Commercial Contracts
Contracts shape business relationships. We help structure and negotiate commercial agreements that are precise, bilingual, and built to avoid risk—whether local or cross-border.
Case study
James is a tech entrepreneur who developed a game-changing software
He hates reading agreements, however. James has to move quickly to beat his competitors to market, so he downloads a random NDA and hires Juan, his very first Colombian junior developer. Juan and James both sign the NDA and start working together.
Juan quickly realizes the potential James’ in software
Juan’s girlfriend, Sara, is an attorney. She points out how Juan is not covered by the confidentiality duty given that he is a contractor, not an employee, and James’ NDA only covers employees with an employment agreement.
James is, unfortunately, screwed over
Although he tries to fight back and recover a few cents during one of the legal battles, the judge on his case insists there is little to nothing he can do except learn a very valuable lesson: