Date and Time:
March 21, 2022 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
March 22, 2022 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
March 23, 2022 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
March 24, 2022 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
March 25, 2022 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
March 28, 2022 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
March 29, 2022 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
March 30, 2022 5:00 pm - 6:30 pm
Event Location:
Online, India
Description
Present business requires legal professionals to be strategic thinkers and being able to handle contracts in a manner that protects the interests of their organisation. This highly-informative and exclusive training will focus on Elements in Drafting Commercial Contracts, Legal Issues Arising from Contractual Clauses, Negotiation Skills and Techniques to Ensure Effective Negotiations, Understanding the Arbitration Process as an Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism, Protecting Your Corporation’s Asset – Intellectual Property, International Arbitration and Impact of Cross Border Issues, Planning For, Avoiding and Resolving Cross Border Contractual Disputes & Contract Compliance & Procurement Fraud and much more.
Benefits of Attending:-
- Examine assignment and novation to ensure you are suitably protected in the case of transfer or sale of rights
- Get to grips with payments and interest terms to understand how penalties can be applied
- Expand your knowledge of the risk of drafting a contract without a confidentiality clause
- Understand the risks that can be created through poor drafting in practical exercises under the guidance of the expert
- Discuss any disputes or issues you are facing with colleagues from other organisations to gain new ideas and perspectives
- Master practical drafting techniques to write concise and effective agreements
- Examine special contractual arrangements and letters of intent
- Get up to date with the use and drafting of contractual warranties and indemnities
- Understand the effect of exclusion and limitation clauses, and how they can be used to manage your exposure
Who should attend?
Heads, Directors, General Managers and Managers of:
- Head-Contract Administration & Management
- Head of Legal
- Corporate Legal Counsel
- General Counsel
- Chief Counsel
- Regional Counsel
- Legal Managers
- Corporate Legal Advisors
- Company Secretaries
- Senior Legal Practitioners
- Legal Consultants
- Lawyers
Thought Leaders:
- Arti Narsana
Principal Associate
Vaish Associates Advocates
- Rohan K. George
Partner
Samvad partners
- Alipak Banerjee
Leader, International Dispute Resolution
Nishith Desai Associates
- Isha Sinha
General Manager | Group Head – Legal
Medicover Hospitals
- Mumtaz Bhalla
Partner
Economic Laws Practice
- Arrchana A Panchall
Partner
JSA Advocates & Solicitors
- Prashant Jain
Partner
Samisti Legal
- Shashank Karnad
Partner & CEO Forensic Services
Mahajan & Aibara
Event Timelines
21st March, 2022 05:00 PM – 06:30 PM
Session 1: Elements in Drafting Commercial Contracts
• How are offers distinguished from invitations, letters of intent and comfort statements?
• What procedures can be adopted to address post contract variation?
o Managing & Drafting International Contracts
Negotiating Cross Border Agreements
Key Considerations and Strategies in Drafting Cross Border Contracts
Essentials in Drafting International Contracts
Exclusions and Limitations of Liability
• How are offers distinguished from invitations, letters of intent and comfort statements?
• What procedures can be adopted to address post contract variation?
o Managing & Drafting International Contracts
Negotiating Cross Border Agreements
Key Considerations and Strategies in Drafting Cross Border Contracts
Essentials in Drafting International Contracts
Exclusions and Limitations of Liability
22nd March, 2022 05:00 PM – 06:30 PM
Session 2: Legal Issues Arising from Contractual Clauses
• Understand the proper usages of boilerplate or standard clauses (amendment, assignment, severability, etc.)
• Examine the clauses to sustain a joint venture agreement:
o Ownership and control
o Finance
o Deadlock
o Transfer of shares
o Pre-emption rights
• Review clauses pertaining to mergers and acquisitions agreement:
o Closing conditions (including the "MAC" clause) and how they work to control risk
• Understand the proper usages of boilerplate or standard clauses (amendment, assignment, severability, etc.)
