Guidance Note: Retainer Agreements

This Guidance Note: Retainer Agreements serves a twofold purpose. It analyses and explains the nature and various aspects of contractual retainer arrangements which can be put in place as a basis for supply of services to commercial customers and clients. It also provides a context for the various template retainer agreements in this subfolder.

The Guidance Note breaks the topic down under the following headings:

- Introduction

- What is a retainer arrangement?

- The types of services a supplier might offer on a retainer basis

- How to structure a retainer fee

- Extent to which a supplier will be able to provide services as and when required

- Period of the retainer

- Other possible pricing variables in a retainer arrangement

- Other terms to be included in a retainer agreement

- Benefits of a retainer arrangement

- Drawbacks of a retainer arrangement

- Templates

- Legal Advice

We recommend that you read this Guidance Note before you read or use any of the templates in this subfolder.

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