How we engage. The working terms.

01  ·  ACCEPTANCE

By engaging Seef Consulting (by signing a proposal, accepting an invoice, or beginning work on a stated brief), you accept these terms. They sit alongside the engagement-specific terms in the proposal; where the two diverge, the proposal wins.

02  ·  SCOPE OF SERVICES

Three engagements: an Execution Diagnostic (a defined two-week intake), an Embedded Partnership (an in-the-room operating cadence), and an Advisory Retainer (named-hours per quarter). The proposal names which one, with the deliverables.

03  ·  ENGAGEMENTS AND PROPOSALS

Every engagement begins with a one-page proposal: scope, deliverables, cadence, fee, start date, end condition. Countersigned by both parties. Variations are handled by a dated addendum, not by email drift.

04  ·  CONFIDENTIALITY

Mutual, indefinite, default-on. Anything you tell us in the course of the work (roadmap, financials, organisational dynamics) is held in confidence. Case studies are published only with named consent and a review of the draft.

05  ·  INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY

Work product created for you in the engagement (diagnostic memos, roadmap artefacts, hiring scorecards) is yours, on full settlement of the invoice. The frameworks, methods and templates we bring in remain ours, licensed to you for internal use.

06  ·  FEES AND INVOICING

Fees are not published. They are sized to the engagement, named in the proposal, and invoiced on a stated cadence: typically half on signature, half on completion for the Diagnostic, or monthly in advance for the Partnership and Retainer. Net 14 from issue. Late beyond 30 days pauses delivery.

07  ·  TERMINATION

Either side may end the engagement on thirty days' written notice. Fees due for work to the termination date are payable on the next scheduled cycle. The Diagnostic, being defined in scope, runs to completion unless mutually paused.

08  ·  GOVERNING LAW (UAE)

These terms are governed by the laws of the United Arab Emirates. Any dispute we cannot resolve directly goes to the DIFC Courts, in English. We have not had occasion to test this clause and would prefer not to.