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, whether 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, which is 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
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- 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, because an unspoken assumption here damages relationships more than almost any other omission.
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