On-demand commercial and government contracts support
A senior contracts lead, when you need one.
Redlines, flowdowns, negotiation support and contract process builds for companies that sell to the government, to primes, and to each other. Fifteen years of senior contracts work, available by the document, the hour, or the month.
14.2 Limitation of Liability
Subcontractor shall indemnify Buyer against any and all third-party claims arising from the Work Subcontractor's negligent performance of the Work. Except for breaches of Article 9 (Export Compliance), neither party's aggregate liability shall exceed the total value of this Purchase Order. Buyer may withhold payment at its sole discretion pending resolution.
Issue flagged: uncapped indemnity and open-ended payment withholding. Proposed cap at PO value, with an export-compliance carve-out the prime will accept.
The contract work that stalls deals when no one owns it.
Pick up a single document or hand over a recurring workload. Every engagement ends with a redline you can send and a plain-language issues memo your team can act on.
FAR and DFARS flowdowns
Review prime subcontracts and purchase orders for mandatory and inapplicable flowdowns, cybersecurity clauses, and terms a commercial-item seller should push back on.
FAR 52.212-5 · DFARS 252.204-7012 · 252.204-7021
ITAR and FMS terms
Export-control clauses, technical data provisions, and Foreign Military Sales contract language checked against how your products actually ship and who touches the data.
ITAR 22 CFR 120–130 · DSCA SAMM
MSAs, NDAs and supply agreements
Liability caps, indemnity, IP ownership, warranty, payment terms, and termination rights negotiated to a position you can live with and the other side will sign.
UCC Article 2 · Incoterms 2020
Distributor and dealer agreements
Indirect channel programs built or repaired: territory, pricing authority, performance obligations, and pass-through terms for government end users.
Reseller · VAR · Teaming agreements
Data protection terms
Data processing addenda and customer privacy terms aligned with GDPR and CCPA obligations, written so sales can explain them and operations can meet them.
GDPR Art. 28 · CCPA / CPRA
Contract process and CLM
Templates, clause libraries, approval matrices, and contract lifecycle management rollouts for companies outgrowing email-and-spreadsheet contracting.
Playbooks · Fallback positions · CLM selection
From inbox to signature-ready, with a fixed scope up front.
Send the document
Upload the draft, the counterparty's paper, or a description of the deal. An NDA covers everything you send.
Get a scoped quote
Within one business day you receive a fixed fee or hour estimate, the turnaround date, and what is in and out of scope.
Receive the redline
A tracked-changes draft plus an issues memo ranking each point as must-have, negotiable, or acceptable as written.
Close the deal
Optional call support while you negotiate, and a final clean version checked against the agreed positions.
Three ways to engage. No long-term commitment.
Rates are quoted before work starts. Rush turnaround inside 24 hours adds 50 percent.
Rapid Review
$750 flat, up to 15 pages
- Full redline and issues memo
- 48-hour standard turnaround
- One 30-minute debrief call
Best for a single NDA, PO, or subcontract on deadline.
Advisory Block
$1,950 10 hours, $195/hr
- Use across any mix of documents
- Negotiation call support included
- Hours valid for 6 months
Best for a negotiation with several rounds of turns.
Fractional Contracts Lead
$4,500 per month, up to 30 hours
- Owns your contract queue and approvals
- Templates and playbook built in month one
- Cancel with 30 days' notice
Best for companies without an in-house contracts manager.
| Document type | Typical length | Standard turnaround | Typical engagement |
|---|---|---|---|
| Mutual NDA | 3–6 pages | 1 business day | Rapid Review |
| Purchase order with T&Cs | 8–15 pages | 2 business days | Rapid Review |
| Government subcontract with flowdowns | 25–60 pages | 3–5 business days | Advisory Block |
| Master services agreement | 15–30 pages | 3 business days | Advisory Block |
| Distributor program build | Template set | 2–4 weeks | Fractional |
Tim Nalepka, Principal
I have spent more than fifteen years on the contracts side of defense, aerospace, energy, and commercial businesses, negotiating with primes, government customers, international buyers, and channel partners.
That work has included building commercial contracts functions from scratch, leading contract lifecycle management transformations, standing up indirect sales channels, and writing GDPR and CCPA compliance procedures for a global manufacturer.
Four Corners Contracts Advisory exists for the company that needs that experience on a specific deal this week, without hiring a full-time contracts manager to get it.
The name comes from the four corners rule: when a dispute arises, what governs is what is written inside the document. Getting that writing right before signature is the whole job.
Before you send anything
Are you a law firm?
No. Four Corners Contracts Advisory provides contracts management and negotiation support, the work an in-house contracts manager does. It does not provide legal advice or legal opinions. If an issue calls for an attorney, I will say so and help you brief one efficiently.
How is my information protected?
A mutual NDA is signed before any document changes hands. Files are stored in an encrypted workspace and deleted at the end of the engagement on request.
Can you work with export-controlled technical data?
Contract terms about export control, yes. Controlled technical data itself should stay out of the documents you send. If a contract attaches technical data, send the contract body and we will agree on a handling approach first.
What if the deal needs more time than quoted?
You hear about it before any extra hour is billed, with the reason and a revised estimate. Fixed-fee reviews stay fixed.
Do you negotiate directly with the other side?
Yes, on the Advisory Block and Fractional plans, either on calls alongside your team or as your designated contracts contact.
Tell me about the contract.
A scoped quote comes back within one business day. Do not attach the document yet; the NDA comes first.
engage@fourcornerscontracts.com