Establish the deal
Identify the parties, authority, deliverables, dependencies, payment structure and what the business actually needs from the arrangement.
PRACTICE AREA / 03
Contracts, leases & technology
Understand what the agreement asks of you.
Commercial agreements read as a whole: supply and service contracts, software, cloud and AI vendor terms, and commercial leases and franchise arrangements.
SUBJECTS WITHIN THIS AREA
What a review may cover.
Assess the exposure
Read liability, indemnity, warranties, data use, IP, confidentiality and dispute terms as one allocation of risk.
Plan change and exit
Review lock-ins, escalation, renewal, termination, data export, deposits, restoration and handover before signature.
DOCUMENTS & PRACTICAL OUTPUTS
From questions
to a working record.
Depending on the agreed scope, the work may involve the following. Deliverables and responsibilities are confirmed before an engagement.
- Prioritised issue list with risk rationale
- Annotated agreement or proposed redlines
- Lease lock-in, escalation and exit summary
- Technology and AI vendor clause schedule
A PRACTICAL STARTING POINT
Questions to
bring to the table.
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COMMON QUESTIONS
A little more context.
Stamp duty, registration and sector rules depend on the instrument and the state. Check them for the particular document.
India Code: Indian Contract Act, 1872 ↗Is a lease review the same as a title investigation?
No. Title, encumbrances, approvals and physical due diligence need an expressly agreed scope and the relevant records.
Does a vendor statement settle who owns AI outputs?
No. Contractual rights, third-party material and applicable IP law need separate review.
Are stamp duty and registration the same everywhere?
No. The instrument, the property location and the applicable central and state provisions all matter.
RELATED READING
Updates in this area.
Software, cloud and AI vendors after the DPDP Rules: the contract clauses a business should check
When a SaaS, payroll, CRM, cloud or AI vendor handles personal data for a business, the Digital Personal Data Protection Act, 2023 keeps the legal duty with the business, so the vendor contract is where that duty is passed down the chain.
28 OCT 2026 · Law stated as at this dateRead ↗