If you have ever been in a situation where you had to agree terms with suppliers, customers or collaborators and you have not had a budget to get legal advice, and you had to get the contract done quickly, efficiently and on top of your day job of getting the best price, service or solution, you will be familiar with this scenario.

I have had many clients that having found themselves in this position, have tried to do the best they could. of course, drafting contracts is not their day job so they are not able to recognise the subtleties of the English language or appreciate the risk in saying certain things in one way rather than another.

For example what happens if the other party does not pay? What happens if you want to exit a contract early, what happens if the other party terminates early and you had priced the goods/services based on certain quantities. Did you say this in the agreement? Who owns the intellectual property rights in products/services you have created/performed? Can you or the other party re-use the same materials for another business arrangement? Have your sales people tried a little too hard with the risk of exposing your company to a possible misrepresentation claim?

All the above represent the reasons why I have decided to run from 14th April the Drafting Commercial Contracts seminar.

A hands-on half a day seminar addressed to business owners and managers, which specifically focuses on the needs of business people dealing with contracts. It is a fast, effective and clear way for the non-legal specialist to obtain the skills and confidence to understand and deal effectively with commercial contracts.

The course is about helping those without formal legal training, who have to deal with legal documents, specifically commercial contracts, understand better what they are looking at.              

WHAT WILL YOU GET OUT OF IT

• Improved contracting skills and know how.
• Save legal costs, by working more efficiently with your lawyers, cutting the time your lawyers need to spend.
• Minimise negotiation deadlocks.
• Ensure the contract meets your needs.
• Effectively manage business risks.
• Draft clear and unambiguous contracts, which will help achieve your commercial objectives.
• Get transactions moved along faster,
  to get more business done.

WHY YOU SHOULD ATTEND THIS SEMINAR

Do you wish to take your drafting skills to the next level? Attend our new practical seminar on drafting commercial contracts, to increase your knowledge and practice drafting skills, with an experienced practitioner.

This half a day programme has been designed to give you practical guidance on the drafting and use of the “legal” clauses in commercial contracts. The rights and liabilities created as a result of warranties and indemnities can create complex legal problems for contracting parties and third parties.

KEY BENEFITS

1. Learn how to get to grips with complex legal issues, arising from these clauses.
2. Discover how to negotiate clauses, which limit liability for contractual claims.
3. Understand the importance of warranties and other obligations.
4. Find out how to avoid serious problems, if it all goes wrong.
5. Gain practical experience of drafting techniques.
6. Understand practical “boilerplate” clauses and their use.
7. Understand the essential issues to be analysed prior to negotiations.

 Here is  more information about the Drafting Commercial Contracts seminar