Boilerplate
Assignment and subcontracting
This clause controls whether you can bring in help and whether the client can hand your contract to someone else. A common imbalance is banning you from delegating while letting the client transfer the whole deal to a stranger. Requiring mutual consent, not unreasonably withheld, keeps it even.
What to look for
Whether the freelancer can delegate or subcontract parts of the work, and whether the client can assign the contract to a third party (e.g. on a sale of its business) without consent. Look for one-sided bans and personal-performance requirements.
How Clause rates it
RedFreelancer is barred from any subcontracting or delegation while the client may freely assign the whole contract to anyone, including a competitor, without the freelancer's consent.
AmberRestrictions are one-sided or unclear about whether reasonable, consented subcontracting is allowed.
GreenBalanced terms: neither party assigns without the other's consent (not unreasonably withheld), and the freelancer may subcontract routine parts while remaining responsible for the work.
Wording you can ask for
Suggested redline
Neither party may assign this agreement without the other's prior written consent, not to be unreasonably withheld. The Freelancer may subcontract parts of the Services but remains responsible for the subcontracted work.
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