Consultancy Agreement: individual (project-based)

This Consultancy Agreement template is for the appointment of an individual directly by the client to provide consultancy services in relation to a specific project.  The agreement will terminate once the project has been completed.

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When do I use this document?

  • for the appointment of an individual to provide consulting services
  • where the individual carries on business in the individual’s own right
  • for the appointment of a consultant for a specific project

What are the key features?

  • 24 clauses over 15 pages
  • project-based appointment
  • framework for project milestones and timeframes
  • service performance obligations on the consultant
  • consulting fees on the basis of achievement of project milestones
  • 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 other documents are available?

For a form of consultancy for an individual on a time basis, see

For forms of consultancy agreement with a personal service company, see

When do I use this document?

  • for the grant of both a put option and call option over shares in a private limited company
  • so that both the buyer has an option to purchase the shares and the seller has an option to sell the shares

What are the key features?

  • 24 clauses over 16 pages
  • grant of the put and call options, with related definitions of option shares, exercise conditions and exercise periods
  • put option exercise and form of exercise notice
  • call option exercise and form of exercise notice
  • mechanics for sale and purchase of option shares
  • warranties and undertakings from the seller

What else do I need to know?

The principal matters which the parties to a put and call option agreement will need to negotiate include:

  • option shares: the number of option shares
  • exercise conditions: whether either option exercise is subject to satisfaction of any pre-conditions
  • exercise periods: the time periods during which the seller may exercise the put option and the buyer may exercise the call option
  • exercise price: the price payable for the shares

What other docs are available?

For alternative option agreements over shares, see:

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Updated by a lawyer on 04/11/2025

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