Consulting agreement template
Consulting sits between advice and delivery, which is exactly why it needs writing down. The engagement should say what the client is buying — hours, outcomes, or a specific deliverable — and how either side steps away.
Describe the engagement and Adehun will draft it, including the clauses consultants routinely forget.
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What this agreement covers
- Scope of engagement
- The advisory remit, what is explicitly out of scope, and the deliverables if any.
- Fees
- Retainer, day rate or project fee, plus how additional work beyond scope is quoted and approved.
- Term and exit
- How long the engagement runs and the notice either side gives to end it.
- Reliance and limitation
- That the client makes its own decisions, with liability capped at fees paid — standard and important for advisers.
- Confidentiality
- Protection of the client's information and of the consultant's methodology.
- Conflicts
- Whether the consultant may advise competitors, and any exclusivity during the term.
When you need one
- Retained strategy, finance or marketing advisory work
- Fixed-term engagements with monthly deliverables
- Interim leadership or fractional executive roles
- Advisory work where liability needs an explicit cap
From description to signed, in one sitting
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Describe it
Tell Adehun what you're agreeing to, in plain language.
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Refine it
Edit any clause, or ask the AI to redraft just that one.
- 3
Sign and send
Sign it yourself, then email the other party a private link.
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They sign
Or they propose changes. Both signatures done, everyone gets the PDF.
Consulting agreement questions
Yes. Advisers are exposed to claims far larger than their fee, and a cap at fees paid over the preceding twelve months is a normal, widely accepted term. Clients rarely push back on it when it is framed as standard.
A retainer suits ongoing advice where the work varies month to month; a project fee suits a defined outcome. Retainers are more predictable for both sides, but should state what happens to unused time.
Only if the agreement allows it. Say so explicitly either way — an unspoken assumption here damages relationships more than almost any other omission.
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