Essentials of Contract Drafting and Negotiating
Every lawyer needs to be an effective contract negotiator -- now you can learn the essentials from top attorneys. Using a commercial contract, you'll learn essential concepts such as contract structure, interplay of key provisions, "boilerplate" language, and practice tips from real-world negotiations.
“AltaClaro saves our partners a ton of time. If they are doing formal training, it’s hours of prepping, coordinating, and presenting or just all the time day to day explaining the basics.”
- Partner, AM Law 50 Firm
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Upon completion of this course, participants will be able to:
- Demonstrate a broad understanding of the various standard contract provisions and how they interrelate
- Draft basic contract terms
- Recognize and negotiate one-sided and neutral provisions
- Write in a clear and concise way
- Blackline documents
- Interpret editing comments
- Coordinate signature pages
- Avoid common pitfalls in corporate drafting
Class Content Overview
Level: Basic-Foundational
This class is suitable for attorneys who have a general interest in, or are exposed to corporate transactions but have not had extensive practical experience in drafting or negotiating contracts. This class addresses the basics of corporate drafting, using a commercial contract as an example. The instructor will focus on technical skills and concepts such as the basic structure of a contract, the interplay of representations and warranties, covenants, and conditions, and drafting and negotiating boilerplate language.
Course Details
2 CLE Credits is available for each course.
Participants will be asked to review and propose revisions to a contract based on a set of facts relating to our hypothetical client’s goals and concerns. During the live review session of the course, participants will review the model answer and receive feedback on the substance of the drafting as well as practical tips for clear and concise drafting.
Instructors Who Practice What They Teach
Our vetted instructors are global practitioners with outstanding professional and educational qualifications and demonstrated achievement in their fields. All have 10+ years Big Law experience.
In addition to their accomplishments as practitioners, our instructors are also passionate about teaching. We carefully interview instructor candidates to assess personality, domain expertise and effectiveness in the classroom. Our instructors must maintain a 4.5 out of 5 rating from students.
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