Your firm's house style
48 clause types curated by your senior partners. Every draft and every risk score is benchmarked against these entries.
Featured entries
- PB / 01Confidentiality Term
"Confidentiality obligations shall survive for three (3) years from the Effective Date."
Red lines
- No term exceeding 3 years for general commercial NDAs
- Trade-secret-marked information may extend to 5 years only
- PB / 02Indemnification Cap
"Aggregate liability shall not exceed the greater of ₦10,000,000 or fees paid under the underlying engagement, save for wilful misconduct or fraud."
Red lines
- No uncapped indemnification
- Carve-outs limited to wilful misconduct, fraud, gross negligence
- PB / 03Liquidated Damages
"Liquidated damages, where included, must reflect a genuine pre-estimate of loss and be subject to an aggregate cap."
Red lines
- No per-occurrence cumulative liability
- No clause likely to be construed as a penalty
- PB / 04Governing Law
"This Agreement shall be governed by the laws of the Federal Republic of Nigeria, with disputes referred to the Lagos Court of Arbitration."
Red lines
- No foreign-law governance without commercial justification
- No exclusive foreign forum for domestic counterparties
- PB / 05Assignment
"Neither Party may assign without consent, except to a successor in connection with a merger, acquisition or sale of substantially all its assets."
Red lines
- No unilateral right of assignment
- Successor obligations must bind by operation of law
- PB / 06IP Ownership
"Pre-existing IP remains with its owner; foreground IP created in the course of the engagement vests in the commissioning Party upon full payment."
Red lines
- No silent IP transfer
- No work-for-hire framing without payment trigger
Coverage by contract type
NDA
14/14
Services
18/22
Employment
12/16
Vendor
9/14
SaaS
6/14
Partnership
3/10