Welcome to the Advanced Contracts Course!
Description:
In this course, you will gain an attorney’s view of how dangerous risks can be avoided with specific contract language that will minimize your company’s liability exposure. Learn about various case dispute situations and how the contract clauses respond to real-case examples plus best practice approaches to manage the circumstances. Participants will have the opportunity to collaborate with the instructors on sample construction project scenarios and determine potential consequences as a result of the contract definition and legal requirements.
Dates:
All sessions are held from 3-5 p.m. Eastern (Noon-2 p.m. Pacific)
- Wednesday, November 13, 2019
- Thursday, November 14, 2019
Learning Objectives:
After completing this course, you will be able to:
- Expand your understanding of significant contract subjects.
- Acquire a bank of sample language to use in negotiating owner-contractor and contractor-subcontractor contracts.
- Understand how dangerous risks can be created and avoided by specific—and sometimes overlooked—contract language.
- Learn how to spot contract language that increases your company’s liability risk, and how to negotiate provisions that minimize your risk and apportion liability fairly among parties.
- Gain best practices on how to use your company counsel more effectively in preparing to negotiate difficult contract clauses.
- Interpret contract clauses from a variety of perspectives.
- Analyze how the contract language/clauses will respond to various situations, and how different contract clauses can affect a dispute.
- Obtain an attorney’s perspective on negotiating best practices.
Level & Prerequisites:
This is an advanced program. It is highly-recommended for attendees to have taken our Contracts 101 course, but it is not mandatory. Attendees should have experience in working with their company’s contracts and possess knowledge of contract language and clauses. Attendees will actively participate in contract reviews and issue-spotting activities.
CPE Credits:
This program provides 4.0 CPE credits in the field of Business Law.
Who Should Attend?
CFMs, CFO’s, Controllers, Risk Managers, CPAs, General Contractors, Subcontractors, Suppliers
Presenters:
- Paul Cranley, Husch Blackwell
- Kory George, Woods & Aitken, LLP
- Jeffrey Ammon, Miller Johnson
Price:
- $140 for CFMA members
- $199 for non-members
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