Essential Contract Law for Non Legal Professionals

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23 Nov 2025 Dubai, UAE $ 3,900 Register

Essential Contract Law for Non Legal Professionals

Introduction

As a business manager, you risk exposing your organization to severe financial penalties and turning a potentially profitable deal into a loss-maker, if commercial contracts are not carefully drafted and managed. In order to be effective and profitable, a sound contract is vital and risk factors must be eliminated wherever possible. An essential course for those professionals involved in the design and delivery of commercial contracts, but who are not trained, lawyers! Essential Contract Law for Non-Legal Professionals Masterclass has been specially designed to equip you with the skills required for the effective management of commercial contracts. You will gain a thorough understanding of the business and legal issues surrounding contracts and return to your workplace armed with the know-how to protect your organization from costly contractual disputes.

Objectives

    At the end of the course delegates will be able to:

    • Administer commercial contracts to boost your performance and profitability
    • Save time and money by learning to effectively document commercial contract negotiations
    • Examine the merits of various types of commercial contracts
    • Identify, manage and reduce risk
    • Define performance terms to guarantee effective delivery and minimize costs
    • Avoid common contractual pitfalls
    • Understand the small print in commercial contracts
    • Ascertain when to terminate a contract and when to seek legal help
    • Acquire a practical understanding of the Singapore legal system
    • Deal more effectively with lawyers and the legal system

Training Methodology

This is an interactive course. There will be open question and answer sessions, regular group exercises and activities, videos, case studies, and presentations on best practices. Participants will have the opportunity to share with the facilitator and other participants on what works well and not so well for them, as well as work on issues from their own organizations. The online course is conducted online using MS-Teams/ClickMeeting.

Who Should Attend?

This course has been developed to address the needs of all managers involved in the design and delivery of commercial contracts. It is critical for those who are involved in managing contracts but who are not trained, lawyers. 

Course Outline

  • Understanding the purpose of a contract
  • Drafting a legally effective contract (Case Study)
  • How to read and understand contracts (Team exercise)
  • Navigating the tendering process
  • Managing legal risks in commercial contracting
  • Managing commercial contracts – managing and preventing disputes
  • Exploring service level contracts(Case Study)
  • Performance and breach of commercial contract issues(Case Study)
  • Acquiring effective negotiation skills

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