Assignment, Assumption, and Consent Agreement
Customer-distributable legal-document experiment carrying operative contract semantics, draft alternatives, document-local terms, and artifact lifecycle without internal review material.
A customer-distributable contract assignment template with operative clauses carried directly in an IA² HTML/RDF dataset.
This IA² HTML/RDF 0.1 example separates contract facts, DoCO structure, SHACL completion rules, Schema.org choices, sourced entity claims, artifact provenance, and document-local vocabulary into named graphs. Defaults are suggestions, and blank fields or unmade choices are not asserted as contract facts.
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This Assignment, Assumption, and Consent Agreement (this “
, with its principal place of business at
A. Assignor and Counterparty are parties to that certain
, including all amendments, order forms, statements of work, and exhibits thereto (collectively, the “
[Choose whether a copy of the Contract is attached as Exhibit A.]
B. Assignor desires to assign its rights and delegate its obligations under the Contract to Assignee, Assignee desires to accept such assignment and assume such obligations, and Counterparty is willing to consent on the terms below.
Now, therefore, in consideration of the mutual covenants set forth herein and other good and valuable consideration, the receipt and sufficiency of which are acknowledged, the parties agree as follows:
Effective as of the Effective Date, Assignor irrevocably assigns, transfers, and conveys to Assignee all of Assignor's rights, title, and interest in, to, and under the Contract, and delegates to Assignee all of Assignor's duties and obligations under the Contract.
Assignee accepts the foregoing assignment and assumes, and agrees to perform and discharge when due, all duties, obligations, and liabilities of Assignor under the Contract
[choose: arising on or after the Effective Date; or arising before, on, or after the Effective Date]
, as if Assignee were an original party to the Contract.
Counterparty consents to the assignment and delegation described above. From and after the Effective Date, all references to Assignor in the Contract shall be deemed references to Assignee.
Counterparty releases and discharges Assignor from all duties, obligations, and liabilities under the Contract arising on or after the Effective Date, and agrees to look solely to Assignee for performance thereafter. Nothing in this Section releases Assignor from liabilities arising out of acts, omissions, or events occurring prior to the Effective Date.
[choose: jointly and severally; or secondarily]
liable for performance of the Contract notwithstanding this Assignment.
Conditions to Consent; Reservation of Rights.
Counterparty's consent under this Section 3 is conditioned on all fees and other amounts due and payable under the Contract as of the Effective Date having been paid in full
[choose whether amounts may instead be assumed by Assignee under Section 2]
. This consent applies only to the assignment described in this Assignment and does not constitute consent to any other or future assignment, delegation, or transfer, and does not waive any provision of the Contract restricting assignment. Counterparty does not waive, and expressly reserves, all rights, remedies, and claims arising out of acts, omissions, or events occurring prior to the Effective Date, whether against Assignor or Assignee.
Assignor represents and warrants that: (a) the Contract is in full force and effect and, to Assignor's knowledge, no default or event that with notice or lapse of time would constitute a default exists under the Contract; (b) Assignor has not previously assigned or encumbered its rights under the Contract; and (c) it has full power and authority to enter into this Assignment.
Assignee represents and warrants that: (a) it has full power and authority to enter into this Assignment and to perform the Contract; (b) it has the financial and operational capability to perform all obligations under the Contract, including payment obligations; and (c) it is an affiliate or successor of Assignor, and this Assignment is made in connection with
[describe transaction, e.g., an internal reorganization, merger, or sale of substantially all of Assignor's assets]
Counterparty represents and warrants that it has full power and authority to enter into this Assignment.
Payments and notices after the Effective Date.
From and after the Effective Date: (a) all amounts accruing under the Contract on or after the Effective Date shall be invoiced to and paid by Assignee
[choose whether to add the Prepaid Balance carveout under Section 5.2]
days of the Effective Date, Assignee shall provide Counterparty with its billing contact, invoicing address, applicable tax documentation (e.g., W-9, W-8, or VAT/GST registration, as applicable), and any purchase order or vendor-onboarding information required for Counterparty to invoice Assignee; and (c) notices to Assignee under the Contract shall be sent to:
, which shall replace Assignor's notice details in the Contract. All pricing, fees, and payment terms under the Contract remain unchanged by this Assignment.
The parties acknowledge that Assignor has prepaid amounts under the Contract and that an unused balance may exist as of the Effective Date (the “
”). The Prepaid Balance shall equal the unused prepaid amount
as of the Effective Date, as determined from Counterparty's books and records, which shall be conclusive absent manifest error. Within
days after the Effective Date, Counterparty shall deliver to Assignor and Assignee (in accordance with the notice provisions of the Contract) a statement of the Prepaid Balance; the statement shall be final and binding on all parties unless Assignor or Assignee objects in writing on the grounds of manifest error, with reasonable detail, within
days of delivery, in which case the parties shall promptly and in good faith reconcile their records and the reconciled amount shall be the Prepaid Balance. The Prepaid Balance transfers to Assignee as part of the assignment under Section 1 and may be applied solely against Assignee's use of the services under the Contract, subject to any expiration, non-refundability, or other terms of the Contract, which remain unchanged. Assignor irrevocably waives any right to a refund, credit, or repayment of the Prepaid Balance. Counterparty's application of the Prepaid Balance against Assignee's use fully discharges Counterparty's obligations with respect to the Prepaid Balance as to both Assignor and Assignee.
