Drafting legal clauses in commercial contracts

This intensive one-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.

The morning session will examine these critical issues and ways in which liability can be limited or excluded.

The afternoon session focuses on the effective use of boilerplate provisions, their legal background and how they should be used and drafted.

Who should attend?

• In-house lawyers
• Solicitors in private practice
• Commercial directors and managers
• Contracts directors and managers

By attending this seminar you will:

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

Seminar presenter

Mark Anderson is a solicitor and former barrister who has 20 years experience of advising companies on commercial and intellectual property transactions. His regular clients include biotech and IT companies, including several companies that are listed on the UK Stock Exchange, overseas companies, and several leading UK universities. Mark founded Anderson & Company in 1994, having formerly gained experience as an in-house lawyer in a commercial company (1984-87) and with Bristows in London (1987-1994). He has written five legal textbooks on commercial and IP law subjects, including Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Contracts (Butterworths, 1998), A-Z Guide to Boilerplate and Commercial Clauses (Butterworths, 1999) and Technology Transfer: Law, Practice and Precedents (Butterworths, second edition, 2003). He regularly gives talks on commercial and IP subjects to both lawyers and clients.

www.hawksmere.co.uk