Boilerplate Clauses Overview

by Practical Law Commercial Transactions

This Practice Note provides an overview of commonly used boilerplate clauses, including notices provision, choice of law or governing law, choice of forum or jurisdiction, waiver of jury trial, entire agreement, integration, or merger provision, severability, amendments, no waiver of breach, cumulative remedies, equitable remedies, assignment and delegation, successors and assigns, no third-party beneficiaries, survival, contractual statute of limitations, counterparts, further assurances, interpretation, headings, relationship of the parties, force majeure, public announcements, transaction costs, and attorneys' fees. This Note provides a summary of the purposes of the various types of boilerplate clauses and includes links to standard sample annotated forms of boilerplate clauses.