Each party shall execute such further documents and take such further actions as may be reasonably necessary to give full effect to this Assignment.
Each of Assignor and Assignee shall indemnify and hold harmless Counterparty from and against any losses, claims, and expenses arising out of or relating to the Contract to the extent attributable to the duties, obligations, and liabilities for which it is responsible under Sections 2 and 3.
Except as expressly set forth herein, the Contract remains unmodified and in full force and effect.
This Assignment is governed by the laws governing the Contract. If the Contract is governed by the laws of the State of New York, then: (a) this Assignment shall likewise be governed by, and construed in accordance with, the laws of the State of New York, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles; and (b) unless the Contract specifies a different exclusive forum (in which case that forum applies), each party irrevocably submits to the exclusive jurisdiction of the state and federal courts located in
, New York, for any action arising out of or relating to this Assignment, and waives any objection to venue or forum non conveniens in such courts. If the Contract does not specify a governing law, this Assignment shall be governed by the laws of
, without regard to conflict-of-laws principles.
This Assignment constitutes the entire agreement of the parties regarding its subject matter and may be amended only in a writing signed by all parties.
This Assignment may be executed in counterparts, including by electronic signature, each of which is deemed an original and all of which together constitute one instrument.
This Assignment binds and benefits the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns.
If any provision of this Assignment is held invalid or unenforceable, the remaining provisions shall remain in full force and effect, and the invalid provision shall be enforced to the maximum extent permitted so as to effect the parties' intent.
This Assignment is for the sole benefit of the parties and their respective successors and permitted assigns, and nothing herein confers any right or remedy on any other person.
No waiver of any provision of this Assignment is effective unless in writing and signed by the waiving party, and no waiver in any instance shall be deemed a waiver in any other instance.
In witness whereof, the parties have executed this Assignment as of the Effective Date.
models the agreement, roles, rights, obligations, conditions precedent, representations, warranties, and governing jurisdiction.
describes the document's sections, party list, and signature blocks.
makes blank fields, required values, datatypes, defaults, and closed option lists inspectable without pretending that a suggested value has been accepted.
records unresolved drafting decisions as domain meaning.
correlates property shapes with visible values and keeps interpretations linked to the fixed clauses that support them.
carries sourced identity and role claims, while the
distinguishes the controlled template from this version.
Open RDF and search for “contractual obligation,” “condition precedent,” “representation,” “authorization,” or “governing jurisdiction.” Each interpretation remains separate from the clause text and points back to its exact source.
Inert legal-language fragments selected by declarative choices.
A copy of the Contract is attached as Exhibit A.
whether arising before, on, or after the Effective Date
, subject to application of any Prepaid Balance under Section 5.2
Assignment, Assumption, and Consent Agreement template
Contract, underlying contract, parties, and role composition.
Sourced claims preserve stable entity identity independently of each mention.
Customer-distributable assignment template
Substantive interpretations are queryable claims derived from exact fixed-clause carriers.
Substantive contract meaning interpretations
Searchable legal effects interpreted from the agreement's fixed clauses, kept separate from operative text and unresolved drafting choices.
The blank Effective Date still supplies meaningful temporal boundaries.
Assignment creates a right for Assignee derived from Assignor's underlying right.
Assignee's transferred rights under the underlying contract
Obligor roles and Schema.org performances make who owes what to whom directly queryable.
Assignee's assumed contractual obligation
Perform and discharge the underlying contract duties when due
Counterparty's consent is an authorization, qualified by a condition precedent.
Counterparty authorization of the assignment and delegation
Amounts due at the Effective Date paid in full
Counterparty's reserved pre-Effective-Date rights, remedies, and claims
Representation packages retain attribution and their exact evidentiary clause.
Assignor representations and warranties about contract status, title, and authority
Assignee representations and warranties about authority, capability, and transaction status
Counterparty representation and warranty of authority
Payments and notices are distinct obligations with distinct performances.
Assignee's post-Effective-Date payment obligation
Pay amounts due under the underlying contract
Assignee's billing and notice-detail notification obligation
Provide updated billing and notice details
Multi-party and boilerplate commitments remain searchable without new local predicates.
All parties' further-assurances obligation
Execute documents and take actions reasonably necessary to give effect to the assignment
Underlying contract preservation commitment
Governing-law meaning can exist before its fallback fields are completed.
