Get a fast legal read on one contract before you sign

This service is usually a good fit if you have one contract in front of you and want a prompt legal sense-check before signing or replying. It can suit founders, consultants, agencies, online businesses and service providers dealing with standard commercial paperwork. Common examples include customer agreements, supplier contracts, confidentiality agreements and contractor terms. If the document is heavily negotiated, unusually technical, or part of a larger transaction, a more detailed review or separate advice service may be a better fit than a quick review.

That depends on the contract, but common issues include broad liability clauses, one-sided termination rights, automatic renewals, unclear payment triggers, intellectual property ownership, restrictive restraint wording, and obligations that do not match how your business actually operates. We also look for practical mismatches, such as service levels you may struggle to meet or indemnities that shift more risk than expected. The aim is to flag the points most likely to matter commercially, rather than produce a line-by-line rewrite of every clause.

No. Quick Review is intended to help you understand one contract and decide what to do next. It is broader than a very narrow document-only check because it includes practical recommendations, but it is not ongoing negotiation support and it is not a full redraft service. If you want us to mark up the agreement extensively, negotiate directly with the other side, or prepare replacement wording across multiple clauses, that would usually sit outside this fixed-fee and be scoped separately.

No. This service covers the contract review work described on the page, together with the written summary and limited follow-up questions. It does not include tax advice, ongoing representation, or acting as your negotiator after the review is delivered. If you need help with amendments, a call with the other party, or review of additional documents linked to the same deal, we can discuss that as a separate piece of work so the scope stays clear from the outset.

Once you send through the contract, a lawyer reviews the document and prepares a written summary of the key issues identified. That summary usually highlights the clauses worth attention, why they matter, and what next step may make sense, such as signing as is, asking for changes, or getting further advice on a specific point. You can then use the included follow-up time by email to clarify the comments. If the document turns out to be outside the intended scope, we will tell you before moving further.

Submit an enquiry on this page or click 'Get started'. One of our legal consultants will review it within 1 business day and get in touch to understand what you need.

Your consultant will then email you a fixed-fee quote setting out the cost, scope and timing. If you're happy with it, you can accept the quote and sign our engagement letter online.

Once you've accepted, one of our Australian-qualified lawyers will work with you to complete your project. They'll contact you by email or phone if they need anything.

Sprintlaw works on fixed-fee pricing wherever possible, so you can review the scope and cost before you decide whether to proceed. For the Quick Review service, pricing starts from $200.00.

After you enquire, a legal consultant will confirm what is included, the expected timing and whether any extra work is needed before you engage us.

We work online, so we can help wherever you are in New Zealand. Our team works remotely, mainly from Australia.

Your work is done by our Australian-qualified lawyers, who hold Australian practising certificates and specialise in business law. None of them are New Zealand lawyers or hold a New Zealand practising certificate.

Sprintlaw NZ Limited is a legal consultancy, not a law firm, and is not regulated by the New Zealand Law Society. We don't act in court or tribunal matters, conveyancing (including leases and business sales) or other reserved areas of work. Communications with Sprintlaw are unlikely to be protected by legal professional privilege. We still keep everything confidential under our engagement letter.