Terms of Engagement

Embute Labs (“Embute Labs”, “we”, “us”), registered office at Southwinds Block 2, Flat 11D, 132 Ghoshal Para Lane, Kolkata 700148, West Bengal, India, provides advisory services on an engagement-by-engagement basis. Every engagement is governed by its own engagement letter or statement of work, agreed directly between Embute Labs and the client (“client”, “you”) — there is no standard, one-size-fits-all contract. This page describes the general framework within which those agreements operate; where a specific engagement letter says something different, the engagement letter controls.

Each engagement is scoped individually following the process described on our Contact page. No work begins until scope, timeline, fees, and payment terms have been agreed in writing between Embute Labs and the client.

Fees, invoicing schedule, and payment terms for an engagement are set out entirely in that engagement's engagement letter or statement of work — this page does not impose a default payment window, since terms are negotiated per engagement rather than fixed in advance. Where a payment is made through our Payments page, amounts are processed either securely via Razorpay or by direct bank transfer, in the currency and against the reference agreed with the client.

Each party agrees to keep confidential any non-public information disclosed by the other in connection with an engagement, and to use it only for the purposes of that engagement, except where disclosure is required by law.

Unless otherwise agreed in an engagement letter, deliverables prepared specifically for a client under a paid engagement become the client's property on full payment. Embute Labs retains ownership of its pre-existing methodologies, frameworks, and general know-how, and may reuse them in future engagements, provided no client-confidential information is disclosed.

Embute Labs provides advisory services on the basis of information available at the time of the engagement and its professional judgment. To the maximum extent permitted by law, Embute Labs' aggregate liability arising from an engagement is limited to the fees paid for that engagement. Nothing in these terms excludes liability that cannot lawfully be excluded.

Where an engagement relates to R&D tax credit advisory (United States or Australia), our role is to assess eligibility and assist with documentation and filing support based on the information provided. We do not guarantee that any claim will be accepted, in whole or in part, by the IRS, AusIndustry, or the ATO. This is general information, not tax advice — see the disclaimer on our R&D Tax Credits pages.

Either party may terminate an ongoing engagement in accordance with the notice period set out in that engagement's engagement letter. Fees for work performed up to the termination date remain payable.

Governing law and jurisdiction for a given engagement are as agreed between Embute Labs and the client in the applicable engagement letter or statement of work, consistent with the rest of this page: the specifics of each engagement are set by agreement between the two parties, not by a standing default.

We may update this page from time to time to reflect how we generally work. The date at the top reflects the most recent revision. Changes here do not alter the terms of an engagement already governed by a signed engagement letter — those are only changed by agreement between the parties.