size-fits-all answer exists. Every state has time limits, called statutes of limitations, for filing lawsuits.
 
 
About 80 percent of cases filed in superior courts are resolved before they get to a trial. In civil cases, both sides of a case often agree to settle their disagreement and reach a compromise to avoid the expense of a trial or the risk of losing at a trial.
 
Alternative Dispute Resolution (“ADR”) refers to any means of settling disputes outside of the courtroom. ADR typically includes early neutral evaluation.
 
 
Arbitration is a procedure in which a dispute is submitted, by agreement of the parties, to one or more arbitrators who make a binding decision on the dispute. In choosing arbitration, the parties opt for a private dispute resolution procedure instead of going to court.
 

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