Scheduled In-house

Commercial Contracts Training Courses

Good business, leadership and management skills are essential for every lawyer, whether in-house or in private practice. Having the right skill-set is the basis for success in any role and our commercial contracts legal training courses have been designed to give lawyers the necessary skills and techniques in order to make a strategic and commercial difference to their business, ensuring that they are able to have a positive influence with clients and colleagues.


  • Next: 12-14 Dec 2022 Live online
  • Also: 20-22 Feb 2023 Live online
  • Also: 26-28 Jun 2023 Live online
  • + 2 more

3-day Drafting Commercial Contracts

Live online, Classroom
Focused

A practical, interactive three-day programme designed to develop your skills to draft clear and concise commercial agreements. This comprehensive two-part programme focuses on delivering practical and applied training in the key drafting skills.

  • 18 CPD hours
  • Presented by Mark Weston
  • Next: 5-8 Dec 2022 Classroom
  • Also: 15-18 May 2023 Live online
  • Also: 20-23 Nov 2023 Classroom

4-day International Commercial Contracts School

Live online, Classroom
Intensive

This specially designed four-day seminar has been expressly developed to focus exclusively on the law and regulations governing business and contract law for cross-border contracts.

  • 24 CPD hours
  • Presented by Mark Weston
  • Next: 13-17 Mar 2023 Classroom
  • Also: 25-29 Sep 2023 Live online

5-day International Commercial Contracts School

Live online, Classroom
Intensive

This specialist five-day seminar has been expressly developed to focus exclusively on the law and regulations governing business and contract law for cross-border contracts.

  • 30 CPD hours
  • Presented by Arun Singh OBE
  • Next: 3 Oct 2022 Live online
  • Also: 1 Mar 2023 Live online
  • Also: 20 Jul 2023 Live online
  • Also: 15-16 Nov 2023 Live online

Avoiding Pitfalls in Patent/Know-How Licences and R&D Collaborations

Live online
Focused

Analyse and discuss the key aspects of patent/know-how licences and R&D collaborations, assessing the areas where things can and do go wrong.

  • 6 CPD hours
  • Presented by Simon Portman
  • Next: 5 Oct 2022 Live online
  • Also: 17 Jan 2023 Live online
  • Also: 28 Apr 2023 Classroom
  • + 2 more

Contract Law Update - the latest case law in practice

New for 2022

Live online, Classroom
Focused

This highly practical course has been developed especially for in-house legal teams, solicitors who are litigating or drafting, contract professionals and procurement officers.

  • 6 CPD hours
  • Presented by Helen Swaffield
  • Next: 4 Nov 2022 Live online
  • Also: 3 Feb 2023 Live online
  • Also: 11 May 2023 Live online
  • + 2 more

Drafting and Negotiating Clinical Trial Agreements

Live online, Classroom
Focused

This intensive and interactive one-day programme focuses on CTAs in the pharmaceutical industry where legal, policy and ethical considerations underpin how these agreements are drafted

  • 6 CPD hours
  • Presented by Alex Denoon
  • Next: 1-2 Dec 2022 Live online
  • Also: 19-20 Jan 2023 Live online
  • Also: 15-18 May 2023 Live online
  • Also: 14-15 Sep 2023 Classroom

Drafting and Negotiating International Agency and Distribution Agreements

Live online, Classroom
Focused

Proactively manage the legal and commercial considerations essential for securing a successful international agreement. *INCLUDES: Practical and interactive exercises*

  • 12 CPD hours
  • Presented by Michala Meiselles
  • Next: 26-27 Oct 2022 Live online
  • Also: 7-8 Feb 2023 Live online
  • Also: 19-20 Apr 2023 Live online
  • + 2 more

Drafting Commercial Contracts

Live online, Classroom
Focused

A practical and interactive two-day programme designed to develop your skills to draft clear and concise commercial agreements. This comprehensive two-part programme focuses on delivering practical and applied training of the key drafting skills.

  • 12 CPD hours
  • Presented by Mark Weston
  • Next: 23-25 Nov 2022 Live online
  • Also: 7-9 Feb 2023 Live online
  • Also: 10-12 Jul 2023 Classroom
  • Also: 22-24 Nov 2023 Live online

Drafting Commercial Contracts for the Pharmaceutical Industry

Live online, Classroom
Focused

A three-day practical and interactive seminar focusing on current contract drafting, negotiating, best practice and related issues within the pharmaceutical, biotech and life sciences sectors.

