SaaS legal support & contract negotiation for the UK.

SaaS companies bring us supplier and platform terms, subscription and MSA renewals, and data processing agreements that need negotiating rather than accepting as drafted; we provide SaaS contract negotiation and legal support that reviews those terms against your commercial model and negotiates the individual clauses that create real risk, without you needing an in-house legal team of your own to fall back on.

Supplier & platform agreements Customer contracts & DPAs Sussex & London

What we solve

Supplier agreements

Cloud, payments and integration terms, reviewed properly.

Individual clause negotiation

Pushing back on specific terms, with reasoning.

Customer contracts

Consistent terms as you scale.

Data processing terms

Aligned across suppliers and customers.

Where SaaS legal work gets complicated.

SaaS contract negotiation for a growing business usually means pushing back on supplier and platform terms, subscription or MSA renewals, and data processing agreements that were drafted for the supplier's largest customers, not for you - and our SaaS legal support reviews and negotiates exactly those documents. SaaS businesses often reach a stage where they need to sign agreements with much larger suppliers, cloud providers, payment processors and integration partners, on the supplier's own standard terms. Those contracts are usually long, one-sided and written for the supplier's largest customers, not for a growing SaaS business trying to get a deal over the line.

Reviewing and negotiating those terms is complicated. Liability caps, data processing terms, service levels, intellectual property ownership and termination rights all need checking against your own commercial model, and the individual terms usually need supporting: explaining to the supplier why a clause does not work for your business, and proposing a workable alternative rather than simply pushing back.

Without in-house legal support, that work either falls to a founder or technical lead who has other priorities, or gets rushed through to keep the deal moving, often accepting terms that create real risk later.

We support SaaS businesses by reviewing and negotiating supplier and platform agreements, flagging the clauses that genuinely matter against the ones that are just standard language, and negotiating individual terms directly with the supplier's legal team where needed. We bring the same approach to your own customer contracts and data processing agreements, so your commercial paperwork stays consistent as you scale. And because legal ops sits behind everything we do, we help lay the groundwork so your team can hold its position in supplier negotiations, not just react to the next draft that lands.

Problems we solve for SaaS clients.

Enterprise supplier terms

Reviewed against your actual commercial model.

Liability & IP clauses

Checked and negotiated where they carry real risk.

Data processing terms

Aligned across suppliers, platforms and customers.

Individual term negotiation

Direct discussion with the supplier's legal team.

Customer terms at scale

Consistent SaaS agreements as your customer base grows.

No in-house legal team

Senior legal judgement without a full time hire.

Why clients trust us here

Enterprise-scale commercial experience.

We bring enterprise commercial experience from RELX and Panasonic to every SaaS engagement, so we understand how larger suppliers think and negotiate. Founded by Amy Kafetz, we use that experience to get SaaS businesses better outcomes on the same standard paperwork.

SaaS legal support FAQ.

Why do SaaS businesses need dedicated legal support?+
Growing SaaS companies often need to sign agreements with much larger suppliers and platforms on the supplier's own standard terms, which need careful review and negotiation.
Can you negotiate individual terms with a large supplier?+
Yes. We negotiate specific clauses directly with a supplier's legal team, explaining why a term does not work for your business and proposing a workable alternative.
Do you also support our own customer contracts?+
Yes. We support SaaS customer agreements and data processing agreements alongside supplier negotiation, so your commercial paperwork stays consistent as you scale.

Regulatory status

Important information about how our services are regulated

Adaptable Legal Counsel is an unregulated legal services business. It is not authorised or regulated by the Solicitors Regulation Authority.

No statement on this website should be read as saying that Adaptable Legal Counsel is authorised or regulated by the SRA. The regulatory status of any individual adviser will be confirmed separately where relevant before engagement.

We provide non-reserved legal services only. We do not conduct litigation, exercise rights of audience, carry out reserved conveyancing, probate or notarial work, administer oaths, provide immigration advice, claims management services or regulated financial services, or hold client money.

SRA compulsory minimum terms insurance and the SRA Compensation Fund do not apply to Adaptable Legal Counsel. Before engagement we explain our insurance arrangements, complaints process and any complaint routes that apply to the work.