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About this Training Course This five-day training course will cover aspects of FPSO operations with an emphasis on management of safety. A background of the methodology used to generate the various safety plans and codes used in the operational safety case will be covered. The course will also review general operational guidelines in the offshore environment to ensure that the operations are completed as designed. This will include offtake operations and maintenance processes for the plant and vessel as well as a session on subsea. Training Objectives To enable participants to obtain an in-depth understanding of FPSO operations, safety and maintenance: Provide a broad overview of how an FPSO operation is set up and established in the field Grasp the various methods used to moor the production units Analyse information and methods required to establish the operation according to local and international regulations. Assess the methods used to calculate the safety parameters and requirements to construct an approved valid safety case Explore conditions to monitor during operations with regards to safety and structure Inspect various types of hazards associated with production and produced materials Review regular and emergency operational maintenance requirements Examine cyclones and weather events causing disconnection Comprehend manning, training requirements and operations including cargo Case studies and Exercises: The training course uses real life examples and case studies to explain the setup, preparation, implementation and operational activities required to successfully complete FPSO operations from a safety and maintenance perspective. This will allow the application of participants' newly-acquired knowledge. Case studies also stimulate independent thinking and discussion among the participants. Case Studies The case studies proposed for this course will include: A group exercise to consider what is the minimum requirement for the production of a safety case Generic plan for the development of a maintenance management system using computer software systems (e.g. Amos) Construction of a UWILD plan to include scope and potential tendering requirements Quizzes The various quizzes can be expanded or arranged to suit the group/interests and topics covered but will generally include the following topics: Mooring types and location where they are primarily used Safety cases Safety management systems Process hazards and mitigation UWILD components and regulations Operations management Offtake operations Target Audience The course is generally aimed at personnel who are involved in FPSO operations as either offshore crew or onshore support team members. This course will also greatly benefit the following groups but not limited to: Process engineers Surveyors Facility engineers Naval architects Operations engineer Health, Safety, Environment (HSE) specialists and managers Maintenance engineers Course Level Intermediate Training Methods The training course is presented in an interactive workshop format that allows for discussion. The course will be delivered through analysis of case studies and running examples of problems. Course Duration: 5 days in total (35 hours) The training instructor relies on a highly interactive training method to enhance the learning process. This method ensures that all participants gain a complete understanding of all the topics covered. The training comprises of information supplemented by visual activities including photographs from various operations and videos of operational and safety activities. Interaction verbally will be necessary to achieve the best learning outcome from the materials. Course timings and breaks  0830 - Registration 0900 - Start of training 1030 - Morning break 1045 - Training recommences 1230 - Lunch break 1330 - Training recommences 1515 - Afternoon break 1530 - Training recommences 1700 - End of training Trainer Your expert course leader has been involved in the Oil and Gas industry for over 28 years in several different roles commencing as a second deck officer on FPSO's and moving through the industry from deck officer to Master, OIM and Field Superintendent. He has also been in charge of semisubmersible and fixed production platforms as field superintendent before moving ashore into senior management roles. On completion of industry specific activities, he moved to teaching roles at South Tyneside Maritime College in the department of marine and simulation and presented live courses to maritime students from cadet to Master.  Prior to returning to Perth in March 2019, he was training manager for a subsidiary of Gaz Transport and Technigaz of France. He has a Master Class 1 certificate with endorsements for hazardous cargoes and a Graduate Certificate in Business Administration as well as multiple course certificates required to operate FPSO's, platforms and semisubmersible facilities. He has been involved in the preparation of national standards for Safety Cases (Australia); Designing and structural setup of competency-based training systems in South East Asia. He was also involved in the development of minimum standards, competency profiles position based and preparation and implementation of training plans to ensure competency in the local staff in Asian operations. He was part of the development team for minimum standards of offshore safety in Australian offshore operations including the implementation of the Common Safety Training Program (CSTP). He was also involved in implementing training plans for both simulator and classroom based courses in LNG operations and cargo tank design and construction. Highlighted work experience: Premier Petroleum Myanmar Ltd Petronas Carigali Newfield Australia (Cartier) Pty Ltd: FPSO Jabiru Venture FPSO Challis Venture Onshore OIM Australian FPSO Management Pty. Ltd. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information post training support and fees applicable Accreditions And Affliations

