Legal Advisory Case for Partnership-Based Business Expense Payment and Conclusion of a Confidentiality Agreement

1. The Client's Situation

A technology-based company was about to enter into a collaboration with an external sales partner based on a relationship of trust. Under a structure in which the partner would take exclusive charge of sales to the company's customers, the need arose to pay sales fees based on order-winning performance, together with the need to prevent the leakage of sensitive sales and technical information. Accordingly, the company wished to conclude a contract that would eliminate practical uncertainty and block the possibility of future disputes.

Your Legal Team clarified the definition and scope of protection of confidential information consistent with the purpose of the contract, and specified the scope and duration of the confidentiality obligation, thereby preventing unnecessary interpretive controversy. In addition, in line with the revenue-generation structure, we carefully designed the conditions and method of paying sales fees, as well as the penalty-for-breach provision, so that the partner's contribution could be fairly compensated. By making the confidentiality obligation continue even after termination of the contract, we strengthened the protection of the client's core information.

Through Your Legal Team's advice, the client was able to clearly define its trust-based partnership through legal mechanisms and launch it in a stable manner. By making the structure of sales revenue distribution reasonable and the information protection system clear, the client laid a foundation for substantive collaboration while blocking the possibility of future disputes in advance.