Need an Austin business contract drafted, reviewed, or fought over? The 8 firms below handle everything from a $300 mutual NDA to a $40M enterprise SaaS deal, plus the breach-of-contract litigation that follows when deals go sideways.
Updated 2026-05-06
Texas contract law is more business-friendly than most. Texas enforces choice-of-law and choice-of-venue clauses aggressively. Liquidated damages, indemnification, and limitation-of-liability provisions get more respect from Texas courts than from their California or Washington counterparts. Texas also enforces non-competes more readily than Washington — under Texas Business and Commerce Code Section 15.50, a non-compete is enforceable if it is ancillary to an otherwise enforceable agreement and reasonable in scope, geography, and time.
Austin's contract demand is driven by the tech corridor (SaaS MSAs, enterprise customer reviews, data-processing addenda), the construction sector (subcontractor agreements, AIA forms, indemnity language), the real-estate market (commercial leases, purchase agreements), and the service economy (employment agreements, independent-contractor agreements, vendor terms).
Three buckets. Boutiques (Kumar Law, Slater Pugh, JQNLaw, Kelly Legal, Weisblatt) handle standard commercial drafting and review on flat or hourly fees that won't bankrupt a small business. Mid-market firms (Andrews Myers, Davis Business Law) pair contracts with corporate, real estate, employment, and litigation. BigLaw (Haynes and Boone, Vinson & Elkins) handle the largest enterprise deals, technology transactions, and IP-heavy commercial agreements typically priced at $625–$1,500/hour.
Practice focus: Commercial contracts, technology transactions, MSAs, SaaS agreements, M&A documents, IP licensing. Texas-founded AmLaw 100 firm. Counsel to public companies and venture-backed scale-ups.
Practice focus: Commercial contracts, construction contracts, vendor and customer agreements, employment agreements. Texas-based firm with deep construction and services industry experience.
Practice focus: Contract drafting, contract review, breach-of-contract litigation. Austin attorney Jack Nichols has represented Texas landlords, medical providers, banks, and Austin-area government entities.
Practice focus: Business contract drafting, contract review, contract negotiation, contract dispute resolution. Austin firm with broad commercial contracts practice.
Practice focus: Contract drafting, contract review, contract litigation for Texas companies. Austin and Houston coverage. MSAs, vendor terms, customer agreements.
Practice focus: Non-compete agreements, non-disclosure agreements, vendor contracts, employment agreements. Austin office; flat-fee and subscription options.
Practice focus: Contracts, business disputes, employment agreements, real estate contracts for Austin operating businesses.
Practice focus: Commercial contracts, litigation strategy, dispute resolution. Austin firm; founder Michael Burke takes a strategic approach to commercial agreements.
Ranges from real Austin firms, current to 2026. Government and filing fees billed separately and pass through at cost.
Standard mutual NDA. Most Austin firms keep tested templates.
Custom MSA with SOW template. Higher for IP-heavy or data-privacy provisions.
Full vendor-side SaaS MSA with order forms, DPA, and SLA. Common Austin tech engagement.
Customer-side review and negotiation of vendor MSA, DPA, security addendum.
Buy-side or sell-side for a $1M–$25M transaction. Scales with deal size.
TI allowance, CAM, operating expenses, assignment, holdover, personal-guaranty provisions.
Drafting compliant with Texas Business & Commerce Code Section 15.50.
Range from quick declaratory action to full breach-of-contract trial in Travis County or W.D. Tex.
From the day you sign an engagement letter to the day you have something in hand, here is what the calendar usually looks like in Austin.
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