A Highly Interactive Training Course On

Negotiating, Drafting & Understanding Contracts

Achieving Excellence in Contracting

27-31 Jan 2025
Dubai
$5,950
24-28 Feb 2025
Amsterdam
$5,950
14-18 Jul 2025
Barcelona
$5,950
20-24 Oct 2025
London
$5,950
24-28 Nov 2025
Amsterdam
$5,950
06-10 Jan 2025
Online
$3,950
25-29 Aug 2025
Online
$3,950

Course Overview

This Negotiating, Drafting & Understanding Contracts training course provides a comprehensive overview of the three essential stages of contracting: negotiating the deal, documenting it effectively, and managing contract performance. Participants will gain insights into best practices across various industries, which can add significant value to their own contract management processes. Additionally, the course offers the opportunity to consider contract matters from the perspective of the other party, enhancing your overall approach and negotiation skills.

Training Objectives

By attending this COPEX training course, you should achieve these goals:

  • Understand the Need to Negotiate the “Deal” before Structuring the Contract Documentation
  • Utilise the Tools & Techniques to Assist in Such Negotiations & Enhance the Efficient Management of Contract
  • Assess the Drafting and Modification of Specific Contract Clauses, Using Real Examples
  • Introduce Some of the Differences in Approach in Different Jurisdictions
  • Examine Ways to Avoid Disputes, or to Manage Them Successfully

Who should Attend?

This COPEX training course is suitable to a wide range of professionals, but will greatly benefit:

  • Contract Administrators, Contract Professionals and Project Coordinators
  • Supply Officers, Buyers, Purchasing & Procurement Professionals
  • Project, Construction, Cost and Quantity Professionals
  • Claims Personnel, including Legal Advisers
  • Contracts Managers
  • Those New to the Function, Preparing For a Major Project or Experienced Professionals Looking For a Refresher

Training Outline

Day One: Negotiating the Agreement you Want
  • The context of commercial arrangements
  • Negotiating Principles for contracts
  • Setting contractual objectives
  • The most important negotiable elements
  • Achieving an appropriate balance of commercial risks
  • Relationship between negotiation and contract drafting
Day Two: Drafting the Contract You’ve Negotiated
  • What constitutes a contract? – the essential elements
  • Form, Ingredients and Basic Structure
  • What are the Contract documents? constructing the jigsaw puzzle
  • Working with standard forms and model agreements
  • Using contract qualification to amend the other side’s draft
  • Temporary contractual arrangements: Letters of Intent and other interim agreements
Day Three: Understanding Contractual Rights and Obligations
  • Operative provisions and performance obligations
  • Title, Risk and Payment provisions
  • Liabilities, indemnities and the duty to insure
  • Limitation and exclusion of liability, force majeure and waiver
  • Remedies for default, damages and penalties
Day Four: Managing the Contract You’ve Signed
  • Finalising the contract and getting started
  • Kick-off meetings: Setting and managing expectations
  • Creating a contractual performance environment
  • Handling Contract Variations: changing the scope of work
  • Dealing with under-performance - defaults, delay and disruption
  • Payment issues – including in international trade
Day Five: Resolving Contractual Claims and Disputes
  • Managing contractor claims
  • Recognising potential problems and dealing with issues as they arise
  • Governing Law of the contract and dispute resolution
  • Using contract-based resolution – referring disputes to an Adjudicator
  • External dispute resolution – Litigation and Arbitration
  • Modern alternatives – Mediation, Expert Determination and other methods

Certificates

  • COPEX Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

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How can I register?

There are several ways to register in our public training courses:
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When will I receive the confirmation for my registration/s?

Upon successful registration, processing window will take not more than 24 hours from the time of registration. An email including the registration confirmation, invoice and joining instructions will be sent to the provided email address.

What is included in the training fee?

Published training course fees are inclusive of the training venue, training manual, writing materials, lunch and coffee breaks with refreshments over the entire duration of the training course.

What are the available payment methods?

The training course fee can be settled by either:

  • Bank transfer
  • Credit Card

How many hours per day, and what are the timings of your training courses?

Our training courses will run for 5 hours per day. The standard daily timing is from 8:30 am – 3:30 pm including the coffee/tea breaks and lunch.

Where do you usually hold your training courses?

Our training courses courses are being held at five-star hotels in prime and iconic destinations across the globe. Cities such as Amsterdam, Barcelona, Dubai, Geneva, Istanbul, Kuala Lumpur, London, Houston, New York, Paris, Vienna, Zurich, etc.

Do you provide hotel booking assistance to your delegates?

Once officially registered, we can assist by providing the corporate rates provided by the hotel where the training course will be conducted. Early confirmation will enable us to secure the room at reduced rates

In case of failure to attend, what is your cancellation policy?

Our cancellation policy varies depending on the circumstances presented. Generally, cancellations must be initiated in formal writing at least 14 days prior to the commencement date of the training course. Further, the option to shift an existing registration to another training course on a later date is possible. Otherwise, a full refund will be initiated.

What will I receive after the training course?

Delegates who will attend and successfully complete the training course will earn a COPEX Certificate of Completion. This certification is designed to validate the successful knowledge transfer, and that the desired learning objectives and outcomes to further advance your professional competency are achieved.