Business Agreement
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Pick the agreement that matches your deal — goods, services, partnership, agency, distribution, joint venture, MOU or NDA — then edit every clause and download Word or PDF.
Choose the agreement that fits your deal
"Business agreement" describes a purpose, not a single document. Each builder below starts from the clause set that a particular commercial relationship actually needs, so you are not deleting irrelevant paragraphs from a generic contract.
Sale of Goods Agreement
You are selling or buying physical goods and need price, delivery, Incoterms, inspection and warranty terms in writing.
Open the sale of goods agreement builderService Agreement
You are providing or engaging services — scope of work, fees, timelines, revisions and intellectual property ownership.
Open the service agreement builderPartnership Agreement
Two or more people are running a business together and need capital contributions, profit shares, decision rights and exit terms.
Open the partnership agreement builderJoint Venture Agreement
Two companies are collaborating on one specific project or market without merging their businesses.
Open the joint venture agreement builderAgency Agreement
You are appointing someone to represent you or sell on your behalf, with commission and territory defined.
Open the agency agreement builderDistribution Agreement
You are appointing a distributor to resell your products, with territory, exclusivity, targets and pricing.
Open the distribution agreement builderMemorandum of Understanding
You want to record an early-stage understanding and intent before the binding contract is drafted.
Open the memorandum of understanding builderNon-Disclosure Agreement
You need to protect confidential information before or alongside any of the agreements above.
Open the non-disclosure agreement builder
What a business agreement does, and why the wording matters
A business agreement converts a conversation into obligations. Both sides already know roughly what they intend to do; the contract fixes the detail that memory blurs — the exact deliverable, the exact price, when payment falls due, how long the arrangement runs, who owns what was created, and who bears a loss if a shipment is late or a client walks away. Almost every commercial dispute traces back to a term nobody wrote down.
The clauses that seem like formalities are the ones that decide outcomes. Termination sets out how either party leaves and with how much notice; a liability cap limits what a single mistake can cost you; a confidentiality clause survives the end of the relationship; governing law and dispute resolution decide whose court or arbitration centre hears the matter and in which language. Agreeing those while everyone is still cooperative is far cheaper than arguing them later.
In the UAE and across the GCC there are practical conventions worth following. Name each company exactly as it appears on its trade licence and include the licence number; have the agreement signed and stamped by a signatory whose authority is on that licence; state the currency and the VAT treatment; and use a bilingual English and Arabic layout when a bank, free-zone authority or notary will see the document, noting which language prevails.
- Parties identified by trade licence name, number and registered address
- Scope of obligations, price or fees, and the payment schedule
- Term, renewal and notice periods for ending the arrangement
- Confidentiality, liability limits and indemnities
- Force majeure, governing law and dispute-resolution forum
- Authorised-signatory and company-stamp blocks, English, Arabic or bilingual
Frequently asked questions
What is a business agreement?+
A business agreement is any written contract that records the terms two commercial parties have agreed — what each side will provide, what it costs, how long it lasts, and what happens if something goes wrong. The name describes the purpose rather than a single fixed format: a supply deal, a service engagement, a partnership and a distribution appointment are all business agreements with different clauses.
Which type of business agreement do I need?+
Match the document to the relationship. Selling goods calls for a sale of goods agreement; providing work or expertise calls for a service agreement; sharing ownership of a venture calls for a partnership agreement; appointing someone to sell for you calls for an agency or distribution agreement; and an early-stage understanding before the binding contract calls for an MOU.
Is a business agreement legally binding?+
Yes, once it is signed by people with authority to bind their organisations and it records an offer, acceptance and something of value passing between the parties. In the UAE, signature and company stamp by an authorised signatory named on the trade licence is the practical standard, and some agreements are additionally notarised where a bank or an authority requires it.
What clauses should every business agreement contain?+
Identify both parties with licence details, then cover scope of the obligation, price and payment terms, duration and renewal, confidentiality, liability and indemnity, termination rights, force majeure, governing law and how disputes will be resolved. Missing termination and dispute clauses cause the most trouble in practice.
Do I need a lawyer to draft a business agreement?+
For routine, low-value and short-term arrangements a well-drafted template that both sides read carefully is usually enough. Bring in a lawyer where the value is high, the term is long, there is exclusivity or intellectual property involved, or the counterparty is in another jurisdiction — the cost of review is far below the cost of a bad clause.
Can a business agreement be bilingual in English and Arabic?+
Yes, and it is common in the GCC. A side-by-side English and Arabic layout means both signatories read the same terms in their own language, and it is often expected by banks, free-zone authorities and notaries. State which language version prevails if the two are ever read differently.
Can I write a business agreement online free?+
Yes. Pick the specific DocMak builder that matches your arrangement, edit every clause on the live preview, and download an editable Word file or a print-ready PDF at no cost — no signup needed.
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