Outsourcing contracts

In-depth knowledge and negotiating experience to support you when the stakes are high and every word matters

Commercial legal advice to powerfully advance your business

Crest has top-tier, broad experience with contracts connected with outsourced services.

Areas of law where Crest’s team has expert knowledge:

All notes below are indicative only and are not to be relied on as legal advice.

  • You may need a multi-year services agreement for an outsourced function. Crest can help you ensure (among other things) your pricing mechanism is balanced and adjusted to your risk profile, your ability to make claims under warranty is clear and transition in and out is provided for, as well as allocating risk on performance and related matters.

  • Often a subcontracting agreement will be needed for key service components. Crest can assist you in dealing with back to back risks, tender reviews as a subcontractor and much more.

  • You may need support to bid for new work in a tender process. Crest’s team has extensive experience with legal review of tender contracts, focusing on practical, relevant risks.

  • It is rare that even a well-drafted contract has no ambiguity in at least one key clause. Crest’s team has deep experience with advising clients on their most critical contract interpretation issues, with a practical and balanced approach.

  • Crest’s team has broad and detailed experience in commercial law from many context so is well placed to advise you, including on ‘out of the box’ challenges.

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