Presented by
Falconbury
This course will enable you to draft with confidence clauses from international commercial agreements and legal correspondence. It will also give you a greater understanding of legal vocabulary and aspects of English contract law.
5-8 August 2024 »
from £1699
Most international agreements are drafted in the English language irrespective of the nationality of contracting parties. Language errors in the text and unclear and inconcise phrasing cause confusion and can ultimately lead to a dispute if they go unnoticed. Gain a comprehensive understanding of the common pitfalls, key areas of risk and up-to-date drafting techniques in English to ensure you protect your organisation against unnecessary risk.
This training course is part of our Commercial Contracts Training Course collection which has been designed for the in-house lawyer.
Re-drafting exercises based on extracts from a distribution agreement and a manufacturing agreement
During this practical session, participants will apply the principles learnt to redrafting a range of clauses from international commercial agreements. The expert trainer will review the redrafting both individually and in a group forum and will provide constructive feedback and guidance.
Review of the key phrases in legal correspondence including:
During this practical session participants will apply the principles learnt to the redrafting of a badly written email.
The expert trainer will review the redrafted email both individually and in a group forum and will provide constructive feedback and guidance.
During this practical session participants will apply the principles and skills of clear redrafting to a clause from a confidentiality agreement.
The expert trainer will review the redrafting both individually and in a group forum and will provide constructive feedback and guidance.
British/American legal and commercial vocabulary
During this practical session participants will apply the principles learnt to write a letter of advice regarding a clause from a commercial agreement.
The expert trainer will review the letter of advice both individually and in a group forum and will provide constructive feedback and guidance.
During this practical exercise participants will redraft a clause from the employment agreement of a managing director.
The expert trainer will review the redrafted clause both individually and in a group forum and will provide constructive feedback and guidance.
During this practical session participants will draft a letter of advice based on the remedies for breach of contract.
Both individual and group work exercises will be undertaken with results reviewed in a group forum and constructive feedback and guidance supplied by the expert trainer.
During this practical session participants will draft clauses from the following agreements:
The expert trainer will review the drafted clauses both individually and in a group forum and will provide constructive feedback and guidance.
During this practical exercise participants will try to locate and correct a number of errors in a document including punctuation, spelling and grammar.
During this practical session participants will draft a clause from an escrow agreement.
The expert trainer will review the drafted clause both individually and in a group forum and will provide constructive feedback and guidance.
During this practical session participants will draft a clause from a license agreement
The expert trainer will review the redrafting both individually and in a group forum and will provide constructive feedback and guidance.
Alan Simmons LLB (Hons) in Law with French LLM, RSA CETEFLA. Alan is a highly experienced trainer of legal English who has been working with international lawyers across the globe for over 20 years to enhance their skills at drafting concise and watertight clauses in the English language. He qualified as a solicitor in England and has passed the New York Bar with a view to becoming a US qualified lawyer. He studied law in the UK, Strasbourg and the European University in Florence and then went on to train as a solicitor in an international law firm and practised in commercial law in law firms in London. He has used this experience to successfully train legal staff from junior counsel to judges in all elements of international commercial law across the world. Alan is a dynamic trainer and applies a highly interactive style to ensure complete understanding and an enjoyable learning experience.
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5-8 August 2024
Summer school
Classroom
Rembrandt Hotel
London
09:00-17:00 UK (London)
Course code 13870
Optional £275/€395/$450 per night
Until 01 Jul
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