Don’t sign a contract until a lawyer has read it properly. Risk analysis, redline, and plain-language summary in 24 to 48 hours. Contract review, risk analysis, and redline by qualified contract lawyers.
Share the document and a few words about your situation. A contract lawyer from our team will assess complexity, jurisdiction, and turnaround, and respond with a precise quote and timeline.
Standard contracts reviewed in 24 to 48 hours. Complex commercial and multi-jurisdictional documents in 2 to 3 days. Same-day review available where the deadline requires it.
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.
At My Legal Pal, contract review is handled by qualified contract lawyers with experience across India, the US, the UK, the UAE, Australia, and APAC. Every review is a clause-by-clause read, a redlined document with comments, a plain-language risk summary, and recommended negotiation language. Fixed fee, no billable hours, no surprises.
From document received to negotiation-ready redline, with risk analysis at every stage.
Share the document via email or WhatsApp with a brief on context and deadline.
A contract lawyer reviews scope and complexity. You receive a fixed-fee quote within 2 hours.
Liability, IP, payment, termination, governing law, indemnification. Every operative clause assessed against your interest.
Tracked-change document plus a plain-language summary of the top risks and recommended changes.
Suggested counter-language, talking points, and where relevant, direct communication with the other side.
Once revisions are agreed, a final read to confirm nothing has shifted in the negotiation.
Select the document you have on your desk. We will tell you what we focus on, the typical timeline, and what the review delivers.
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.
Limitation of liability caps, exclusions, carve-outs for IP, confidentiality, and indemnification. Unlimited liability sits in the default position of most counterparty drafts unless capped explicitly.
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.
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 schedule, interest on overdue amounts, suspension rights, set-off, and what happens on dispute. Vague payment terms favour the party with the money.
Termination for convenience, termination for cause, notice periods, post-termination obligations, and exit consequences including data return and survival clauses.
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.
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.
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.
GDPR, UK GDPR, DPDPA for data; FCPA, UK Bribery Act, and anti-bribery for commercial dealings; sanctions and export controls where applicable.
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.
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 negotiation language, and a final review before signing once revisions are agreed. Fixed fee, no billable hours.
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.
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.
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.
Yes. We regularly review contracts governed by US law (including Delaware corporate law and state-specific UCC matters), English law, Singapore law, UAE law (including DIFC and ADGM frameworks), Australian law, and the laws of major APAC jurisdictions. For cross-border contracts, we assess governing law and dispute resolution mechanism for enforceability and balance of risk.
Yes. The review includes suggested counter-language for the most material points and negotiation talking points. Where it is useful, we communicate directly with the counterparty or their legal counsel on your behalf.
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.
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. Both services use the same legal expertise; the difference is whether we are writing the document or reading and improving it. Many clients use us for both: drafting when they originate the deal, review when they receive a counterparty draft.
A contract lawyer from our team with subject-matter experience in the relevant contract type and jurisdiction. 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.
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 subject-matter expertise in the relevant contract type and jurisdiction.
Standard contracts reviewed in 24 to 48 hours. Complex commercial documents in 2 to 3 days. Fixed fees. Redline, risk summary, and negotiation support included.