Growth · Template 40 of 40

Collaboration and Joint Venture Agreement

Use it when working with another business on a project without forming a new company.

  • About 5 pages
  • 9 drafting notes in the margin
  • 11 clauses
  • Word (.docx)
  • England and Wales
  • Updated November 2026

What is in it

  1. Definitions and interpretation
  2. Purpose and term
  3. Governance
  4. Contributions and costs
  5. Intellectual property
  6. Revenue and commercialisation
  7. Confidentiality, data and publicity
  8. Warranties, liability and insurance
  9. Term, exit and consequences
  10. Resolving disputes
  11. General

Plus a schedule of the commercial details and signature blocks where the document needs them.

Read the opening

The first part of the template, as it reads in Word. Blanks are shown as lines; the drafting notes sit in the margin of the file.

COLLABORATION AGREEMENT

This Collaboration Agreement (the “Agreement”) is made on ____________________ between:

(1) ____________________ LTD, a company registered in England and Wales (registration number ____________) whose registered office is at ______________________________________________ (“Party A”); and

(2) ____________________ LTD, a company registered in England and Wales (registration number ____________) whose registered office is at ______________________________________________ (“Party B”).

Background

(A) The parties wish to collaborate on the Project described in Schedule 1 on the terms of this Agreement.

The Parties agree as follows:

1. Definitions and interpretation

“Background IP”: Intellectual Property Rights owned or controlled by a party before the Effective Date, or developed independently of the Project, including anything listed in Schedule 2.

“Business Day”: a day other than a Saturday, Sunday or public holiday in England.

How it works

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  2. Open the Word file. Fill in the blanks, pick the options marked with boxes, read each note in the margin.
  3. Delete the notes and the notice box, then sign. Or send it to us for a fixed-fee check first.

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  • Drafted by a solicitor for England and Wales
  • Drafting notes explain every choice
  • Instant download, link works again later
  • Last updated November 2026
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