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International Contracts: Choice of Law when the Parties Disagree

December 23, 2010 at 9:56 am Comments disabled

Logo for OnStartups.com, where Dana Shultz discussed choice of law for international contracts

This post concerning international contracts is based on an OnStartups.com question (edited here) that I answered a few minutes ago. Q. I am drafting a website-development agreement with a firm in India. I am in Australia. I prefer that the agreement be governed by Australian law, but the developer prefers Indian law. What is normally done in similar circumstances?

A. Several thoughts based on my experience international contracts: (more…)

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