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The contract on your screen was written to protect the other side.
Written and reviewed by Prakhar Rai, Advocate · Last updated October 2026
When a counterparty sends you their standard MSA, vendor agreement, SaaS terms, or NDA, the document has been drafted by their lawyer, for their benefit. The clauses you skim past, limitation of liability, indemnification, IP ownership, termination for convenience, governing law, are the ones that determine who carries the risk when something goes wrong.
A proper contract review identifies what you are actually agreeing to, what should be negotiated, and what the practical consequences of each clause are. Done well, it saves the cost of the engagement many times over. Done poorly, or skipped entirely, it leaves you holding obligations you did not intend to accept.
A missing limitation of liability clause in a USD 60,000 engagement can leave you exposed to claims well above the value of the contract. Many counterparty drafts leave it out, or cap it in the drafter’s favour.
At My Legal Pal, contract review is done by qualified contract lawyers under the supervision of Prakhar Rai. We review contracts under Indian, US, UK, UAE, Australian and APAC law, working with locally qualified counsel where a country requires it. Every review is a clause-by-clause read, a redlined document with comments, a plain-language risk summary, and suggested counter-language. Fixed fee, no billable hours, no surprises.
Review is for a contract someone else has written. If you have nothing on paper yet, see our contract drafting services. If the other side is pushing back and you want us to take the discussion on for you, that is our contract negotiation service. For a red-flag checklist you can run yourself first, read 5 red flags in contracts.
How a contract review works
From document received to a redline you can send back, with risk analysis at every stage.
Send the contract
Share the document via email or WhatsApp with a brief on context and deadline.
Initial assessment
A contract lawyer reviews scope and complexity. You receive a fixed-fee quote within 2 hours.
Clause-by-clause review
Liability, IP, payment, termination, governing law, indemnification. Every operative clause assessed against your interest.
Redline and risk summary
Tracked-change document plus a plain-language summary of the top risks and recommended changes.
Counter-language
Suggested counter-language and talking points you can send back. If you want us to negotiate with the other side for you, that is our contract negotiation service.
Final review before signing
Once revisions are agreed, a final read to confirm nothing has shifted in the negotiation.
What kind of contract do you need reviewed?
The document on your desk tells us what we focus on, the typical timeline, and what the review delivers.
A counterparty document written for their benefit. We focus on liability caps, indemnification, IP ownership, payment terms, and termination for convenience. Reviewed in 24 to 48 hours.Guide: 5 red flags in contracts.
A master service agreement from an enterprise client. We check the liability structure, IP and deliverables ownership, warranties, audit rights, and what their termination-for-convenience clause actually costs you. Reviewed in 24 to 48 hours.Guide: master service agreement.
Vendor or platform terms before you commit to a significant spend. Auto-renewal, price-escalation, data ownership, limitation of liability, and exit rights are the clauses most commonly missed. Reviewed in 24 to 48 hours.
Before signing a non-disclosure or confidentiality agreement. We check the definition of confidential information, duration, governing law, and whether the injunction remedy is actually there. Reviewed in 24 hours.
An offer letter or employment contract before you accept or issue. We assess IP-assignment language, non-compete enforceability in the governing jurisdiction, severance, and restrictive covenants. Reviewed in 24 to 48 hours.
Investment documents before a funding round. We check liquidation preference structure, pro-rata rights, information rights, founder vesting, and drag-along thresholds. Reviewed in 24 to 48 hours.Guide: SAFE note review: what to check before you sign.
Governance review for incoming or existing shareholder documents. We focus on reserved matters, drag-along and tag-along thresholds, exit mechanics, and any provisions that could bind you to outcomes you have not agreed to. Reviewed in 2 to 3 days.Guide: tag-along and drag-along rights.
DPA review against GDPR, UK GDPR, India’s DPDPA, or CCPA as applicable. We check processor obligations, sub-processing restrictions, security requirements, data-transfer mechanisms, and breach notification timelines. Reviewed in 24 to 48 hours.Guide: data processing agreement (DPA).
Commercial or residential lease before signing. Lock-in period, escalation, maintenance obligations, security deposit recovery, exit provisions, and stamp duty compliance are the areas that most commonly need attention. Reviewed in 24 to 48 hours.
Trademark, patent, copyright, or content licensing agreements. We check the scope of the licence, exclusivity, territory, royalty terms, audit rights, and what happens to licensed IP when the agreement ends. Reviewed in 24 to 48 hours.
Channel partner draft before entering a distribution or reseller arrangement. Territory, exclusivity, minimum purchase commitments, termination for non-performance, and post-termination stock handling are the critical clauses. Reviewed in 24 to 48 hours.Guide: distribution agreement in India.
