Contract and Negotiation Masterclass: M2 - Advanced Contract Law

Course overview 'Advanced Contract Law' is a 2 day, practical training course that aims to: Strengthen your knowledge of complex contractual terms including indemnities, warranties and exclusion clauses Refresh your knowledge of the law surrounding breach, termination and liquidated damages, enabling you to draft tighter provisions and ensure greater protection for your stakeholders Review the latest developments in e-contract law Review useful boilerplate clauses and create new precedents Summary of course content Warranties, representations and entire agreement clauses Liability risk protection including indemnities, exclusion and limitation of liability clauses Remedial clauses and damages Force majeure E-contracts Termination Methodology You will participate in class discussions and drafting exercises to reinforce your lecture and workshop experience. You will leave with the updated knowledge, confidence and familiarity with contracts required to tackle the most important aspects of commercial contract law. Who should attend this training course? In-house legal counsel Contract managers/officers Legal advisors and consultants Legal specialists Legal counselors - commercial contracts Operational legal support Chief executive officers Managing directors Business development managers Project financiers Finance directors and financial controllers Marketing and sales directors and managers Attend both courses and save US$1,050. Legal English: Contract Drafting and Negotiating Masterclass Advanced Contract Law
Day 1 Introduction Freedom of contract Purpose of formalising contracts Representative clauses Representations Warranties Entire agreement clauses Practical exercise: Delegates will break into teams to draft warranties and representation statements based on hypothetical deal sheets. Each team will then verify the other’s proposed warranties. Liability risk protection Limitation of liability clauses Exclusion clauses Indemnities Guarantees and Letters of Comfort Practical exercise: Taking a number of factual scenarios, teams will be asked to negotiate terms to limit or exclude certain liabilities, then draft them into formal clauses. Day 2 Boilerplate Assignment Payment Retention of title Set-off Severability Taxation liabilities Third party rights E-contracts Use Elements of the e-contract Shrink-wrap contracts Click-wrap contracts Browse-wrap contracts E-signatures Exit and remedial clauses Delay and default Force majeure Non-waiver clauses Termination Liquidated damages Service credits Practical exercise: Delegates will review termination clause in light of purported termination and propose redrafts. Overview of contract interpretation rules Contra proferentum Parol evidence rule Prior negotiations rule Implied terms