Consultancy Agreement: company (time-based)
This Consultancy Agreement is for the appointment by the client of a service company to provide consultancy services on a time basis. The service company agrees to procure that a named individual provides the services and that the individual complies with other applicable provisions of the agreement.
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When do I use this document?
- for the appointment of an individual to provide consulting services through a service company
- for a fixed term appointment or an appointment terminable on notice
What are the key features?
- 24 clauses over 16 pages
- time-based appointment for a fixed term, terminable by notice by either client or consultant
- service performance obligations on the consultant company, including for performance of the services by the named individual
- consulting fees on the basis of time spent at an agreed contractual rate
- ownership of intellectual property rights arising from the services
- status of the consultant as an independent contractor
- early termination for breach and other circumstances
What else do I need to know?
Often, this type of Consultancy Agreement is also accompanied by a letter from the named individual to the client. This will contain undertakings from the individual directly to the client covering the following:
- that the individual owns the service company and will continue to do so
- that the individual will be employed by the service company by the individual
- that the client will own intellectual property rights in materials/work product generated by the individual
- that the individual will be responsible for the service company’s performance of the consultancy agreement
We have a form of this side letter available – see
What other documents are available?
For a form of consultancy for a service company on a project basis, see
For forms of consultancy agreement with an individual consultant, see
When do I use this document?
- secured loan agreement for a secured loan of a fixed amount to be drawn in a single advance
- for a borrower which is a company incorporated in England and Wales
- for a loan repayable on a single repayment date or in instalments
What are the key features?
- easy to edit, with 21 clauses over 13 pages
- single advance of specified loan amount
- regular interest payments at either fixed or floating interest rate by reference to specified bank’s base rate of interest
- repayment either on a single repayment date or in instalments
- undertakings from the borrower, including to provide information to the lender and prohibition on granting security and additional borrowings
- events of default, including a failure by the borrower to repay the loan or interest, leading to the lender having the right to demand immediate repayment
What else do I need to know?
The security would need to be created and governed by a separate security document between the borrower and the lender, depending on the nature of the secured property or assets. Examples of security documents include:
- a charge over property
- a charge over shares
- a debenture, containing fixed and floating charges over all of the borrower’s assets and undertaking
What other documents are available?
For a form of unsecured loan document, see
For forms of unsecured and secured facility agreements, for advances of loans in several lump sums, see
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