Engagement Consulting Agreement
Engagement Consulting Agreement
This Contract is between LINIS AGAD, Inc. (the "Client") and Sophia Pimentel (the
"Consultant").
1.1 Project. The Client is hiring the Consultant to do the following: LINIS AGAD, Inc.
was experiencing a decline in sales and profit within the residential segment due to
margin erosion, turnover, and inefficiency. The owner wanted to simplify and grow
revenue and profit in the residential market through improved service levels and
efficiency. And to retain current commercial clients to ensure steady and regular
1.2 Schedule. The Consultant will begin work on May 04, 2024 and will continue
until the work is completed. This Contract can be ended by either Client or
Consultant at any time, pursuant to the terms of Section 6, Term and Termination.
1.3 Payment. The Client will pay the Consultant a flat fee of 50,000.00 (PHP). Of
this, the Client will pay the Consultant ₽20,000.00 (PHP) before work begins.
1.4 Expenses. The Client will reimburse the Consultant's expenses. Expenses must
1.5 Invoices. The Consultant will invoice the Client at the end of the project. The
Client agrees to pay the amount owed within 15 days of receiving the invoice.
Payment after that date will incur a late fee of 5.0% per month on the outstanding
amount.
1.6 Support. The Consultant will not provide support for any deliverable once the
2.1 Client Owns All Work Product. As part of this job, the Consultant is creating
"work product" for the Client. To avoid confusion, work product is the finished
patents, code, and anything else that the Consultant works on-that is, conceives,
creates, designs, develops, invents, works on, or reduces to practice-as part of this
project, whether before the date of this Contract or after. The Consultant hereby
gives the Client this work product once the Client pays for it in full. This means the
Consultant is giving the Client all of its rights, titles, and interests in and to the work
product (including intellectual property rights), and the Client will be the sole owner of
it. The Client can use the work product however it wants or it can decide not to use
the work product at all. The Client, for example, can modify, destroy, or sell it, as it
sees fit.
2.2 Consultant's Use Of Work Product. Once the Consultant gives the work
product to the Client, the Consultant does not have any rights to it, except those that
the Client explicitly gives the Consultant here. The Client gives permission to use the
work product as part of portfolios and websites, in galleries, and in other media, so
long as it is to showcase the work and not for any other purpose. The Client does not
give permission to sell or otherwise use the work product to make money or for any
other commercial use. The Client is not allowed to take back this license, even after
2.3 Consultant's Help Securing Ownership. In the future, the Client may need the
Consultant's help to show that the Client owns the work product or to complete the
transfer. The Consultant agrees to help with that. For example, the Consultant may
have to sign a patent application. The Client will pay any required expenses for this.
If the Client can't find the Consultant, the Consultant agrees that the Client can act
on the Consultant's behalf to accomplish the same thing. The following language
gives the Client that right: if the Client can't find the Consultant after spending
reasonable effort trying to do so, the Consultant hereby irrevocably designates and
appoints the Client as the Consultant's agent and attorney-in-fact, which appointment
is coupled with an interest, to act for the Consultant and on the Consultant's behalf to
execute, verify, and file the required documents and to take any other legal action to
accomplish the purposes of paragraph 2.1 (Client Owns All Work Product).
2.4 Consultant's IP That Is Not Work Product. During the course of this project,
the Consultant might use intellectual property that the Consultant owns or has
licensed from a third party, but that does not qualify as "work product." This is called
fonts, properly-licensed stock photos, and web application tools. The Consultant is
not giving the Client this background IP. But, as part of the Contract, the Consultant
is giving the Client a right to use and license (with the right to sublicense)the
background IP to develop, market, sell, and support the Client's products and
services. The Client may use this background IP worldwide and free of charge, but it
cannot transfer its rights to the background IP (except as allowed in Section 11.1
(Assignment)). The Client cannot sell or license the background IP separately from
its products or services. The Consultant cannot take back this grant, and this grant
2.5 Consultant's Right To Use Client IP. The Consultant may need to use the
Client's intellectual property to do its job. For example, if the Client is hiring the
Consultant to build a website, the Consultant may have to use the Client's logo. The
Client agrees to let the Consultant use the Client's intellectual property and other
intellectual property that the Client controls to the extent reasonably necessary to do
the Consultant's job. Beyond that, the Client is not giving the Consultant any
the Client until this Contract ends. To avoid confusion, a competitor is any third party
products or services that are substantially similar to the Client's products or services.
