Legal Advisor

A signed contract before day one. Always.

Contract templates that fill themselves from your project data. Your client signs from their email in five minutes.

Service Agreement: StartupNG
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Signed by Adewale Okafor

Jun 20, 2026 · 11:04 AM

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The problem

Every other profession signs first.

A lawyer sends a retainer agreement before they open a file. A contractor gives you a signed quote before they pick up a tool. A doctor bills you before you leave the room. Creative professionals routinely work for weeks on nothing more than a verbal yes, then discover at invoice time that the terms they thought were agreed were never written down anywhere. A contract is not an act of distrust. It is the baseline every serious professional service operates from.

What it does

Everything this module handles.

Category-specific templates

Agreements written for brand identity, web design, photography, video production, copywriting, and social media retainers. Each one covers the terms that matter for that discipline.

Auto-filled from your project

Client details, deliverables, project dates, and total fee pull directly from your Trame project and locked brief. You are editing a draft, not writing from scratch.

Payment schedule builder

Full payment upfront, fifty-fifty, three instalments, or a custom milestone schedule. Late payment terms are built in and calculated from your own numbers.

IP transfer clauses

Choose whether intellectual property transfers on full payment, stays with you, or is licensed for specific use. The clause is written correctly for the option you pick.

Client signs from email

Your client receives a link, reads the agreement, types their name, and signs. No account, no printing, no scanning, no PDF round trip.

Status tracking

See when the contract was sent, when your client opened it, and when they signed. A signed copy is stored as a PDF for both parties.

How it works

Step by step.

01

Open the Legal tab

Every project on Trame has a Legal Advisor tab that sits before the brief. It is the first thing you do on a new engagement.

02

Pick and edit

Choose the template for your category. Most fields fill themselves from your project. Adjust the fee, schedule, and revision terms.

03

Send to your client

One click sends the agreement to your client's email with a signing link that expires in thirty days.

04

They sign, you start

Your client reads, types their name, and signs. Both parties get a PDF copy. Work begins on a documented foundation.

The contract that took you five minutes to create is the same document you reference three months later when a client disputes what was agreed.
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