Prior Legal Knowledge Not Required.
Non-Legal Managers are increasingly involved in the task of negotiating and signing contracts. A lack of training and acute awareness of every legal angle has consequent repercussions, including excessive legal costs, delays and unacceptable risks.
How It’s Different & Why It Works.
Drawing on decades of multinational corporate legal leadership & private practice experience, your legal quandaries & worries will be promptly settled by the assured direction and education of the full legal spectrum by a true legal expert with an emphasis on the on practical application of contracts in this complete & comprehensive 2 day session
Gain Powerful Legal Awareness in 2 Days
Gain a practical commercial understanding of contract law delivered in layman terms
Ensure the contract meets your needs & better manage your business risks
Rapidly find problematic clauses in contracts before making a commitment
Understand & apply effective pre-contractual negotiations & deal structuring
Execute an effective agreement with a clear understanding of the key terms, language and layout of a commercial contract
Understand important transactions & real intentions from the point of view of the client and other parties involved
Apply the various terms of a contract in the context of the circumstances, purpose and the industry that it is intended fo
Be appraised of the remedies available to parties in the contract of the circumstances
Minimize negotiation deadlocks
Reduce legal costs by working more efficiently with your lawyers, cutting the time your lawyers need to use.
Your Expert Trainer
Daniel Ho
Daniel has over 20 years of extensive experience in both private and legal practice. He was previously appointed as Senior Vice President, Chief Legal & Compliance Officer of Manulife (Singapore) Pte Ltd, and had also served as regional in-house counsel for U.S. MNCs (such as Texas Instruments Inc. and Caltex / Chevron Ltd) and other listed companies based in the Asia Pacific.
Possessing a deep understanding of country specific legal cultures and practices, Daniel has a strong track record of delivering balanced and timely legal advice in highly pressurized environments with achievement of business objectives in mind.
Daniel is effectively bilingual in English and Chinese, with experience in reviewing legal documentation and contracts in Chinese. Qualifications: Daniel graduated with a Bachelor of Laws degree from the National University of Singapore in 1988.
High Praise. Every time. All The Time
Daniel gives clear explanation of
the concepts and materials covered and is patient to explain & address participants questions, making sessions and cases interesting using layman
terms!
Daniel makes something like legal
to be interesting and fun!
Daniel is very knowledgeable and
has provided valuable information
throughout the training
understand for layman.
Day 1 Training Agenda
Day 1
Session 1 SINGAPORE CONTRACT LAW
The basics
Session 2 FORMATION OF CONTRACTS
– Pre-contract documents
– Negotiations – “subject to contract”
– Making the contract
– Standard terms and the “battle of the forms”
– Consideration
– Other formal requirements
Session 3 CONTRACT INTERPRETATION– Interpreting express terms
– Terms implied by law
– Unfair terms
Session 4
– Parties
– Recitals
– De nitions
– Term and termination
– Payment
– Performance of service
– Standards of service
– Change control
– Duties of customer and supplier
– Warranties
– Intellectual property rights
– Indemnities
– Limitation of liability
– Boilerplate
– Execution
– Schedules
Day 2 Training Agenda
Day 2
Session 5 EFFECTS OF CONTRACTS ON NON_PARTIES
– Creating third-party rights
– Excluding third-party rights
concepts found in the annual reports of listed companies and what it means to them.
You will acquire skills and obtain answers to the following questions:
·What is the difference between a Group and a Company?
·What is the difference between subsidiaries and associates?
·What is goodwill and impairment?
Session 6 CHANGING THE CONTRACT
– Changing the parties
– Changing the agreement
Session 7 REMEDIES FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT
– How do you force them to perform? Can you?
– How do you end the contract? Can you?
– Do you want to give them another chance? – Some practical considerations
– Damages – extent of
Session 8 PRACTICAL EXERCISE
Participants will engage in a case study, applying and developing the principles
The Commercial Contracts Workshop | Registration Form
3 & 4 DECEMBER
3 & 4 DECEMBERHILTON SINGAPORE
S$1295 | Early Bird
- Availablity 70%
- Booked 30%