Practice Area
Business & Commercial Contract Attorney: New York & New Jersey
Contracts that hold up.
Your contracts are your business's operating system. Bondar Legal drafts, reviews, and negotiates agreements that protect you when things go wrong and stay out of your way when things go right, informed by the experience of managing more than 400 commercial agreements with aggregate value in the hundreds of millions.
Agreements the firm handles
- Master service agreements (MSAs) and statements of work
- Non-disclosure and confidentiality agreements
- Technology, SaaS, and software licensing, including data security, privacy, and IP provisions
- Professional services and consulting agreements
- Vendor, supply, and distribution agreements
- Commercial leases for landlords and tenants
Contract drafting & negotiation
Contract drafting and negotiation is the core of the practice: from master services agreements and vendor contracts to NDAs and operating agreements, Eugene drafts in plain English, redlines the other side's paper, and negotiates the terms that actually move risk, for businesses across Rockland and Westchester Counties, New York City, and Northern New Jersey. You get a marked-up redline and a plain-English summary of what matters, not a hedged memo.
Commercial lease review: landlord & tenant
Commercial lease review for New York and New Jersey businesses: Eugene reads the lease before you sign it, flags the personal-guaranty, escalation, CAM pass-through, assignment, and default terms that decide what the deal really costs, and negotiates the points worth fighting for. The firm represents commercial landlords and tenants in lease drafting and negotiation: retail, office, industrial, and mixed-use. For landlords, that means a lease form built to protect the asset: rent escalations, security and guaranty provisions, use and assignment controls, default remedies, and clean exit rights. For tenants, it means catching the operating-cost pass-throughs, restoration obligations, and personal guaranties that turn a good rent number into a bad deal. A well-drafted lease is the cheapest litigation you'll never have.
Custom contract templates for your business
If your business signs the same kind of agreement again and again, you shouldn't be paying to reinvent it each time, or gambling on an internet form. The firm builds custom contract template suites tailored to your business, your industry, and your risk profile: master agreements, proposals and work orders, terms and conditions, intake and engagement forms. Eugene has built contracting processes and standard forms for government agencies and brings the same discipline to your paper, complete with negotiation playbooks so your team knows which terms flex and which don't.
For individuals and high‑net‑worth clients
Signing an employment agreement, a non-compete, an independent contractor agreement, or a major purchase contract? Eugene reviews and negotiates personal contracts so you know exactly what you're agreeing to before you sign. The firm also represents high‑net‑worth clients in the contracts their holdings generate: investment and real estate transactions, household and estate-related staff agreements, construction and renovation contracts, and the discreet resolution of disputes when they arise.
Request a free consultation
The initial consultation is free, and every inquiry is answered within one business day. Prefer the phone? Call (845) 200-3992.
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Good to Know
Business & Commercial Contracts: FAQ
Can’t I just use a template from the internet?
You can, and lawyers make good money fixing what happens next. Templates don’t know your state’s law, your industry’s risks, or what you actually agreed to. A flat-fee review costs far less than litigating an ambiguous clause.
What should every business contract include?
At minimum: a precise scope of work, payment terms with consequences for lateness, term and termination rights, who owns what (IP and data), indemnification that matches the actual risk, and a dispute-resolution clause that doesn’t hand the other side a home-court advantage. Most disputes the firm litigates trace back to one of these being missing or one-sided. Eugene makes sure yours aren’t.
How does working with you on a contract actually go?
Simple: free consultation to understand the deal, a flat-fee quote, then Eugene’s review or draft with a marked-up redline and a plain-English summary of what matters and why. If negotiation is needed, he handles it directly or coaches you through it; your choice. Most single contracts turn around in days, not weeks.
I was asked to sign an NDA. Should I just sign it?
Not blind. NDAs can hide non-solicitation clauses, IP assignments, and obligations that outlive the deal by years. A quick review is inexpensive and tells you exactly what you are giving up before it is enforceable against you.
Can you review my employment agreement, non-compete, or severance package?
Yes. This is one of the most common ways individuals work with the firm. Restrictive covenant law in New York and New Jersey is shifting fast, and what an employer presents as standard is often negotiable. Know your position before you sign or resign.
Do you offer commercial lease review for New York and New Jersey businesses?
Yes, for tenants and landlords, in retail, office, industrial, and mixed-use space. Eugene reviews the lease before you sign, flags the guaranty, escalation, operating-cost, and assignment provisions that carry the real risk, and negotiates the terms worth changing. Most lease reviews are quoted as flat fees after a free consultation.
Can you help with contract drafting and negotiation?
Yes: drafting new agreements, redlining the other side’s paper, and negotiating terms directly or coaching you through it. Eugene has negotiated and managed more than 400 commercial agreements and brings that discipline to businesses across Rockland County, the Hudson Valley, New York City, and Northern New Jersey.
What does a contract review cost?
Most single-contract reviews are quoted as flat fees after a free consultation, based on length and complexity. You will know the exact cost before work starts.
We sign a high volume of contracts. Can you handle ongoing work?
Yes. That is exactly what the firm’s outside general counsel arrangement is built for: a predictable monthly fee covering your contract flow, with standard forms and negotiation playbooks so deals close faster. Eugene has built contracting processes and standard forms for government agencies and brings the same discipline to your business.