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If participants from different countries work together on an IT project, this not only influences the actual framework conditions of their cooperation but also the contractual conditionals. Accordingly, the international IT contract based on the project should not only address the contractual design of the project but also contain provisions regulating the transnational cooperation of the parties. However, it is often not clear to the contracting parties what they need to consider when drafting the contracts for their international cooperation.
The parties must first strive to reach a common understanding. The reason for this is that often not only the communication but contract negotiations, in particular, are held in different languages. As a result, there is a high probability that misunderstandings will occur, which can significantly impair the success of the project. To ensure the success of the project, parties should consider the following points when drafting international IT contracts:
The more complex the IT project, the more often the parties must coordinate with each other. However, different time zones, unclarified responsibilities and delayed internal agreement processes can unnecessarily defer and, in the worst case, even prevent the necessary arrangements between the parties involved. In order to counteract this problem, the parties should raise the following points at the beginning of the IT contract process. They should
The last point in particular often leads to questions of applicable law in the case of the transnational granting of rights. These must be answered partly by contractual provisions and partly by recourse to the principles of private international law.
Finally, parties cannot rely on the fact that the same legal provisions, legal principles and customs of legal transactions will apply in the country of their contracting partner or that a similar judicial decision-making practice will prevail. For example, it is common in U.S. law to regulate far-reaching exclusions of liability in contracts, whereas, under German law, liability for certain damages cannot be excluded at all by contract. For this reason, project participants are advised to formulate the contractual provisions governing the IT project as precisely as possible.
Our experienced IT contract lawyers will be pleased to assist you with drafting your international IT contracts. Our offer, in particular, includes:
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