Electronic Signatures & Contracting

We help clients navigate the world of electronic signatures

• Implementation of electronic signatures and processes
• Enforceability of various types of electronic signatures, from browse-wrap to click-wrap to understanding and using electronic and digital signature third-party vendors
• Company transaction categories desired for use with electronic signatures/documents (including by signature, click-wrap, browse-wrap, sign-wrap and others)
• Country-specific research through local counsel relationships to guide on requirements applicable to business transactions
• Electronic contracting and e-signature policies and procedures to digest and communicate permissible and restricted transactions tailored to client business needs 

Interdisciplinary team with collective perspectives on legal frameworks in almost 60 countries

• Attorneys adept at working with and understanding use of electronic signatures and contracts in almost 60 countries
• Bringing leading edge insights to clients through relationships with leading vendors of electronic signatures

Our clients span the range of public and private companies and business sectors

Our services help enable you to navigate and execute on contracts using electronic signatures

• Identify “high volume” agreements − such as NDAs, Order Forms, Master Subscription Terms, and similar documents in order to create efficiencies
• Determine permissible and legally enforceable electronic signature types − appropriate for your organization based on the jurisdictions in which your company does business
• Create better and more reliable contract forms and contract management systems
• Reduce negotiation cycles − using electronic contracts
• Reduce legal and other costs − on more routine contracts
• Create searchable and reliable electronic and digital records
• Understand the law and what local counsel has to say − on a country-by-country basis
• Develop contracting practices − informed by requirements specific to business and consumer applications of electronic signatures
• Train your workforce on policy implementation – for electronic contracts and electronic signatures

Following is a selected sampling of matters and is provided for informational purposes only. Past success does not indicate the likelihood of success in any future matter.

• Assist global manufacturer in use of electronic signatures for multiple transactions in many countries
• Represent electronic signature vendor with analysis of electronic signatures in almost 60 countries
• Create electronic signature policies affecting 20 countries for international technology company
• Assist global retailer in use of electronic signatures across various countries for procurement transactions
• Represent large SaaS provider executing a business-to-business and business-to-consumer strategy using electronic contracts
• Represent and assist global retailer in updating on-line terms and conditions and the implementation of those conditions to consumers
• Represent global company in using electronic signatures and contracts to sell products in various countries
• Represent global software provider in understanding enforceability of electronic signatures in various countries and creation of electronic signature policy
• Assisted large financial institution in analysis and implementation of Esign Act and UETA