Understand Service Agreements: Protect Your Work & Negotiate with Confidence

Whether you’re providing services or hiring support for your business, understanding service agreements is essential to protect your work, avoid costly misunderstandings, and strengthen professional relationships. This workshop is designed for founders, freelancers, and small business owners who want to navigate service contracts confidently.

Why Service Agreements Matter

Service agreements are practical tools for clarity and protection. In this session, you’ll learn how to interpret key clauses, recognize potential risks, and ensure that both provider and client expectations are clearly defined.

Key Clauses and Red Flags

You’ll explore the most important clauses of a service agreement, including scope, deliverables, payment terms, timelines, intellectual property, and liability. You’ll also learn to spot common red flags such as vague language, missing termination terms, and one-sided conditions that could lead to disputes.

Balancing Client and Provider Perspectives

Looking at contracts from both the provider and client perspectives, you’ll understand what each side needs to protect. Providers will learn how to safeguard payment and scope, while clients will discover what to watch for regarding quality and timelines. We’ll also discuss typical friction points and strategies to handle them effectively.

Build Confidence in Negotiation

The workshop focuses on building negotiation confidence. You’ll learn to distinguish between flexible terms and standard boilerplate language, and how to ask the right questions to ensure clarity and fairness in your agreements.

Session Details & Q&A

The session concludes with a Q&A and group discussion, giving participants a chance to share experiences and insights. Please note this is an educational session only—no legal advice will be provided.

• Speaker: Andrew Cuttini, Founder, AC Legal Services Inc.
• Date & Time: Tuesday, December 2 | 6:30 PM – 8:30 PM
• Location: Online
• Fee: $20

Pre-registration is required. This workshop is presented in English and is available online, as a live streaming webinar.

About the Speaker

Andrew Cuttini is a business-minded technology lawyer with a pragmatic approach and nearly 15 years of experience supporting startups and growing companies. His practice spans technology (including SaaS and AI), life sciences, manufacturing, and hospitality—always with a focus on aligning legal strategy with business goals. 

Known for his collaborative, solution-oriented style, Andrew acts as fractional general counsel for several innovative organizations, helping them navigate contracts, growth, compliance, and strategic risk with clarity and confidence. 

He began his legal career in private practice before moving in-house, gaining hands-on experience with fast-paced, international businesses. Today, he works independently with companies that value responsiveness, creativity, and practical legal insight. 

When he’s not working with clients, you’ll likely find him playing hockey, spinning vinyl, or chasing after his kids. 

If you registered for the in-person workshop, please arrive at the YES office, located at 666 Sherbrooke Street West, 7th floor, 15–30 minutes before the workshop begins.

For online participants, you will receive an email with login instructions a few hours before the workshop starts. If you don’t see the email one hour before the start time, please check your Spam or Junk folder.

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