Our team assists clients in the strategic planning, drafting, and negotiation necessary to successfully implement multi-party projects. We help with project design considerations, such as deciding on the most useful agreement type for each project, crafting agreements tailored to client goals, and negotiation of agreements with partners and counterparties. Agreement support includes, but is not limited to, assistance with:
- Assessing and advising on the nature of a relationship with a third party (i.e., subrecipient or contractor determination), per the requirements of 2 C.F.R. § 200.331
- Subrecipient agreements, tailored as appropriate for social service delivery, conservation, research, or infrastructure development
- Contracts for supplies, services, and construction needed for project accomplishment, including management of federally required terms and assistance with federally mandated procurement processes
- Shared services agreements for technical collaboration or provision of back-office and administrative services among related parties
- Project participation agreements for scenarios in which beneficiary entities have important obligations
- Cooperative Research and Development Agreements (CRADA) for collaboration with federal laboratories
- Addressing subrecipient oversight and compliance issues that arise from time to time
- Other specially tailored agreements as needed, case by case
Our attorneys help clients structure agreements that align program objectives with federal requirements and industry standards. We advise on procurement obligations and public policy terms in infrastructure projects, including Davis-Bacon Act compliance, domestic sourcing requirements, and disadvantaged business enterprise (DBE) goals. In the research context, we manage intellectual property considerations, while for social service programs we address key compliance needs such as personnel costs, beneficiary eligibility, and data reporting. No matter the issue, our team leverages its experience in federal funding and related disciplines to provide comprehensive, tailored solutions to clients that are leading, or participating in, multi-party projects.