Have an advocate review your contract before you sign. Bar Council-enrolled lawyers assess the agreement, flag every risk, and tell you exactly what to renegotiate, for startups and businesses across India. Fixed fees from ₹3,499, done online in 24 to 48 hours.
Share the agreement you have been asked to sign and a line on the deal. A contract lawyer will review it, flag every material risk, and come back with a clear report on what to change before you commit, with a fixed quote confirmed upfront.
Written and reviewed by Prakhar Rai, Advocate · Last updated October 2026
Most businesses sign the contracts sent to them without a lawyer reading them first. The terms look standard, the deal is agreed, and the pressure is to move fast. But the agreement the other side drafts is written to protect the other side, and the clauses that decide what happens when things go wrong, liability, indemnity, IP, termination, are exactly the ones a non-lawyer skims past. Contract review is how you find those problems while you can still fix them, which is before you sign, not after a dispute.
My Legal Pal provides contract review in India for startups, companies, and individuals, delivered by advocates enrolled with the Bar Council of India. We read the agreement you have been sent, assess it against your commercial interests and Indian law, flag every material risk, and tell you precisely what to renegotiate. It is a fixed fee, done entirely online, and turned around in a day or two, wherever you are in the country.
This page is for contracts governed by Indian law that someone else has sent you. If you need an agreement drafted from scratch, see our contract drafting service. If the other side is pushing back and you want us to take the negotiation on, see contract negotiation in India. For review under another country’s law, see our global contract review services. For the full contract practice, see contract lawyers in India. New to the topic? Read our guide to contract review.
A signature is binding. Once you sign, the terms are the terms, and the time to negotiate has passed. Contract review exists to use the one window where you still have leverage: before you commit. A review does not just find risks, it tells you which to push back on and how.
When a vendor, client, investor, or employer hands you their agreement, it allocates risk in their favour by design. A review rebalances it, or at least tells you exactly where you are exposed so you can decide with open eyes.
Renegotiating a clause before signing costs a review fee. Discovering the problem after signing can cost a lawsuit, a lost client, or an unenforceable position. For the clauses most businesses skim past, see 5 red flags in contracts every business owner should know.
We assess every clause that carries commercial or legal risk and report back in plain language on what to change. The clauses we scrutinise most closely are limitation of liability, indemnity, payment terms, intellectual property, termination and exit, confidentiality, scope, and dispute resolution. For a clause-by-clause explanation, read our guide to contract review and the explainers on limitation of liability, indemnity and force majeure.
Non-compete and restraint of trade. In India, a post-employment non-compete is generally void under Section 27 of the Indian Contract Act, so we flag unenforceable or overreaching restraints.
Governing law, jurisdiction and arbitration. If a dispute arises, where and how is it resolved? We check the arbitration, governing-law, and jurisdiction clauses so you are not forced to litigate on unfavourable ground.
Payment terms. Are the amounts, due dates, and late-payment consequences clear and fair? Weak payment terms are where providers lose money, and where a non-payment dispute begins.
Any agreement you have been asked to sign. A few of the most common are below.
Vendor, client, and agency service contracts.
Before you share anything confidential.
Offer letters and employment terms before you accept. Guide: employment contracts in India.
Founder, investor, and SHA terms. Guide: tag-along and drag-along rights.
Before you commit to a supplier.
Enterprise software and platform agreements.
Commercial lease and leave-and-licence.
Before you sign a channel or franchise deal.
Send it over, get a clear risk report back. Entirely online.
Share the agreement and a line on the deal, through the form, email, or WhatsApp.
An advocate confirms the scope and a fixed fee, usually within a couple of hours.
We read every clause, flag the risks, and explain in plain language what each one means for you.
You get clear guidance on which terms to push back on and how, so you can negotiate with confidence.
If you want changes drafted, we mark up the agreement or provide revised clauses ready to send back. If you want us to negotiate with the other side, that is contract negotiation in India.
We work with founders and businesses across India entirely online, so the city you are in makes no difference to the service or the speed. We review the contracts each hub is built on: SaaS, investor and employment terms from Bangalore, IT services and pharma contracts from Hyderabad, finance, media and commercial agreements from Mumbai, and commercial, manufacturing and technology contracts from Delhi NCR, Pune and Chennai. See our local pages for Bangalore, Hyderabad, and Mumbai.
Before signing investor term sheets, customer contracts, vendor agreements, or co-founder documents, a review keeps you from agreeing to terms that hurt at your next raise.
The steady flow of vendor, client, and service contracts a business signs, reviewed so you are not quietly accepting one-sided risk deal after deal.
Overflow review support and a second set of eyes on high-value or unusual agreements, on a fast, fixed-fee basis.
Employment contracts, consultancy agreements, and any significant personal contract, reviewed before you sign so you understand exactly what you are agreeing to.
Our contract review starts at a fixed ₹3,499 for a standard agreement, confirmed after a quick look at the contract, with no hidden charges. More complex or high-value agreements, master service agreements, shareholders agreements, or long multi-party contracts, are quoted upfront after a free assessment. The fixed-fee model means you know the cost before we start, and it includes the review, the risk report, and guidance on what to renegotiate. For a fuller breakdown of what review costs and why, see our guide on what contract review actually costs. If you need ongoing review as part of a wider legal relationship, a legal retainer can fold it into a fixed monthly fee.
The global review service, for contracts under any law.
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Our full contract practice.
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Contract review at My Legal Pal is led by Prakhar Rai, an advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of India and the founder of the firm. An alumnus of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, with a Master of Business Laws, Prakhar has over a decade of experience in contract and commercial law, advising startups, technology companies, and enterprises across India on the agreements they sign. Every review is carried out by qualified advocates who assess your contract against your commercial interests and current Indian law.
Reviewed for legal accuracy by Prakhar Rai, Advocate (Bar Council of India). Last updated: October 2026.
An advocate reads your agreement, flags every risk, and tells you what to renegotiate. For startups and businesses across India. Fixed fees from ₹3,499, done online in 24 to 48 hours.
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