Contracts drafted, reviewed and negotiated under US law by international contract lawyers with US law experience. From Delaware corporate standards to California’s non-compete ban, your contract is built for the state that governs it. Fixed fees, standard contracts in 24 to 48 hours.
Tell us about your contract, the counterparty, and which state’s law governs it. A contract lawyer on our team assesses it and responds with a precise quote and timeline. No obligation, no automated replies.
Standard contracts drafted in 24 to 48 hours. Complex multi-state work in 3 to 5 days.
Reviewed by Prakhar Rai, Advocate & Founder · Last updated October 2026
There is no single “US contract law.” Contracts in the United States are governed largely at the state level, and the differences are not cosmetic. A non-compete that is enforceable in Florida is void in California, and a liability cap that works under New York law may read differently under Texas law. So a US contract cannot be a generic template with a state name dropped in. It has to be drafted for the law that actually applies.
My Legal Pal is an international team of contract lawyers with US law experience. We draft, review and negotiate US-governed contracts remotely for startups, founders, businesses and freelancers, on fixed fees. We are not a US law firm. If you need someone to appear in a US court, or a formal opinion on a particular state’s statute, we say so upfront and help you engage locally licensed counsel.
Whether you need an NDA for an investor pitch, a master service agreement for an enterprise client, a SaaS subscription agreement, an independent contractor agreement, a SAFE for a funding round, or a contract from the other side checked before you sign, the work is scoped to your deal and your state. For how our drafting works for clients in any country, see contract drafting services. For trademark, incorporation and privacy work in the US, see our United States legal services page.
Four points decide most US contracts, and each is why we draft to the governing state rather than to a national template. For the general rules of enforceability, see our guide to drafting a contract in the USA that holds up in court.
California voids nearly all post-employment non-competes by statute, and Minnesota and North Dakota restrict them too. Florida and Texas enforce them if reasonable in time, geography and scope. The FTC’s 2024 nationwide non-compete rule was set aside by a federal court before it took effect, so state law decides. Details in our non-compete rules by state.
Delaware’s Court of Chancery and settled corporate case law make it the usual governing law for shareholders’ agreements, SAFEs and investor documents, even when the company operates elsewhere. Investors expect to see it.
Sales of goods fall under the Uniform Commercial Code, adopted with state-by-state variations. Services fall under state common law. SaaS and hardware-plus-software deals need the predominant-purpose question handled correctly, or the wrong body of law applies.
Worker-classification rules, especially California’s ABC test, decide whether a 1099 contractor is legally an employee, so the agreement and the working relationship both have to line up. See the 1099 contract guide.
From brief to final draft, with lawyer review at every stage.
A structured conversation about your deal, counterparty, and which state’s law governs.
Drafted by an international contract lawyer with US law experience in this contract type and the governing state’s rules.
A second review for legal accuracy, commercial fit, and enforceability under state law.
A plain-language walkthrough of the key clauses and where negotiation is likely.
Adjusted until the contract reflects exactly what you need.
Final draft ready for signing. If the other side pushes back, contract negotiation support is available.
What it covers, the typical timeline, and the US-specific points we build in.
Mutual or unilateral, for investor pitches, vendor diligence, or hiring. Drafted with a governing-law clause matched to your state. Delivered in 24 to 48 hours.
For B2B services. Scope, liability caps, IP ownership, and termination, drafted to the state’s common law rather than the UCC. Delivered in 24 to 48 hours.
Governance, transfer restrictions, drag-along and tag-along, usually under Delaware law. Typically 3 to 5 days.
SAFEs and convertible notes with valuation cap and discount, drafted the way US investors expect. Delivered in 24 to 48 hours.
1099 contractor agreements with proper work-for-hire and IP assignment, drafted to survive state worker-classification tests like California’s ABC test. Delivered in 24 to 48 hours.
At-will employment agreements with confidentiality and IP assignment, and restrictive covenants scoped to what the state actually enforces. Delivered in 24 to 48 hours.
Subscription terms, SLAs, data handling, and limitation of liability, with the predominant-purpose analysis handled for mixed goods-and-services deals. Delivered in 24 to 48 hours.
DPAs drafted for the CCPA and CPRA and the growing list of state privacy laws, for the states your users are actually in. Delivered in 24 to 48 hours.
Present-tense assignment of IP from founders, employees, and contractors, the document US investors check first in diligence. Delivered in 24 to 48 hours.
Multi-party governance, contribution, and exit terms, with governing law chosen deliberately across the parties’ states. Typically 3 to 5 days.
Territory, exclusivity, and termination for US channel deals, with state franchise-law traps flagged before you sign. Typically 3 to 5 days.
Received a counterparty’s draft? We review it against your state’s law, flag the risks in tracked changes, and tell you what you would actually be signing. Reviewed in 24 to 48 hours.
Fixed fees, agreed before any work begins. No hourly billing and no surprise invoices.
NDAs, independent contractor agreements, and straightforward service agreements. Delivered in 24 to 48 hours.
Master service agreements, employment agreements, SaaS terms, and data processing addenda. Delivered in 24 to 48 hours.
Shareholders’ agreements, SAFEs, joint ventures, and multi-state contracts. Typically 3 to 5 days.
Every fee includes drafting, internal review, revisions until you are satisfied, and a plain-language summary. Reviewing a contract you have received is quoted separately; see what contract review actually costs.
We work entirely online, by video call, email and WhatsApp, with businesses and founders in any US state and time zone. The contract is drafted to the law that governs your deal, not to where you or we sit. If you are in Texas, see contract lawyers for Texas businesses. For trademark, incorporation, privacy and other US services, see our United States legal services page.
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Ongoing contract support on a fixed monthly fee.
By international contract lawyers with US law experience, on fixed fees from $99. Standard contracts in 24 to 48 hours, complex work in 3 to 5 days. No hourly billing, no surprises.
