Essential Commercial Contract Drafting Skills Workshop

For legal and commercial professionals involved in contract creation and risk management, it’s essential to have the skills to negotiate and draft clear and concise agreements that meet the challenges of today’s business environment.

In today’s high-stakes, fast-moving commercial landscape, the ability to draft, structure and interpret contracts with clarity and precision is a critical skill.

Whether you’re negotiating multi-million-pound deals or managing day-to-day contracts, small errors or ambiguities can result in costly disputes, reputational harm and lost opportunities.

Business is founded on the crystallisation of the terms of a deal and clarity and fair construction are key to a successful commercial agreement.

Without a clear agreement, commercial and legal disputes are likely, and unclear agreements are one of the largest causes of costly commercial litigation.

This two-day, modular multi-part training course focuses on delivering practical and applied learning of the key drafting skills needed to create transparent and direct contracts that deliver on a legal and commercial level.

Each section of the training course builds on the section before so legal counsel, commercial managers and contract professionals gain the skills to draft watertight contracts, navigate complexity and manage legal risk proactively.

Part One: Drafting, Structure, Interpretation and Formation of Contracts

focuses on the theory and practice that underpins practical drafting, and covers major sections of contracts such as limittaions and exclusions, warranties and much more. It will also explain the fundamentals of how contracts are interpreted.

Part Two: Precise and Careful Drafting

looks in more detail at a variety of contract clauses and how they can be drafted and applied to leverage commercial value and manage legal risk.

Practical interactive learning style

This workshop-style training course has been designed to offer a practical solution to your drafting challenges.

Throughout the course the expert presenter will use a balanced mix of theory, group exercises, discussion, sample clauses and case studies to provide you with a comprehensive portfolio of practical tips and techniques to draft contracts which meet your commercial objectives, as well as ensuring that there are no ‘surprises’ further on.

We also have a more in-depth

3-day Commercial Contract Drafting and Interpretation

course:

Please note:

When attending the online version of this training course, participants are required to join with the ability to turn on their cameras. This is an essential requirement in order to fully participate in the training course due to the interactive nature of the programme.

This training course is part of our

Commercial Contracts Training Course collection

which has been designed for the in-house lawyer.

Benefits of attending

By attending this training course you will:

Gain

a comprehensive understanding of contract formation, interpretation and enforceability

Learn

drafting techniques that enhance clarity, reduce ambiguity and minimise disputes

Understand

key legal principles and how to apply them across UK, EU and international contracts

Explore

the impact of recent case law and post Brexit developments on commercial contracts

Examine

assignment and novation to ensure you are suitably protected in the case of transfer or sale of rights

the purpose and effect of typical boilerplate clauses and how you can leverage value for your organisation through clearer drafting

Get to grips

with payments and interest terms to understand how penalties can be applied

Expand

your knowledge of the risk of drafting a contract without a confidentiality clause

Understand

the risks that can be created through poor drafting in practical exercises under the guidance of the expert

Understand

the pitfalls and pluses to applying an effective standard structure and format to every contract

Examine

special contractual arrangements and letters of intent

Learn

how to interpret variations and time-is-of-the-essence clauses

Clarify

the distinction between ‘best endeavours’ and ‘reasonable endeavours’ – essential terminology in commercial contracts

Get up to date

with the use and drafting of contractual warranties and indemnities

Understand

the effect of exclusion and limitation clauses, and how they can be used to manage your exposure

Attending this training course will also give you the opportunity to network and discuss any disputes or challenges you are facing with colleagues from other organisations to gain new ideas and perspectives.

Who should attend?

This training course has been specifically designed for those who want to enhance their practical drafting skills and who have a knowledge of the law, including:

In-house lawyers

Private practice lawyers

Commercial and contracts directors and managers

Procurement and supply chain professionals

Project managers and business development executives

Compliance officers and risk managers

All those responsible for reviewing, interpreting or negotiating contract terms in a business or legal context

Presenter's firm

Weston Legal

is a leading specialist boutique firm specialising in Commercial law, Technology law, Media law, Intellectual Property law, Data law and Regulatory law and practice.

From its founding, the firm has always committed to provide a fast and efficient service wherever its clients operate.As its business has grown and diversified, it has recognised the strength and importance of the principles held by its people;

putting clients first and operating as one team to realise its goals and share its success.These principles have formed the foundation of its culture and the way its lawyers interact with one another and the firm’s clients.They are what distinguish it and are vital to its future.

To find out more about what Weston Legal can do for you, please contact Mark at westonlegal.ltd or see

https://uk.linkedin.com/in/markwestonlegal

Mark also operates as a leading consultant to Hill Dickinson LLP, a leading and award-winning international law firm with offices in London, Liverpool, Manchester, Leeds, Birmingham, Piraeus, Singapore, Monaco and Hong Kong.

As a full service law firm, it delivers advice and strategic guidance spanning the full legal spectrum from non-contentious advisory and transactional work, to all forms of dispute resolution.

The firm is on the panel of a number of national and international organisations and regularly competes against many of the City firms.In recent months, they have been able to win a number of panel reviews against City firms.

To find out more out what Mark can do for you via Hill Dickinson, please contact him via www.hilldickinson.com

Popular with...

This course has proven particularly popular among our customers in these roles:

CONTRACTS MANAGER

Commercial Manager

Contract Manager

Contracts Lawyer

Contracts Officer

Lawyer

Legal Advisor

Legal Counsel

Paralegal

Senior Legal Counsel

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