Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Contracts

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Mark Anderson (Managing Partner, Anderson Law LLP, UK.) Victor Woroner (Solicitor and Consultant, Anderson Law LLP, UK.)

Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Contracts

Mark Anderson (Managing Partner, Anderson Law LLP, UK.), Victor Woroner (Solicitor and Consultant, Anderson Law LLP, UK.)

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Bloomsbury Professional
10 April 2023

Commercial law; Contract law

This book is the ‘one-stop-shop’ for practical contractual matters, making it essential reading for anyone involved in negotiating and drafting commercial contracts.

Answering questions such as ‘How do I draft my contract clearly?’, ‘What will happen if my contract is interpreted by the English court?’ and ‘Why are liability clauses so full of legal jargon?’, the book includes:

- A guide to the common legal issues in negotiating and drafting contracts - An explanation of the structure and content of a commercial contract - The meaning and use of commonly-used words, phrases and legal jargon - An explanation of key UK contracts legislation, including the Unfair Contract Terms Act 1977 and the Consumer Rights Act 2015 - Steps to take, and what to check for in a contract to eliminate errors

- Practical measures to protect documents from unwanted alteration, to remove metadata and sensitive information and to secure documents

Fully updated to take account of important court decisions regarding the interpretation of contracts and changes in consumer legislation, the Fifth Edition also includes:

- A new chapter on termination of contracts - New material on administering of existing contracts and modern methods of executing documents (eg DocuSign) - New and updated examples of contract drafting techniques - Additional definitions of legal terms used in contracts

This title is included in Bloomsbury Professional's Company and Commercial Law online service.

By: Mark Anderson (Managing Partner Anderson Law LLP UK.), Victor Woroner (Solicitor and Consultant, Anderson Law LLP, UK.)
Imprint: Bloomsbury Professional
Country of Publication: United Kingdom
Edition: 5th edition
Dimensions: Height: 248mm, Width: 156mm, Spine: 25mm
Weight: 958g
ISBN: 9781526517241
ISBN 10: 1526517248
Pages: 512
Publication Date: 10 April 2023
Audience: Professional and scholarly , Undergraduate
Format: Hardback
Publisher's Status: Active

1: Legal formalities for a binding contract 2: The structure and format of the contract 3: Contract drafting techniques 4: Advanced drafting techniques 5: Basic commercial/legal issues affecting contract drafting 6: Interpretation of contracts by the courts - implications for the drafter/negotiator 7: Drafting consumer contracts 8: Legal terms and lawyers' jargon 9: Termination 10: Techniques for checking contracts before signing them 11: Drafting, exchanging and protecting documents electronically Appendix: Sample Agreements

Mark Anderson is Managing Partner of Anderson Law LLP and is ranked as a leading individual in Chambers & Partners UK 2022 for both life science transactions and intellectual property. He has over 35 years’ experience of advising technology-based companies and universities based in the UK, continental Europe and the United States on drafting and negotiating commercial contracts. Victor Warner is a solicitor at Anderson Law LLP specialising in intellectual property and technology law. He is the principal author of Technology Transfer (4th Edn) and is co-author with Mark Anderson of A-Z Guide to Boilerplate and Commercial Clauses (4th Edn), a companion volume to Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Contracts, and Macdonald's Exemption Clauses and Unfair Terms (3rd Edn) (all published by Bloomsbury Professional).

Reviews for Drafting and Negotiating Commercial Contracts

This book is an absolute gem...The authors leave no stone unturned as they explore various types of commercial contract...This is a remarkable and highly practical resource that has earned its place on my bookshelf -- Sheyla Rzaeva, Solicitor, Hogan Lovells International LLP, London * Law Society Gazette * The emphasis is on the practical and providing solutions, rather than being a theoretical or scholastic work...This is a book that every lawyer involved in drafting, negotiating and, I would add, ending commercial contracts should have at their fingertips -- Paul Bennett, Partner, Bennett Briegal LLP * The Law Society Gazette *