Drafting Skills · glossary
The clauses at the back of a contract that appear in almost every deal, such as notices and governing law. They look standard, so people paste them in unread. In the Agreement they are clauses 16 to 22, each fitted to this deal. Agreement, clause 16.1 · Chapter 8 · see Entire agreement clause, Notice clause
Explained in Chapter 8, Boilerplate Clauses: Entire Agreement and Notices, of Drafting Skills.
Also explained in Legal Due Diligence and M&A Foundations.
Boilerplate is the set of clauses at the back of a contract that appear in almost every deal. They say how to send a notice, how to change the contract, who can enforce it and which law applies. Because they look standard, people paste them in from a precedent without reading them. In the Agreement they are clauses 16 to 22.Read Chapter 8, Boilerplate Clauses: Entire Agreement and Notices →
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