A clean exit starts before the signature.
Review notice, payment, transition support, and surviving obligations as one connected process.
Name the exit routes
Distinguish termination for cause, termination for convenience, non-renewal, and expiration. Each can have a different procedure.
Price the handover
Check payment for completed work, work in progress, approved commitments, and transition support. Define what is returned or delivered at exit.
Keep the necessary obligations
Identify which confidentiality, payment, dispute, and license terms are intended to survive. Cross-check the survival clause against the main provisions.
Illustrative negotiation
“We want both teams to know what happens if the project ends. Could we document the notice, final invoice, and handover process?”
Know the limit
This is a contract-reading checklist. Whether a termination right can be exercised requires a separate factual and legal assessment.
Sources and scope
Anthropic commercial-legal vendor-agreement-review checklist (pinned reference)
Review method, not a statement of applicable law; draft positions require attorney review.
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