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Continue reading →: How to review terms and conditions of an international startup and reach out to startup founders
How can you start a relationship with a startup founder? If you want to get a response, you have to think of what kinds of messages that they would quickly say “Yes” to. You can find out various different messages that you can send out to startup founders, lawyers, podcast hosts…
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Continue reading →: How to use ChatGPT for contract drafting
Learning how to use AI could also be your unfair advantage against established seniors, the old guard, who rest on their laurels and decades of experience, believing themselves to be immune from new entrants. Let me show you a few examples of how to deploy it to your advantage for…
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Continue reading →: How to draft employment agreements and termination requirements in Singapore
Let us assume that the startup founder asks you to draft a Singapore-law compliant employment agreement. How do you begin? Simple, start with a standard employment agreement which you can use anywhere. Here is a simple template. Now, you need to add in the local aspects. Singapore employment law is…
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Continue reading →: How to draft a clause for termination and breach, and consequences of breach
I am going to teach you a simple but very important clause right now – people tend to make a lot of mistakes while drafting this clause. This is called a termination clause. Under which circumstances would a party terminate an agreement? There are 3 grounds – expiry, convenience and breach.…
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Continue reading →: How to review a non-compete clause as per Canadian Law
Let me teach you how to draft or review an international contract, keeping in mind the local law aspects in Canada. We are going to teach you a couple of clauses. The first is a non-compete clause. Let us assume that a Canadian founder whose startup is in Toronto wants…
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Continue reading →: 5 agreements that any startup entrepreneur needs and what is their commercial objective
If you visit a startup, your pitch has to be about making them investment ready – so that you can help them get on the growth trajectory. Here are some of the contracts you should know how to draft for that: Bonus: shareholders agreements 1 – Co-Founders Agreement A co-founders…
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Continue reading →: How to draft a co-founders agreement
Do you know what a co-founders agreement is? Anyone starting a new startup should enter into a cofounders agreement with the co-founders they gather. This agreement outlines their understanding with respect to the new venture and protects the rights of all the cofounders. This work is easy to find, and…
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Continue reading →: 3 different ways to draft a non-compete clause
Let us assume that a startup, say Spotify, is hiring a senior level employee, say, for the role of a Chief Marketing Officer. What if the CMO of the startup wants to quit and start providing freelance marketing services to other startups, including other music apps? In the education space,…
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Continue reading →: How to draft a confidentiality clause in an agreement
A confidentiality clause is present in almost every agreement, so it makes sense to learn how to draft it. Let me give you an example of its relevance. Foxconn makes processors for Apple. Imagine that Foxconn has a contract to manufacture processors for its iPhones and Macbook devices. 6 months…
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Continue reading →: 30 people who got MNC and big four jobs in privacy – could you be next
What’s the top specialization to get Big Four & MNC jobs the fastest? It’s not taxation, it’s not accounting, or auditing. It’s something else. We run 80+ courses at LawSikho and Skill Arbitrage, catering to 17 different client categories, and 35 of them are “hero” courses, extremely popular with very…