| I would tend to recommend the Bar Association over Google. https://www.calbar.ca.gov/Public/Need-Legal-Help/Using-a-Cer... More generally, the type is just "your lawyer." Most lawyers mostly handle contracts. You probably don't want a trial lawyer or a criminal lawyer or a tax lawyer and likely won't come across an in-house council. As an aside, [1] if it comes to the point where the fine legal points of the contract are in contention your business relationship has gone bad (or it was bad from the start (there are clients like that)). What I mean is that the way NDA's between consultants and contractors are really supposed to work is that the consultant is working on the next project for the client (and the next project after that and so on) because that's how the consultant makes their money. If you are prioritizing your own "future IP" you're shooting your client relationship in the foot. I mean who wants to work with a difficult consultant? Your lawyer should tell you what you are in for by signing, but unless the terms are onerous, any kind of heavy NDA back and forth is a reveal of lack of experience. Onerous terms are a reveal of a bad client -- new consultants tend to experience more of them because experienced consultants work to acquire and maintain good clients. Finally, the terms of the NDA and other aspects of the contract should be reflected in your fee. Your business is to charge for the value the client expects. That value may often include saving the client money. But it does not include saving the client money on your fee. Good luck. [1]: well that got longer than I expected. |