Maîtrisez la négociation et la rédaction des contrats anglo-saxons
Animateur(s)
Bruno LANGLOIS - Avocat
Fred EINBINDER - General Councel
Benoît CHARRIERE-BOURNAZEL - Avocat aux Barreaux de Paris et NY
Olivier CHAZOULE - Président
Journées animées par :
Fred Einbinder
ALSTOM
Bruno Langlois
NEWTON
Benoît Charrière-Bournazel
CBR & ASSOCIÉS
Olivier Chazoule
L CAPITAL CORPORATION
Mercredi 21 mars ou 17 octobre 2012
Developing a mutual understanding despite legal terminology
• Civil Law vs Common Law methodologies
(general vs particulars)
• Focusing on a wining relationship
– Securing your 10 key points
– Identifying your partners’ key points
– Meeting all the way
Drafting effective definition and boiler-plates clauses
• Legal terminologie
• The language of contracts
• Why definitions?
• Why « whereas »?
• Performance of the contract
• The boiler plate
Case study
• From a real life situation, apply the Civil Law and Common Law approaches to contract drafting and find out if you can meet your partners not only half way but all the way
Opening, conducting and closing negotiations
• Setting the stage
• Securing the negotiation process
• Negotiating
• Closing or choosing not to close a deal
Preliminary stages of a transaction
• Overview of the main pre-contractual arrangements
• Focusing on common law concepts
• Comparing the UK and US approach
• Handling initial contacts : writing a NDA that works for you
• Drafting tips to compete while maintaining room for negotiation
• Negotiation with anglo-saxon partners
• Know the cultural differences
• Drafting preliminary documents: MOU, LOI, Heads of terms…
• Staying on the “safe” non-binding side of a transaction
• Managing precontractual statements
• Dealing with exclusivity and non-solicitation
• Termination costs and enforcement issues
• Breaking off negotiations without liability
Exercise
Drafting and negotiation sessions from one contract
• Main provisions and vocabulary
• Applicable legal rules
• How to write and read a preliminary agreement? Methodology to get the point
• Individual’s authority
Jeudi 22 mars ou 18 octobre 2012
Drafting sensitive clauses
• Drafting for Common vs Civil Law systems
• Conditions precedent and subsequent
• Obligations
• Representations and warranties
• Consequences of breach
• How to deal with force majeure events and
hardship?
The term of the contract
• Determining the term of the contract
– Expiration of the contract
– Auto-renewal of the contract
• Discharge of the contract
• Post-termination obligations
– Confidentiality
– Non-competition
Style workshop
• English vs American drafting
• Less is more
• Mastering the comma
• Dates and numbers
• Verb tenses
• Miscellaneous
• Reference sources
• Quiz on style
Contractual risk management and limitations of liability
• Contractual risks commonly encoutered
• Delay
• Failure to attain other contract performance requirements
• Liquidated damages
– Underlying premises of the Common Law
– Differences with French Law
• Defects liability
• Products liability
• Contractual limitations of liability
• Global limitations of liability
• Liquidated damages ceilings
• Exclusion of consequential damages
• Disclaimers
• Legal and public policy constraints
– Uniform Commercial Code (USA)
Practice in the « Real World » Acheiving the balance between commercial considerations and proper risk management

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