• Examine the clauses to sustain a joint venture agreement:
o Ownership and control
o Finance
o Deadlock
o Transfer of shares
o Pre-emption rights
• Review clauses pertaining to mergers and acquisitions agreement:
o Closing conditions (including the "MAC" clause) and how they work to control risk
23rd March, 2022 05:00 PM – 06:30 PM
Session 3: Negotiation Skills and Techniques to Ensure Effective Negotiations
• Understand key elements of successful negotiation techniques
• Develop a strategic approach to negotiation in the contracting process
• Comprehend the needs of negotiating parties
• Arriving to an agreement and gaining commitment at close of negotiation process
• Understand key elements of successful negotiation techniques
• Develop a strategic approach to negotiation in the contracting process
• Comprehend the needs of negotiating parties
• Arriving to an agreement and gaining commitment at close of negotiation process
24th March, 2022 05:00 PM – 06:30 PM
Session 4: Understanding the Arbitration Process as an Alternative Dispute Resolution Mechanism
• Defining General Provisions Regulating Arbitration
• Ensuring an Effective Dispute Resolution Procedure
• Defining General Provisions Regulating Arbitration
• Ensuring an Effective Dispute Resolution Procedure
25th March, 2022 05:00 PM – 06:30 PM
Session 5: Protecting Your Corporation’s Asset – Intellectual Property
• Identify IP rights – how do they develop during the life of the contract
• Erroneous insistence on IP assignment in developing contracts
• Indemnity clauses in IP – what is fair?
• Identify types of IP – Copyright, design rights, trademarks, patents, licences, software and hardware licence, registered design licence and assignments
• Global IPR licence
• Identify IP rights – how do they develop during the life of the contract
• Erroneous insistence on IP assignment in developing contracts
• Indemnity clauses in IP – what is fair?
• Identify types of IP – Copyright, design rights, trademarks, patents, licences, software and hardware licence, registered design licence and assignments
• Global IPR licence
28th March, 2022 05:00 PM – 06:30 PM
Session 6: International Arbitration and Impact of Cross Border Issues
• Developments in international arbitration and choice of law clauses
• Defining the jurisdictional issues to consider at the negotiation stage
• Understanding the impact of international treaties on cross border contracts
• Enforcing foreign judgments in India
• Key components to consider in arbitration clauses
o Formation
o Validity
o Interpretation
o Content
o Performance
• Developments in international arbitration and choice of law clauses
• Defining the jurisdictional issues to consider at the negotiation stage
• Understanding the impact of international treaties on cross border contracts
• Enforcing foreign judgments in India
• Key components to consider in arbitration clauses
o Formation
o Validity
o Interpretation
o Content
o Performance
29th March, 2022 05:00 PM – 06:30 PM
Session 7: Planning For, Avoiding and Resolving Cross Border Contractual Disputes
• Developing strategies for minimizing and managing commercial disputes
• Choosing the relevant arbitration regime and body
• Drafting the dispute resolution clause to ensure successful completion of projects
• When are alternative dispute resolution provisions worth considering?
• Developing strategies for minimizing and managing commercial disputes
• Choosing the relevant arbitration regime and body
• Drafting the dispute resolution clause to ensure successful completion of projects
• When are alternative dispute resolution provisions worth considering?
30th March, 2022 05:00 PM – 06:30 PM
Session 8: Contract Compliance & Procurement Fraud
• Conducting a successful vendor screening, background check and references to better know your business partner
• Signing agreement with contracted vendors regarding vendor ethics and ensuring they abide by a compliance program.
• Detecting and solving any potential conflict of interest between internal employees and vendors.
• Building a solid and true collaborative partnership with your vendors
• Respective and responsible role to be performed by Head of Procurement
• Conducting a successful vendor screening, background check and references to better know your business partner
• Signing agreement with contracted vendors regarding vendor ethics and ensuring they abide by a compliance program.
• Detecting and solving any potential conflict of interest between internal employees and vendors.
• Building a solid and true collaborative partnership with your vendors
• Respective and responsible role to be performed by Head of Procurement
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