A competitor is also a third party that plans to do any of those things. The one
exception to this restriction is if the Consultant asks for permission beforehand and
the Consultant must make sure they follow the obligations in this paragraph, as well.
encourage Client employees or service providers to stop working for the Client; (b)
encourage Client customers or clients to stop doing business with the Client; or (c)
hire anyone who worked for the Client over the 12-month period before the Contract
ended. The one exception is if the Consultant puts out a general ad and someone
who happened to work for the Client responds. In that case, the Consultant may hire
that candidate. The Consultant promises that it won't do anything in this paragraph
5. REPRESENTATIONS.
5.1 Overview. This section contains important promises between the parties.
5.2 Authority To Sign. Each party promises to the other party that it has the
authority to enter into this Contract and to perform all of its obligations under this
Contract.
5.3 Consultant Has Right To Give Client Work Product. The Consultant promises
that it owns the work product, that the Consultant is able to give the work product to
the Client, and that no other party will claim that it owns the work product. If the
these employees and subcontractors have signed contracts with the Consultant
giving the Consultant any rights that the employees or subcontractors have related to
5.4 Consultant Will Comply With Laws. The Consultant promises that the manner
it does this job, its work product, and any background IP it uses comply with
5.5 Work Product Does Not Infringe. The Consultant promises that its work
product does not and will not infringe on someone else's intellectual property rights,
that the Consultant has the right to let the Client use the background IP, and that this
Contract does not and will not violate any contract that the Consultant has entered
5.6 Client Will Review Work. The Client promises to review the work product, to be
reasonably available to the Consultant if the Consultant has questions regarding this
5.7 Client-Supplied Material Does Not Infringe. If the Client provides the
Consultant with material to incorporate into the work product, the Client promises
that this material does not infringe on someone else's intellectual property rights.
6. TERM AND TERMINATION. This Contract is ongoing until the work is completed.
Either party may end this Contract for any reason by sending an email or letter to the
other party, informing the recipient that the sender is ending the Contract and that
the Contract will end in 7 days. The Contract officially ends once that time has
passed. The party that is ending the Contract must provide notice by taking the steps
explained in Section 11.4. The Consultant must immediately stop working as soon as
it receives this notice, unless the notice says otherwise. The Client will pay the
Consultant for the work done up until when the Contract ends and will reimburse the
don't end even after the Contract ends: 2 (Ownership and Licenses); 3 (Competitive
- The Consultant will use its own equipment, tools, and material to do the work.
- The Client will not control how the job is performed on a day-to-day basis. Rather,
the Consultant is responsible for determining when, where, and how it will carry out
the work.
- The Client will not provide the Consultant with any training.
relationship.
- The Consultant cannot enter into contracts, make promises, or act on behalf of the
Client.
- The Consultant is not entitled to the Client's benefits (e.g., group insurance,
- The Client will not withhold taxes or make payments for disability insurance,
8.1 Overview. This Contract imposes special restrictions on how the Client and the
this section.