Jurisdiction governing the underlying contract, or the selected fallback
Entire-agreement and signed-writing amendment commitment
Successors and permitted assigns binding commitment
Signed-writing and instance-specific waiver commitment
A portable query catalog. Navigator discovers these SHACL executables generically.
Reusable questions over the contract's parties, duties, conditions, rights, and representations.
Find the contract recorded by this document, then resolve every ContractParty role class to the stable entity that plays it, whether or not completion values have been supplied.
PREFIX rdf: <http://www.w3.org/1999/02/22-rdf-syntax-ns#> PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> PREFIX contracts: <https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/Agreements/Contracts/> PREFIX documents: <https://www.omg.org/spec/Commons/Documents/> PREFIX role: <https://www.omg.org/spec/Commons/RolesAndCompositions/> PREFIX schema: <https://schema.org/> SELECT ?role ?party ?legalName WHERE { GRAPH ?artifactGraph { ?document documents:records ?contract . } GRAPH ?contractGraph { ?contract contracts:hasContractParty ?roleResource . ?roleResource rdf:type ?role ; role:isPlayedBy ?party . } GRAPH ?vocabularyGraph { ?role rdfs:subClassOf* contracts:ContractParty . } OPTIONAL { GRAPH ?valueGraph { ?party schema:legalName ?legalName } } } ORDER BY ?role ?party
Find action-shaped performances, the obligation that mandates each action, its actor, and any recipient.
PREFIX fibo-rel: <https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/Relations/Relations/> PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> PREFIX schema: <https://schema.org/> SELECT ?actor ?performanceLabel ?recipient ?obligation ?obligationLabel WHERE { GRAPH ?graph { ?performance fibo-rel:isMandatedBy ?obligation ; schema:agent ?actor ; schema:name ?performanceLabel . OPTIONAL { ?performance schema:recipient ?recipient } OPTIONAL { ?obligation rdfs:label ?obligationLabel } } } ORDER BY ?actor ?performanceLabel
Inspect rights and authorizations together with their holder, conditions, qualifications, and source clause.
PREFIX fibo-cap: <https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/Law/LegalCapacity/> PREFIX fibo-contract: <https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/Agreements/Contracts/> PREFIX doco: <http://purl.org/spar/doco/> PREFIX prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> SELECT ?right ?rightLabel ?holder ?qualification ?sourceClause WHERE { GRAPH ?graph { ?right a ?rightType . VALUES ?rightType { fibo-cap:ContractualRight fibo-cap:Authorization } OPTIONAL { ?right rdfs:label ?rightLabel } OPTIONAL { ?right fibo-cap:isConferredOn ?holder } OPTIONAL { ?right fibo-contract:isQualifiedBy ?qualification } } OPTIONAL { GRAPH ?provenanceGraph { ?right prov:wasDerivedFrom ?sourceClause } GRAPH ?structureGraph { ?sourceClause a doco:Section } } } ORDER BY ?right
Group each representation package by the party to which it is attributed and its exact evidentiary clause.
PREFIX fibo-contract: <https://spec.edmcouncil.org/fibo/ontology/FND/Agreements/Contracts/> PREFIX prov: <http://www.w3.org/ns/prov#> PREFIX rdfs: <http://www.w3.org/2000/01/rdf-schema#> SELECT ?party ?representation ?representationLabel ?sourceClause WHERE { GRAPH ?graph { ?representation a fibo-contract:Representation ; prov:wasAttributedTo ?party ; prov:wasDerivedFrom ?sourceClause . OPTIONAL { ?representation rdfs:label ?representationLabel } } } ORDER BY ?party
DoCO structural graph: presentation hierarchy stays distinct from legal effect.
Rights, obligations, conditions, and clause typing.
Assignor's rights under the underlying contract
Unresolved drafting decisions are potential actions, never operative selections.
Attach the underlying contract as Exhibit A?
If no release is selected, choose Assignor's retained liability
Choose how amounts due at the Effective Date are handled
Every authorable choice is an ordinary PropertyShape with a focus node, path, count, closed sh:in list, and Web Annotation presentation.
Option resources are reusable identities. No schema:result is asserted in this draft.
Liabilities arising on or after the Effective Date
Liabilities arising before, on, or after the Effective Date
Amounts assumed by Assignee under Section 2
Choice alternatives distinguish a decision label from its document projection.
Completion model. Property shapes describe missing values, not present contract facts.
A preparation-time constraint inventory. A field may carry a default without asserting that default as the accepted contract value.
A reusable targetClass shape is specialized by RDF focus-node claims on its visible carriers.
These entity relationships exist independently of whether their literal values are complete.
Balance statement delivery period in days
A reusable signature-block profile applies to all three structured blocks.
Every operative section is a contractual element unless given a more specific FIBO type.
The same clause identities participate independently in DoCO's document hierarchy.
Document-local vocabulary, defined because no exact imported terms were selected.
A document block prepared to record an authorized signatory, signatory capacity, signature mark, and signing date for one stable legal entity.