Business and Contract Law

Overview

The law and regulations governing business and contract law are increasingly complex and now affect all industries and every type of commercial agreement; from entering into a contract, to validity of purchase conditions. If you are involved in commercial contracting you will need to grasp the practical legal implications of these relationships to ensure your organisation is not exposed to unnecessary risk. Additionally all organisations need protection from litigation and to anticipate any legal pitfalls.

This briefing combines up-to-date commercial law with practical methods of translating this law into documentation. It identifies and analyses the different types of contracts and how the various statutes affect them, ensuring that you fully grasp the impact of current legislation and case law.

This briefing will enable you to recognise and deal confidently with the risks and benefits of commercial contracts.

Content

This briefing will ensure you:

• Gain practical knowledge of effective contract negotiation
• Grasp the main issues impacting the early phase of offer and acceptance
• Learn how to create a formal contract
• Understand the legal background to common contract terms
• Identify and understand the role of payment and performance obligations
• Discover how to limit risk and identify the areas of potential claims
• Examine ways to skilfully avoid disputes
• Determine how to deal with and make defences to breach of contract
• Get-to-grips with EU competition law and its impact on business contracts

The author

Arun Singh OBE is an international lawyer at Grundberg Mocatta and Rakison LLP. He was formerly a partner and head of commercial law at KPMG Legal. Arun is cited and ranked in Chambers Guide of the World’s Leading Lawyers. He concentrates on international investment, joint ventures, licensing of technology, research and development, M&A, energy, outsourcing and corporate governance in developed and emerging markets (including Asia and the Middle East), and also handles international legal risk management matters. He advises a range of international organisations and is a senior associate of Oxford University Institute of Legal Practice. He teaches international negotiations at Cambridge University, and also teaches and trains as a member of the joint Duke University London School of Economics Corporate Education Network. He was appointed an OBE in January 1999 for services to international trade and investment and is a non-executive director of the Board of the UK Trade and Invest Office and of Cultural Dynamics.