First drafts

A contract drafting service that starts from what you agreed

Send me an email thread, a document or a few notes, and I’ll turn them into a first draft on your own template, an industry-standard form or a precedent, with the choices you need to make clearly marked.

You send
An email, a document or a few notes
You get back
A first draft, with your choices marked
Built on
Your template, a standard form or a precedent

Illustrative example. People and documents are fictional.

What can I draft?

Any first draft you’d otherwise start from a blank page or an old deal: an agreement, a side letter, a rider, a notice. If it needs drafting, send it over.

What do you get back?

A draft that reads like your team wrote it, with the deal details already in place and your defined terms used the way you use them. Where there’s a real choice to make, like how long a non-compete should run, I mark the options and explain each one in a short cover note.

Where do I start from?

Your own template comes first: if you have a standard form, I use it and keep your wording, so the draft looks like every other one you send.

If there isn’t one, an industry-standard form or a precedent: a past deal you were happy with, or precedents from across the industry through my LexisNexis and Westlaw integrations, adapted to the terms you’ve agreed.

How does the contract drafting service work?

  1. Send me the terms Forward the email or documents, or write a few lines in Slack or Teams.
  2. I draft it On the right starting point, with every detail filled in and your house style applied.
  3. You choose Pick between the options I’ve marked, or ask for another, and I’ll finalise the draft.

Can you take on the drafting for a whole project?

Yes. When a project needs a batch of documents at once, like appointments, warranties or side letters, I draft each one from the same base so they stay consistent, and track every one through to signing.

Questions people ask

No. As a contract drafting service, I can work from an industry-standard form or a precedent you’re happy with. Your own template simply means the first draft matches your house style from page one.

I build it from research in LexisNexis and Westlaw, so even a first-of-its-kind draft is grounded in current law and practice.

Yes. I apply your formatting, defined terms and drafting conventions, so it reads like your team wrote it.

When the other side comes back with comments, I can negotiate the changes inside your playbook, round by round.