Calfee leverages the expertise of our lawyers across multiple practice areas to provide clients with comprehensive legal guidance regarding the structuring, drafting, and negotiating of various types of commercial contracts, including:
- Purchase and sale order terms and conditions
- Joint venture agreements
- Contract manufacturing agreements
- Supply agreements
- Distribution agreements
- Intellectual property licenses
- Confidentiality/nondisclosure agreements
- Software agreements
- Capital leases
- Consulting, independent contractor, and sales representative agreements
- Government contracts
- Other complex commercial contracts
We work collaboratively with each client to draft and negotiate contracts that mitigate their identified key business and legal risks and pressure points while optimizing the client’s growth opportunities and goals.
Our advice is proactive, strategic, and practical – we work to tailor internal contracting best practices and risk mitigation techniques based on the client’s individual business model, resources, and risk profile as well as any unique industry considerations.
We utilize our expertise across multiple practices to address high-risk compliance areas, including the European Union’s General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the California Consumer Privacy Act (CCPA), and other data privacy compliance and legal matters, within the scope of the client’s commercial contracts.
We utilize Calfee’s proprietary reporting and other data management programs, which are developed internally by Calfee’s IT department to create customized outputs based on the client’s specific needs. We make the reports available to clients through the use of our industry-leading client extranet technology, which our clients tell us is a significant differentiator from other legal service providers.
Noteworthy
Chambers USA Leading Law Firm Rankings
For more than a decade, Calfee has been recognized as a Leading Law Firm for Corporate/M&A in Ohio by Chambers USA, most recently in Band 2 in Ohio: North and Band 3 in Ohio: South and Central (2024).
Clients provided feedback to Chambers USA researchers, "Calfee consistently generates exceptional outcomes for their clients. They are extremely responsive and meet tight deadlines. Their lawyers represent the client's best interests while also conducting themselves in a collegial and professional manner. They offer exceptional service levels. The firm has done an excellent job with some of our most difficult transactions and brings a business sensibility while protecting and mitigating our risk."
Best Lawyers® “Best Law Firms” Rankings
Calfee was selected for inclusion in the 2025 "Best Law Firms" rankings in the following areas:
- Corporate Compliance Law (Regional Tier 2 Cleveland, Regional Tier 1 Cincinnati)
- Corporate Law (National Tier 1, Regional Tier 1 Cleveland, Regional Tier 1 Columbus, Regional Tier 1 Cincinnati)