Bespoke one-way and mutual NDAs drafted to hold up in UK courts, not internet templates.
A non-disclosure agreement is only worth signing if it would actually stand up when a deal turns sour. Too many UK founders protect a pitch, a supplier conversation or a new hire with a free template that defines "confidential information" so loosely, or restricts the other side so heavily, that a court would refuse to enforce it. We draft NDAs around your specific situation: who is sharing what, for what purpose, and for how long. Whether you need a one-way NDA before showing your product to an investor, a mutual NDA for a joint venture, or confidentiality wording for contractors and employees, you get a document built on the principles UK courts use to decide what is reasonable, and a named, ACCA-qualified adviser who explains every clause in plain English before you sign.
When only you are sharing sensitive information, pitching to an investor, showing a prototype to a manufacturer, or briefing a freelancer, a one-way NDA places the confidentiality obligations on the receiving party. We make sure the definition of confidential information covers written, oral and digital disclosures, while carving out anything already public or independently known, so the agreement is enforceable rather than overreaching.
Where both sides will exchange sensitive material, a joint venture, partnership, M&A discussion or co-development project, a mutual NDA imposes confidentiality obligations on each party. We balance the wording so neither side is unfairly exposed, define the permitted purpose tightly, and set out who may access the information internally, keeping it limited to people who genuinely need it.
The clauses that decide enforceability are the practical ones: what the information may be used for, how long the obligation lasts, and what happens to the material afterwards. We set a duration that is proportionate to the commercial value of the information (indefinite terms are generally reserved for genuine trade secrets), and include clear return-or-destroy obligations once the discussions end.
Confidentiality wording in employment and contractor arrangements needs care, because UK courts treat overly broad restrictions as restraint of trade and may refuse to enforce them. We draft clauses that protect your genuine confidential information and trade secrets without trying to stop someone using the ordinary skill and knowledge they are entitled to take with them, the distinction that decides whether a clause survives challenge.
If the confidential information includes customer contact details, employee records or user analytics tied to individuals, you are also handling personal data under UK GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018. We flag where your NDA intersects with data protection duties and add wording on security and lawful handling, so the confidentiality obligation and your data obligations point in the same direction rather than contradicting each other.
Before you sign, your named adviser walks you through each clause: what it does, where you are exposed, and what to push back on if it is someone else's NDA in front of you. We sense-check scope, duration and remedies against the reasonableness test, and flag clauses that overreach, including the fact that no NDA can lawfully gag disclosure of criminal conduct, regulatory breaches or serious wrongdoing in the public interest.
We build every NDA around the test UK courts actually apply, legitimate interest, reasonable scope and proportionate duration, so the document protects you when it matters rather than collapsing under challenge. No copied-and-pasted template clauses that quietly undermine the whole agreement.
You deal with one accountable person who knows your business, not a ticket queue. They draft the NDA, explain it in plain English, and stay your point of contact for the share transfers, IP assignments and founder agreements that usually sit alongside it.
Our work sits within transparent fixed plans at £99, £199 or £499 a month, billed on a rolling monthly basis with no long lock-in. You know the cost before we start, so a single NDA never turns into an open-ended legal bill.
We reply to queries within 72 hours and keep drafting moving, so you are not left waiting to send an investor or supplier the agreement that unlocks the conversation. Straightforward NDAs are turned around quickly; genuinely bespoke ones get the extra care they need.
Every plan is backed by a 30-day money-back guarantee. If the service is not right for you, you are not tied in, which keeps the focus on getting your documents right rather than locking you into a contract.
An NDA rarely stands alone. Because the same adviser handles your incorporation, IP assignments, share transfers and US expansion, your confidentiality terms stay consistent with the rest of your paperwork instead of clashing with it.
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One-way (or unilateral) NDAs protect information disclosed by one party to another - typical for sharing sensitive data with a contractor, supplier, or potential investor. Mutual NDAs protect both sides and are standard for genuine commercial negotiations where each party will share confidential information. Sending a mutual NDA to a one-way situation looks naive; sending a one-way when both parties share information is unenforceable in practice.
Standard term is 3-5 years from disclosure, but genuine trade secrets (formulas, source code, customer pricing models) can and should be protected indefinitely. Generic 'forever' NDAs are often struck down by UK courts as unreasonable; tightly defined perpetual protection on specifically identified trade secrets holds. We draft both tiers in the same document where it fits the situation.
Remedies include injunctive relief (court order stopping further use or disclosure), damages, and account of profits where the breaching party has made money from the information. The NDA needs to specify governing law, jurisdiction, and dispute resolution mechanism for any of this to be straightforward. Generic templates often omit the enforcement clauses that make the rest of the document worth the paper it is printed on.
Only if it is drafted to. Cross-border NDAs need an explicit governing law clause, a chosen jurisdiction for disputes, and language tested against the destination legal system. We draft NDAs that hold up in UK courts and remain enforceable against US and EU counterparties through proper choice-of-law and arbitration provisions.
Standard NDAs are delivered within 48 hours of brief. Bespoke industry-specific agreements (healthcare data, financial services, deep tech) take a week. Premium Plus clients get unlimited standard NDAs as part of the monthly plan; bespoke work is quoted per matter.
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