Multi-jurisdiction commercial contracts where governing law, dispute resolution seat, currency, and enforceability across borders all need deliberate choices rather than template defaults. Reviewed in 2 to 3 days.Guide: arbitration vs litigation in cross-border contracts.
A contract review is more than reading the document. It is identifying where the language quietly favours the other side, where standard protections are missing, and where the practical effect of a clause differs from how it reads. Our reviews cover, at minimum, the following.
Liability allocation
Limitation of liability caps, exclusions, carve-outs for IP, confidentiality, and indemnification. Unlimited liability is often the default position in a counterparty draft unless it is capped explicitly. See what a missing limitation of liability clause can do.
Indemnification scope
Who indemnifies whom, for what, and up to what amount. Indemnities can be the single largest risk in a contract and are often drafted asymmetrically. See the indemnity clause explained.
Intellectual property ownership
Whether deliverables, work product, and pre-existing IP are correctly allocated. Without a present-tense assignment of IP from contractors to the company, ownership often remains with the creator regardless of payment.
Payment terms and remedies
Payment schedule, interest on overdue amounts, suspension rights, set-off, and what happens on dispute. Vague payment terms favour the party with the money.
Termination and exit
Termination for convenience, termination for cause, notice periods, post-termination obligations, and exit consequences including data return and survival clauses.
Governing law and dispute resolution
The choice of law and forum determines where and how you would enforce the contract. A boilerplate jurisdiction clause can force litigation in a country where you have no presence and limited recourse.
Confidentiality and non-compete
Scope, duration, definition of confidential information, return obligations, and enforceability of restrictive covenants under the applicable jurisdiction. Over-broad clauses are often unenforceable; properly scoped clauses are.
Force majeure and change of circumstances
What counts as force majeure, notice requirements, and what happens to obligations during the event. Post-pandemic, this clause is far less standard than it used to be. See the force majeure clause explained.
Compliance and regulatory provisions
GDPR, UK GDPR, DPDPA for data; FCPA, UK Bribery Act, and anti-bribery for commercial dealings; sanctions and export controls where applicable.
Contract review for cross-border deals
Where the parties are based and which law governs the agreement change what a clause means in practice. We review contracts for businesses, founders and startups in India and abroad, and we work with locally qualified counsel where a country requires it.
Our contract lawyers in the USA support businesses and founders dealing with US counterparties, including SaaS, services, NDA, vendor and investment documents.
For contracts involving UAE businesses, including DIFC and ADGM structures, see our contract lawyers in Dubai.
Other jurisdictions
We also review contracts involving Australia, Singapore and APAC, Canada and Argentina, and agreements that mix several governing laws. If your contract is multi-jurisdictional, tell us the governing law, the seat of any dispute and where the parties are based when you send it, and we will confirm how we handle it in the quote.
What clients say
Received a 40-page MSA from a US enterprise client three days before signing. The review caught a perpetual IP license to all our deliverables that we would have missed. Renegotiated to a project-scope license before signing.
Ethan ClarkeCo-founder, B2B SaaS · Toronto
Term sheet review for our seed round. Spotted a liquidation preference structure that would have meaningfully reduced founder economics at exit. Negotiated to a standard 1x non-participating.
Daniel WongFounder, Fintech Startup · Singapore
Distributor agreement from a partner in three APAC markets. The review identified governing-law and termination provisions stacked against us. Redlined version was workable and the partner accepted most changes.
Priya MenonCo-founder, Healthtech · Bangalore
Shareholders’ agreement from a co-investor in our DIFC structure. Knew the difference between DIFC and onshore drafting, caught a drag-along threshold that would have let the majority force a sale below our preferred floor.
Hassan Al-MarriDirector, Trading Group · Dubai
SaaS subscription terms before our enterprise rollout. The review found auto-renewal and price-escalation clauses we would never have negotiated otherwise. Saved several thousand a year over the contract life.
James WhitmoreHead of Commercial · London
Employment contract review for a senior hire from the US joining our Sydney team. Caught non-compete language unenforceable under Australian law that would have given the candidate pause. Cleaned up before offer went out.
Sarah MitchellDirector, Consumer Brand · Sydney
Received a 40-page MSA from a US enterprise client three days before signing. The review caught a perpetual IP license to all our deliverables that we would have missed. Renegotiated to a project-scope license before signing.
Ethan ClarkeCo-founder, B2B SaaS · Toronto
Term sheet review for our seed round. Spotted a liquidation preference structure that would have meaningfully reduced founder economics at exit. Negotiated to a standard 1x non-participating.
Daniel WongFounder, Fintech Startup · Singapore
Distributor agreement from a partner in three APAC markets. The review identified governing-law and termination provisions stacked against us. Redlined version was workable and the partner accepted most changes.
