Contract Review
We provide comprehensive legal reviews of the agreements that underpin your organisation’s operations, ensuring that every contract you sign is balanced, clear, and protective of your interests.
Whether you are commissioning a new work, hiring a venue, or partnering on a global exhibition, we help translate complex legal terms into practical, operational advice, highlighting the real-world implications of the fine print before you commit.
Our range of services within contract review includes:
- Intellectual Property & Licensing: We review artist commissions, image licensing, and copyright assignments to ensure your organisation retains the necessary rights to use, archive, and promote creative works without future legal hurdles.
- Non-Disclosure Agreements (NDAs) & Confidentiality: We draft and review NDAs to protect your sensitive “pre-launch” ideas, exhibition concepts, and proprietary data. We ensure that these agreements are robust enough to prevent the unauthorised use of your intellectual property during the early stages of a project or partnership.
- Artist & Performance Agreements: We examine the specific terms of engagement for freelancers, performers, and guest curators, ensuring that delivery milestones, cancellation fees, and “force majeure” clauses are fair and realistic.
- Property Leases & Venue Hire: We review leases and venue hire agreements.
- Partnership & Co-Production Agreements: We draft and review Memorandums of Understanding (MoUs) for cross-sector collaborations, clarifying how costs are shared, who owns the final IP, and how credits are attributed.
- Data Processing Agreements (DPAs): We ensure that your box office systems, CRM providers, and marketing agencies are legally compliant with UK GDPR, protecting your donor and audience databases.
- Employment & Volunteer Agreements: We provide sector-specific staff contracts and volunteer handbooks that balance legal compliance with the flexible, often project-based nature of creative work.
- Terms & Conditions for Events & Ticketing: We draft the fine print for your festivals, workshops, and exhibitions, covering refund policies, health and safety liability, and digital broadcast rights.
- Sponsorship & Grant Agreements: We review the “strings attached” to corporate sponsorships and private funding, ensuring that branding requirements and reporting obligations are manageable.
Beyond just reviewing documents, we provide redlined versions with suggested amendments and can lead negotiations with the other party to secure better terms for you.
We focus on protecting your reputation and your creative assets so you can focus on the work itself.