8.2 The Client's Confidential Information. While working for the Client, the
Consultant may come across, or be given, Client information that is confidential. This
notes, statistics about a website, and other information that is private. The
confidential information. The Consultant may use this information to do its job under
this Contract, but not for anything else. For example, if the Client lets the Consultant
use a customer list to send out a newsletter, the Consultant cannot use those email
addresses for any other purpose. The one exception to this is if the Client gives the
Consultant written permission to use the information for another purpose, the
Consultant may use the information for that purpose, as well. When this Contract
ends, the Consultant must give back or destroy all confidential information, and
confirm that it has done so. The Consultant promises that it will not share confidential
information with a third party, unless the Client gives the Consultant written
permission first. The Consultant must continue to follow these obligations, even after
the Contract ends. The Consultant's responsibilities only stop if the Consultant can
show any of the following: (i) that the information was already public when the
Consultant came across it; ii) the information became public after the Consultant
came across it, but not because of anything the Consultant did or didn't do; (ii) the
Consultant already knew the information when the Consultant came across it and the
Consultant didn't have any obligation to keep it secret; (iv) a third party provided the
Consultant with the information without requiring that the Consultant keep it a secret;
or (v) the Consultant created the information on its own, without using anything
8.3 Third-Party Confidential Information. It's possible the Client and the
Consultant each have access to confidential information that belongs to third parties.
The Client and the Consultant each promise that it will not share with the other party
the Client or the Consultant is allowed to share confidential information with the other
party and does so, the sharing party promises to tell the other party in writing of any
damages that the breaching party could not reasonably have foreseen when it
10. INDEMNITY.
10.1 Overview. This section transfers certain risks between the parties if a third
party sues or goes after the Client or the Consultant or both. For example, if the
Client gets sued for something that the Consultant did, then the Consultant may
promise to come to the Client's defense or to reimburse the Client for any losses.
10.2 Client Indemnity. In this Contract, the Consultant agrees to indemnify the
Client (and its affiliates and their directors, officers, employees, and agents) from and
attorneys' fees) related to a third-party claim or proceeding arising out of: i) the work
the Consultant has done under this Contract; (i) a breach by the Consultant of its
obligations under this Contract; or (ii) a breach by the Consultant of the promises it is
Consultant (and its affiliates and their directors, officers, employees, and agents)
from and against liabilities, losses, damages, and expenses (including reasonable
11. GENERAL.
11.1 Assignment. This Contract applies only to the Client and the Consultant. The
Consultant cannot assign its rights or delegate its obligations under this Contract to a
third-party (other than by will or intestate), without first receiving the Client's written
permission. In contrast, the Client may assign its rights and delegate its obligations
under this Contract without the Consultant's permission. This is necessary in case,
for example, another Client buys out the Client or if the Client decides to sell the
resolve any dispute arising under this Contract, a party may demand that the dispute
11.3 Modification; Waiver. To change anything in this Contract, the Client and the
Consultant must agree to that change in writing and sign a document showing their
contract. Neither party can waive its rights under this Contract or release the other
party from its obligations under this Contract, unless the waiving party acknowledges
11.4 Notices.
(a) Over the course of this Contract, one party may need to send a notice to the
other party. For the notice to be valid, it must be in writing and delivered in one of the
following ways: personal delivery, email, or certified or registered mail (postage
prepaid, return receipt requested). The notice must be delivered to the party's
address listed at the end of this Contract or to another address that the party has
(b) The timing of when a notice is received can be very important. To avoid
receipt as indicated by the date on the signed receipt. If a party refuses to accept
notice was given, then it is considered received when the notice is rejected or unable
location specified in the address for that party, or on a day that is not a business day,
then the notice is considered received at 9:00am on the next business day.
11.5 Severability. This section deals with what happens if a portion of the Contract
change is not permitted by law, in which case the portion will be disregarded. If any
11.6 Signatures. The Client and the Consultant must sign this document using
Bonsai's e-signing system. These electronic signatures count as originals for all
purposes.
11.7 Governing Law. The laws of Philippines govern the rights and obligations of
the Client and the Consultant under this Contract, without regard to conflict of law
11.8 Entire Contract. This Contract represents the parties' final and complete
understanding of this job and the subject matter discussed in this Contract. This