A comprehensive NDA, in the form of an agreement, for the unilateral disclosure of confirmation information and for use in general business transactions and joint ventures. It contains robust legal protections for the benefit of the disclosing party
Use this document:
- for general business transactions or joint ventures
- where only one party will disclose confidential information
- for a longer form NDA with strong legal protections for the discloser of information
Key features include:
- 17 clauses over 9 pages
- definitions of Confidential Information and Proposed Transaction
- confidentiality obligations
- authorised recipients of Confidential Information
- circumstances permitting compulsory disclosure
- procedure for returning Confidential Information to its owner
- prohibition on poaching the disclosing party’s employees
- contractual remedies for breach of the NDA, including contractual indemnity in favour of the disclosing party
- duration of agreement
Alternative Confidentiality Agreements
For a shorter form of one way confidentiality agreement, see NDA: one-way (short). For forms of confidentiality agreement where both parties will disclose confidential information to the other see NDA: mutual (long) and NDA: mutual (short).
Potential issues for negotiation
Several clauses of this NDA may be resisted by the receiving party, including:
- non-solicitation covenants
- a contractual indemnity for breach of the confidentiality obligations
- the duration of the agreement
The guidance notes which accompany the document explain how these provisions might be negotiated to reach agreement.
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