[January 19, 2017]

Five Day International Commercial Contracts School (Dubai, United Arab Emirates - September 24-25-26-27-28, 2017) - Research and Markets

Research and Markets has announced the addition of the "International Commercial Contracts School" conference to their offering.

The Dubai Commercial Contracts School offers a wide-ranging and detailed understanding of contract law, drafting techniques, negotiation tactics and the law of damages under common law with comparisons to Civil Law jurisdictions. Presented by an international specialist in the field, the week shall enable participants to effectively draft and negotiate contracts with knowledge and confidence.

The International Commercial Contracts School offers a wide-ranging and detailed understanding of drafting techniques, negotiation tactics, contract law and the law of damages under English common law with comparisons to civil law jurisdictions. Presented by an international specialist in the field, this intense programme will enable participants to effectively negotiate and draft unambiguous contracts with knowledge and confidence.

Who Should Attend:

• Heads of legal
• In-house counsel
• Contracts directors and managers
• Commercial directors and managers
• Senior business development executives
• Private practice lawyers
• Professional advisors

Agenda:

Part 1: Business and Contract Law for International Commercial Contracts

Day One

• Tools, techniques and terinology when creating a formal contract
• Practical Drafting Workshop
• Pre-contract documents and enforceability
• Offer and acceptance
• Getting to grips with how the law changes what you thought you had agreed to
• Understanding and effective drafting payment obligations
• Including constructive performance obligations
• Key clauses and how they are interpreted in different countries
• Limit contractual risk for your organisation
• Practical Drafting Exercise

• Making defences to breach of contract
• Termination - Understanding how and when contracts end
• Successfully resolving contractual disputes
• Practical Drafting Exercise
• Some typical agreements
• Practical Workshop
• Drafting and understanding boilerplate clauses
• Part 2: International Contract Negotiation

Day Three

• Essentials of negotiations
• Preparing for negotiations - setting objectives and selecting strategy
• Negotiating across national and organisational cultures
• Negotiating styles
• Practical Workshop - Negotiation of legal and commercial clauses
• Communication skills
• Situation tactics or ploys and counter-ploys
• Negotiation Clinic
• Get your queries answered on recent challenges you have faced in negotiation and how to overcome them.
• Personal Action Plans
• Part 3: Liabilities and Damages in International Commercial Agreements

Day Four

• Identifying the areas of risk
• Exclusions and limitations of liabilities
• Liquidated damages and penalties defined
• Workshop on exclusion and liquidated and ascertained damages clauses
• Force Majeure
• Workshop session (Part 1)
• During this session, delegates will be given drafting exercises to put what they have learnt into practice.

Day Five

• Direct and indirect damages
• Time limits
• Choice of law governing the contract
• Litigation, arbitration and alternative dispute resolution
• Workshop session (Part 2)
• During this session, delegates will be given drafting exercises to put what they have learnt into practice.

For more information about this conference visit http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/wh9thp/international

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