Drafting Commercial Contracts

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