  • 18 CPD hours
  • Presented by Graham Roberts-Phelps
  • + 14 more
  • Next: 15-17 Nov 2022 Live online
  • Also: 6-10 Feb 2023 Live online
  • Also: 9-11 May 2023 Live online
  • + 2 more

Drafting International Commercial Agreements in English

Live online, Classroom
Focused

The complete guide to drafting and negotiating clear and concise commercial agreements in English. Presented by expert linguists with extensive experience in commercial law.

  • 18 CPD hours
  • Presented by Alan Simmons
  • Next: 2 Mar 2023 Live online
  • Also: 13-14 Jul 2023 Live online
  • Also: 17 Nov 2023 Classroom

Drafting International R&D Collaboration and Joint Venture Agreements

Live online, Classroom
Focused

Ensure clear, structured, risk-free collaborative R&D and joint venture agreements for maximum commercial success in one intensive day.

  • 6 CPD hours
  • Next: 15 Dec 2022 Live online
  • Also: 14 Mar 2023 Live online
  • Also: 7 Jun 2023 Live online
  • + 2 more

Electronic and Digital Signatures - understanding the law and best practice

New for 2022

Live online
High impact

In today's world there are increasingly more virtual ways to sign documents - or are there? This webinar will bring you up-to-date on the legal aspects and best practice of using digital signatures.

  • 1.5 CPD hours
  • Presented by Mark Weston
  • Next: 10 Nov 2022 Live online
  • Also: 2 Feb 2023 Live online
  • Also: 11 May 2023 Live online
  • + 2 more

GDPR: Legally Processing and Sharing Data and Managing Data Breaches

New for 2022

Live online
Masterclass

Dealing with data can be a legal minefield in any business. This webinar will bring you right up to date with how you can legally process and share data, and help you understand and manage a data breach.

  • 3 CPD hours
  • Presented by Mark Weston
  • Next: 23-24 Nov 2022 Classroom
  • Also: 20-21 Mar 2023 Live online
  • Also: 21-22 Jun 2023 Classroom
  • + 2 more

Liabilities, Damages and other Contentious Issues in International Commercial Agreements

Live online, Classroom
Focused

Understanding the detailed law of damages and liabilities for the purposes of negotiating and drafting international contracts governed by English law.

  • 12 CPD hours
  • Presented by Arun Singh OBE
  • Next: 7-8 Nov 2022 Live online
  • Also: 30-31 Jan 2023 Live online
  • Also: 26-27 Apr 2023 Live online
  • + 2 more

Negotiating and Drafting IT Contracts

Live online, Classroom
Focused

A two-day seminar designed to explain what IT contracts are, how and why they work and how to put them in place.

  • 12 CPD hours
  • Presented by Mark Weston
  • Next: 24-26 Jan 2023 Live online
  • Also: 2-4 May 2023 Live online
  • Also: 19-21 Sep 2023 Live online

Negotiation Skills for International Lawyers

New for 2023

Live online
Focused

This interactive, workshop-style programme has been especially designed for in-house counsel and private practice lawyers. It covers both theory and practical skills to help you and your team develop negotiating knowledge and techniques to achieve the best outcomes.

  • 9 CPD hours
  • Presented by Mark Weston
  • Next: 7-8 Nov 2022 Live online
  • Also: 21-24 Feb 2023 Live online
  • Also: 22-23 Jun 2023 Classroom
  • Also: 5-6 Oct 2023 Live online

Reviewing and Negotiating Technology Transfer and Licensing Agreements

Live online, Classroom
Focused

Providing key legal and commercial skills essential to secure a successful agreement.

  • 12 CPD hours
  • Presented by Michala Meiselles
  • Next: on request

Understanding and Managing Competition Law Compliance

Bespoke
Focused

Learn how to navigate competition law and ensure compliance while maximising opportunities for your business

  • 6 CPD hours
  • Publication

Commercial Contracts: legal principles and drafting techniques

Publication

This briefing takes into account relevant legislation and case law. For all points of the law and critical distinctions, you will find crystal-clear explanations and guidelines, and a host of case studies illustrating the law and its application.

  • Rachel Burnett
  • Publication

Commercial Litigation: The consequences of breach of contract

Publication

This valuable report has been completely updated since it first appeared in 2002: it includes accounts of all the most recent important cases and highlights significant changes in the way that the courts now assess damages.

  • Rachel Burnett
  • Publication

IT Contracts

Publication

This report provides advice and guidance in explaining and understanding the structure and content of different kinds of IT contracts, for reviewing, negotiating and drafting purposes

  • Rachel Burnett
  • Publication

Retention of Title

Publication

This Briefing seeks to scotch that popular myth and ensure you, the reader, are put in a position where you can recover goods in such a situation by judicious use of a well drafted “retention of title clause” and ensuring your terms and conditions apply and form part of the contract between the parties.

  • Susan Singleton