Engagement
A clear path from bottleneck to working system.
The hardest question a US or EU buyer has before hiring an overseas independent consultant is not technical — it is “can I actually contract this person, pay them safely, and own the result?” This page answers it concretely. Nothing here is a promise of a price; it is the shape of how we would work.
Who you contract with
You contract with a Georgian Individual Entrepreneur — a registered sole proprietor with a Public Registry ID, business bank account, and a real invoiceable status. It is not a personal PayPal arrangement or a freelancer with no paperwork. The lean structure keeps overhead low and makes the commercial relationship clear.
The contract structure
Each engagement uses an English Master Services Agreement (MSA) plus a project Statement of Work (SOW). A mutual NDA is available on request. Available contract templates provide flexible governing-law options to suit mutual agreement: Delaware law for US-facing engagements or Irish law for EU-facing engagements. These are template choices for a Georgian sole proprietor, subject to mutual agreement and legal review.
The data and tax terms are explicit: US commercial confidentiality, W-8BEN documentation and an AI-tool permission clause; or GDPR Article 28 DPA, a 72-hour breach-notification SLA, reverse-charge VAT under Article 196, and EU AI Act Article 50 transparency where relevant.
- US template: State of Delaware; Wilmington, Delaware
- EU template: Ireland; Dublin, Ireland
- NDA available before sensitive discovery
- The governing-law choice does not change the supplier’s Georgian legal status
Payment, ownership, and protection
The SOW fixes what is in scope, what is out of scope, the acceptance criteria, and the delivery timeline before work begins. Payments are typically milestone-based at 30 / 40 / 30; funds are released when a milestone is accepted, with a deposit due on the signed SOW. Escrow is available on the first project while trust is established.
The repository lives in your account from day one. On full payment, intellectual property transfers to you under a work-for-hire and IP-assignment clause. You can hand the system to another engineer tomorrow. US clients receive IRS Form W-8BEN confirming non-US status; EU invoices state VAT 0% — reverse charge applies. A GDPR Article 28 Data Processing Addendum is available for EU personal data.
- 30-day defect warranty after acceptance, excluding new features
- Liability capped at SOW fees, subject to statutory carve-outs
- Documentation, deployment steps, and observability included in handoff
- Ongoing support is available but never required
Working with me
Hiring an independent consultant you found online is a trust decision. Here is the concrete shape of an engagement — so you know what you are buying before the first call.
- Georgian Sole ProprietorA properly invoiced legal entity — W-8BEN-ready for US clients, reverse-charge VAT for EU.
- English MSA + SOWContracts under US (Delaware) or EU (Irish law) governing law — whichever your team knows.
- Milestone paymentsTypically 30/40/30 — you only release funds when a milestone is accepted.
- Escrow on the first projectSo you risk far less while we establish trust.
- You keep repo accessCode lives in your account from day one — never held hostage.
- IP transfers on paymentFull ownership is yours once the invoice is settled.
- Mutual NDA on requestPlus a GDPR Data Processing Addendum for EU clients.