Send an offer and respond to a counter

Send an offer from Lawtrades Agent (company clients)

The lawyer can accept or counter once. If the job is still a private draft, sending the offer also posts it.

1. In Lawtrades Agent, find the lawyer for your role and select Hire on their card. An offer card opens at the end of the chat.
2. Check the Billing type, the amount (Hourly rate, Flat fee or Annual salary) and the Start date. Select a value to edit it.
3. Review You pay before you send.
4. Select Review job post to check the job post. If the card lists fields to finish, complete them in the job post first.
5. Select Send offer. If you are signed out, the button may read Sign in to send offer. Sign in or finish creating your account, and the offer sends right after.
6. Agent confirms the offer was sent. Select Track this offer to open Offers.

Send an offer from a position (company clients)

The Offers tab appears once the position has an offer. Use Show: to list Offer sent or Offer accepted offers. A declined offer moves the candidate to Declined.

If you see We couldn’t check which candidates already have offers., select Retry.

1. Open Candidates and choose the position.
2. Select Hire on the candidate.
3. Complete the Payment, Billing, Engagement and Review & Sign steps to send the offer.
4. Find the candidate on the position's Offers tab.

Answer a counter (company clients)

While the lawyer is deciding, the offer reads Offer sent · waiting on the lawyer and you get an email when they respond.

1. Open Offers in the sidebar. An offer waiting on you reads The lawyer countered · your response needed.
2. Select View on the offer.
3. Review the offer rounds.
4. Select Accept (the button shows the amount) to agree, or Withdraw to close the offer.

Withdraw an offer (company clients)

Withdrawing can’t be undone.

1. Open the offer from Offers and select View.
2. Select Withdraw offer, or Withdraw when it is your turn to respond.
3. Confirm with Withdraw offer, or select Keep offer to go back.

Sign once you agree (company clients)

If the offers list shows Sign beside an offer, the lawyer has signed and your signature is next. Select Sign to continue.

If an agreed offer says Lawtrades will prepare the agreement and email it for signature, watch your email for that agreement.

1. When the offer reads Agreed · confirm payment terms & sign, open it from Offers.
2. Select Confirm payment terms & sign.
3. Complete Payment terms, Who signs and Agreement.

Send an offer for a startup Project

If agreement details are missing, the window says which ones to add before you can send. After sending, the lawyer's card shows Offer sent. The Project's Offers tab lists every offer for that Project.

1. Open the Project in Lawtrades Agent and select Candidates.
2. Select Hire on the lawyer's card. Send an offer opens.
3. Choose Hourly or Flat fee and enter the amount.
4. Check Agreement details. Select Edit to fill in Company legal name, Business address, Signer name and Signer title.
5. Review the summary, then select Send offer.

Answer a startup lawyer's counter

When the lawyer accepts your offer, their card shows Complete hire. Select it to pay and sign. The card shows Hired once the hire is complete.

1. Select Review counter-offer on the lawyer's card.
2. Review the offer history.
3. Select Accept & pay (the button shows the amount) to accept, or Counter to propose a new amount and select Send counter-offer. Select Decline to close the offer.
4. After you accept, follow the payment and signing steps. The Project starts as soon as you sign.

Withdraw a startup offer

There is no separate confirmation step, so check that you chose the right lawyer first.

1. Select Offer sent on the lawyer's card.
2. Select Withdraw offer.

If an offer will not update

If the lawyer responded while you had the offer open, the latest terms load in its place. Review them before acting again. If Offers cannot load, select Try again. Contact support if an offer you expect is missing.