International Commercial Agreements

Overview

This report appears at an exciting time for international commercial lawyers: new legislation, fresh opportunities – and the challenge of understanding fully how to exploit them.

Recent changes to EC Competition Law have made a significant impact upon parties’ freedom to contract commercially, generally giving them greater flexibility. In the field of e-commerce, the EC has issued a welter of laws that are in the course of being implemented into national laws.

The report explains the principles and techniques of successful international negotiation and provides a valuable insight into the commercial points to be considered as a result of the laws relating to:

• pre-contract
• private international law
• resolving disputes (including alternative methods, such as mediation)
• competition law
• drafting common clauses
• and contracting electronically

Content

• Introduction
• Mastering the essential skills of international negotiation
• Pre-contract issues
• International law considerations
• Resolving international commercial disputes
• Competition law considerations
• Techniques for drafting common clauses
• Negotiating and entering into e-contracts
• Drafting agency and distribution agreements
• International licensing agreements
• Conclusion

The author

Rebecca Attree is an international commercial lawyer working for her own law practice, Attree & Co, based in Westminster, London. She advises UK and overseas clients in relation to international commercial agreements. Rebecca also lectures in Europe on international commercial law topics and provides in-house legal training. She regularly contributes to various Croner Journals and also wrote and co-edited with Patrick Kelly European Product Liabilities (Butterworths). Rebecca also appears on radio and television in relation to consumer and commercial law.

Rebecca is a member, former branch chairman and director of the Institute of Export. She is also a member of the Worshipful Company of World Traders.