IP Licensing
Licensing structures that hold up under scrutiny.
Practice area
Legal Documents
Commercial documentation drafted for listed companies, banking institutions and government bodies since 2010.
Terms that hold up when they are tested
Commercial documents are read twice: once when everybody is agreeable, and once when they are not. The second reading is the one that matters. A licence that does not define the field of use, a non-compete drawn wider than a court will enforce, an exit clause that assumes goodwill — each is silent until the day it is relied upon.
This practice drafts the documentation that sits underneath commercial arrangements: what each party may do, what happens when the arrangement ends, and who carries which risk in between. Documentation is grounded in applicable law and drafted to be operable by the people who will actually administer it.
Service overview
The practice covers the agreements a business signs rarely and lives with for years: licensing and franchise structures, exit and separation terms, employment and restraint provisions, and the public-facing policies that govern data and website use. Each is drafted against how the arrangement is expected to be administered, not only against how it is expected to begin.
- Drafted against applicable law
- Risk allocation stated explicitly
- Enforceable in practice, not only on paper
- Reviewed by a second senior advisor
Services in this practice
M&A and Exit Policy
Exit terms grounded in risk mitigation analysis.
Non-compete Agreements
Restricts partners and employees from unfair competition.
Employment Agreements
Contracts structured to hold up in practice.
Website Policies
Privacy policy, terms and data governance.
Franchise Agreement
Franchise terms structured for both parties.
White Paper
Technically and legally sound white papers.
Business Legal
Documentation grounded in applicable law.
What you receive
- The executed-ready document set, in editable and signature-ready formats.
- A clause note explaining what each material provision is doing and why it is drafted that way.
- A schedule of the commercial decisions still open, so nothing is settled by default.
- A short administration brief for whoever will operate the agreement day to day.
How a mandate runs
Intake and scoping
A private conversation establishes the decision the document must support, who will read it, and what it must survive. Scope, fee and dates are fixed in writing before work begins.
Research
Primary sources first, secondary sources named. Every figure that enters the document carries a traceable origin, and assumptions are recorded separately from findings.
Authorship
The advisor who scoped the mandate writes it. Argument, structure and numbers are built together, so the narrative and the model cannot drift apart.
Partner review and signature
A second senior reviewer reads adversarially, against the standard the receiving institution applies. The document is released under signature.
Selective by design, not by accident
This practice is for
- Businesses licensing intellectual property across borders or industries.
- Owners structuring an exit, a separation or a succession.
- Franchisors formalising terms before they scale a network.
- Companies whose employment and restraint terms have never been tested.
We decline
- Litigation, representation or appearance before any tribunal.
- Documents required to be signed the same day they are requested.
- Terms intended to disadvantage a counterparty who cannot take advice.
Standards and compliance
Scope fixed in writing
Scope, fee and delivery dates are agreed in writing before work begins, and do not move.
One senior advisor
A single named advisor carries the mandate from intake through final signature.
GST-compliant invoicing
Tax invoices issued against GSTIN, with input credit available where eligible.
DPDP-compliant handling
Client data is held, processed and returned under a documented retention policy.
Frequently commissioned alongside
General questions
01 Is this legal advice?
This is commercial documentation drafting grounded in applicable law. Where a matter requires representation, or an opinion that only counsel admitted in your jurisdiction can give, we say so at scoping. The practice works alongside your legal counsel, not in place of them.
02 Which jurisdiction do you draft for?
The governing law is fixed at scoping, and the drafting follows it. Where an arrangement crosses borders, the provisions likely to be read differently in each jurisdiction are identified at the outset.
03 Can you work from our existing template?
Yes. The template is marked up on two counts: what it does not cover, and what it covers in a way that will not operate as intended. It is then amended or replaced, with the reasoning stated.
04 Who drafts the document?
One senior advisor, assigned at intake and named to you, from scoping through final signature. A second senior advisor reviews before release.
05 What does an engagement cost?
Engagements begin at USD $2,500, set by the complexity of the arrangement being documented. The fee is fixed at scoping and invoiced GST-compliant. It does not move once agreed.