Trusted AI built on 175 years of Thomson Reuters knowledge. Meet The CoCo

Assignability of Commercial Contracts (NY)

by Boaz S. Morag, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP, with Practical Law Commercial Transactions

Maintained | New York

A Practice Note examining New York law relating to the transferability of commercial contracts, including a party's ability to assign its contract rights and delegate its performance of contract obligations, the enforceability of contractual anti-assignment and anti-delegation clauses, and key drafting considerations for these clauses.

Get access to this document with Practical Law

Why Practical Law?

Gain a built-in attorney network

Practical Law’s resources are written and maintained by over 650 dedicated, full-time attorney-editors globally. They’re highly qualified, having practiced at the world’s leading law firms, corporate law departments, and government agencies, so they understand the challenges you face. They dedicate themselves to creating resources to help you navigate the new legal realities, legislative changes, and practice areas impacting your clients or organization.

See how to leverage the expertise of Practical Law’s attorney-editors to help you practice more efficiently.

Expert guidance

650+ full-time, experienced attorney-editors keep you up to date globally

Total resources

118,000+ total resources across 17 practice areas ensure comprehensive coverage

Timely updates 

150,000+ hours spent in 2025 maintaining and updating resources

Experience Practical Law