Drafting Commercial Contracts focuses on providing practical training to professionals on how to negotiate and draft clear, concise, and legally sound commercial agreements in today`s business environment.
Topics
- Drafting, structure, and interpretation of contracts
- Precise and careful drafting of complex clauses
- Leveraging commercial value and managing legal risks
- Assignment and novation in contracts
- Boilerplate clauses and their effect on value
- Payments, interest terms, and penalties
- Risk of poor drafting and the importance of confidentiality clauses
- Effective standard structure and format for contracts
- Practical drafting techniques for concise agreements
- Special contractual arrangements and letters of intent
- Interpretation of variations and time-is-of-the-essence clauses
- Best endeavours vs. reasonable endeavours terminology
- Warranties, indemnities, exclusion, and limitation clauses
Who should Attend
- In-house lawyers
- Private practice lawyers
- Commercial and contracts directors and managers
- Procurement personnel
- Compliance officers
- Company secretaries
