Non-Disclosure Agreement for Consultants
NDAs for independent consultants.
Sign client NDAs that protect their confidential information while preserving your ability to take similar engagements with non-competing clients.
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Independent consultants live on adjacent engagements — same skills, different clients. A well-drafted NDA protects what genuinely needs to stay private without including a non-compete dressed up as confidentiality.
Why consultants need a non-disclosure agreement
- Residual knowledge carve-out keeps you working in your niche.
- Survival periods cap how long obligations stretch.
- Permitted-disclosure language covers your subs and accountants.
Common scenarios
Pre-engagement pitch
Mutual NDA before a prospective client shares strategy, financials, or roadmap during proposal.
Subcontractor flow-down
When you bring in another consultant or specialist, an NDA chain keeps the original client protected.
Investor or board adjacency
Advisory work that touches privileged investor or board materials needing tighter protection.
Clauses to pay attention to
Common questions
- Can the client also include a non-compete?
- They can try. Push back hard — non-competes inside NDAs are often disguised non-competes and unenforceable in many states. Negotiate them out or scope them tightly.
- What if I work with a competitor?
- The NDA should permit that, as long as you don't use or disclose the first client's confidential information. Residual-knowledge clauses make this workable.
- How long should an NDA survive?
- 12–36 months from disclosure for most business information. Trade-secret material can be longer but should be specifically identified.
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