Priya MenonCo-founder, Healthtech · Bangalore
Shareholders’ agreement from a co-investor in our DIFC structure. Knew the difference between DIFC and onshore drafting, caught a drag-along threshold that would have let the majority force a sale below our preferred floor.
Hassan Al-MarriDirector, Trading Group · Dubai
SaaS subscription terms before our enterprise rollout. The review found auto-renewal and price-escalation clauses we would never have negotiated otherwise. Saved several thousand a year over the contract life.
James WhitmoreHead of Commercial · London
Employment contract review for a senior hire from the US joining our Sydney team. Caught non-compete language unenforceable under Australian law that would have given the candidate pause. Cleaned up before offer went out.
Sarah MitchellDirector, Consumer Brand · Sydney
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Frequently asked
What is a contract review and why do I need one?
A contract review is a clause-by-clause legal assessment of an agreement before signing. It identifies liability exposure, ambiguous language, missing protections, and provisions weighted against your interest. You need one when a counterparty has sent you their draft, when the contract value or risk justifies professional review, or when the legal framework (jurisdiction, regulation, statute) is outside your day-to-day expertise. For a longer walk-through, read our guide to contract review.
What does a contract review include?
A redlined version of the contract with tracked changes and inline comments, a plain-language risk summary listing the top concerns and their commercial impact, suggested counter-language, and a final review before signing once revisions are agreed. Fixed fee, no billable hours.
How long does a contract review take?
Standard contracts (NDAs, employment offers, vendor agreements, SaaS terms) are typically reviewed in 24 to 48 hours. Complex commercial contracts (master service agreements, shareholders’ agreements, multi-jurisdictional deals) take 2 to 3 business days. Same-day and expedited review available where the deadline requires it.
How much does a contract review cost?
Fixed fees calibrated to contract length, complexity, and turnaround. After we see the document and understand context, we send a precise quote within 2 hours with no obligation. No billable hours, no escalating invoices. For what drives the price, see what contract review costs.
Which contracts do you review?
NDAs, master service agreements, employment contracts and offer letters, independent contractor agreements, vendor and supplier contracts, SaaS subscription agreements, data processing agreements (DPAs), shareholders’ agreements, term sheets and SAFE notes, lease and real estate agreements, licensing and IP agreements, distribution and reseller agreements, joint ventures, and cross-border commercial contracts.
Can you review contracts governed by foreign law?
Yes. We review contracts governed by US, English, Singapore, UAE (including DIFC and ADGM), Australian and other APAC laws, working with locally qualified counsel where a country requires it. For cross-border contracts, we assess the governing law and dispute resolution mechanism for enforceability and balance of risk, and tell you when a point needs advice from a lawyer qualified in that country.
Will you negotiate the contract with the other side?
The review includes suggested counter-language for the most material points and talking points you can use yourself. If you want us to take the discussion on with the counterparty or their legal counsel, that is our contract negotiation service, scoped and quoted separately.
How do I send the contract?
Email the document to contact@mylegalpal.com or send via WhatsApp to +91 8004800100 with a short note on context and deadline. All documents are handled confidentially. We can sign an NDA in advance if the matter is particularly sensitive.
What is the difference between contract review and contract drafting?
Contract drafting is creating a new contract from scratch for your specific deal. Contract review is assessing an existing contract, usually one sent by the counterparty, before you sign. Contract negotiation is arguing the terms with the other side on your behalf. Many clients use us for more than one: drafting when they originate the deal, review when they receive a counterparty draft.
Who actually reviews the contract?
A contract lawyer from our team with experience in the relevant contract type. Not a paralegal, not a template tool. Every review is checked by a second reviewer internally before delivery to ensure consistency and that nothing material has been missed.
About the founder
Prakhar Rai is an advocate enrolled with the Bar Council of India and the founder of My Legal Pal. An alumnus of the National Law School of India University (NLSIU), Bangalore, with a Master of Business Laws, Prakhar has 10+ years of experience advising startups, technology companies, SMEs, and individual entrepreneurs across India, the UAE, the UK, and Southeast Asia.
His practice focuses on contract law, corporate transactions, intellectual property, and cross-border commercial advisory. My Legal Pal’s contract review service is supervised by Prakhar and delivered by a team of qualified contract lawyers with experience in the relevant contract type. Read Prakhar’s profile.
A contract review is not a luxury. It is risk management priced at a tiny fraction of what an unaddressed clause can cost.
Standard contracts reviewed in 24 to 48 hours. Complex commercial documents in 2 to 3 days. Fixed fees. Redline, risk summary, and suggested counter-language included.