Duration 5 Days 30 CPD hours This course is intended for System administrators, IT security administrators, IT security engineers, and other professionals responsible for designing, implementing, maintaining, and managing the security of Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems and ensuring their compliance with the organization's security policies. Be a Red Hat Certified Engineer (RHCE©), or demonstrate equivalent Red Hat Enterprise Linux knowledge and experience. Overview Students that complete this course should be able to demonstrate these skills: - Analyze and remediate system compliance using OpenSCAP and SCAP Workbench, employing and customizing baseline policy content provided with Red Hat Enterprise Linux. - Monitor security-relevant activity on your systems with the kernel's audit infrastructure. - Explain and implement advanced SELinux techniques to restrict access by users, processes, and virtual machines. - Confirm the integrity of files and their permissions with AIDE. - Prevent unauthorized USB devices from being used with USBGuard. - Protect data at rest but provide secure automatic decryption at boot using NBDE. - Proactively identify risks and misconfigurations of systems and remediate them with Red Hat Insights. - Analyze and remediate compliance at scale with OpenSCAP, Red Hat Insights, Red Hat Satellite, and Red Hat Ansible Tower. This course is ideal for security administrators and system administrators who need to manage the secure operation of servers running Red Hat© Enterprise Linux©, whether deployed on physical hardware, as virtual machines, or as cloud instances. Maintaining security of computing systems is a process of managing risk through the implementation of processes and standards backed by technologies and tools. In this course, you will discover and understand the resources that can be used to help you implement and comply with your security requirements. This course is based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux 7.5, Red Hat Satellite 6.3, Red Hat Ansible© Engine 2.5, Red Hat Ansible Tower 3.2, and Red Hat Insights. 1 - MANAGE SECURITY AND RISK Define strategies to manage security on Red Hat Enterprise Linux servers. 2 - AUTOMATE CONFIGURATION AND REMEDIATION WITH ANSIBLE Remediate configuration and security issues with Ansible Playbooks. 3 - PROTECT DATA WITH LUKS AND NBDE Encrypt data on storage devices with LUKS and use NBDE to manage automatic decryption when servers are booted. 4 - RESTRICT USB DEVICE ACCESS Protect system from rogue USB device access with USBGuard. 5 - CONTROL AUTHENTICATION WITH PAM Manage authentication, authorization, session settings, and password controls by configuring pluggable authentication modules (PAMs). 6 - RECORD SYSTEM EVENTS WITH AUDIT Record and inspect system events relevant to security, using the Linux kernel's audit subsystem and supporting tools. 7 - MONITOR FILE SYSTEM CHANGES Detect and analyze changes to a server's file systems and their contents using AIDE. 8 - MITIGATE RISK WITH SELINUX Improve security and confinement between processes by using SELinux and advanced SELinux techniques and analyses. 9 - MANAGE COMPLIANCE WITH OPENSCAP Evaluate and remediate a server's compliance with security policies by using OpenSCAP. 10 - AUTOMATE COMPLIANCE WITH RED HAT SATELLITE Automate and scale your ability to perform OpenSCAP checks and remediate compliance issues using Red Hat Satellite. 11 - ANALYZE AND REMEDIATE ISSUES WITH RED HAT INSIGHTS Identify, detect, and correct common issues and security vulnerabilities with Red Hat Enterprise Linux systems by using Red Hat Insights. 12 - PERFORM A COMPREHENSIVE REVIEW Review the content covered in this course by completing hands-on review exercises. Additional course details: Nexus Humans Red Hat Security - Linux in Physical, Virtual, and Cloud (RH415) training program is a workshop that presents an invigorating mix of sessions, lessons, and masterclasses meticulously crafted to propel your learning expedition forward. This immersive bootcamp-style experience boasts interactive lectures, hands-on labs, and collaborative hackathons, all strategically designed to fortify fundamental concepts. Guided by seasoned coaches, each session offers priceless insights and practical skills crucial for honing your expertise. Whether you're stepping into the realm of professional skills or a seasoned professional, this comprehensive course ensures you're equipped with the knowledge and prowess necessary for success. While we feel this is the best course for the Red Hat Security - Linux in Physical, Virtual, and Cloud (RH415) course and one of our Top 10 we encourage you to read the course outline to make sure it is the right content for you. Additionally, private sessions, closed classes or dedicated events are available both live online and at our training centres in Dublin and London, as well as at your offices anywhere in the UK, Ireland or across EMEA.

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Duration 4 Days 24 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is for the Identity and Access Administrators who are planning to take the associated certification exam, or who are performing identity and access administration tasks in their day-to-day job. This course would also be helpful to an administrator or engineer that wants to specialize in providing identity solutions and access management systems for Azure-based solutions; playing an integral role in protecting an organization. The Microsoft Identity and Access Administrator course explores how to design, implement, and operate an organization?s identity and access management systems by using Microsoft Entra ID. Learn to manage tasks such as providing secure authentication and authorization access to enterprise applications. You will also learn to provide seamless experiences and self-service management capabilities for all users. Finally, learn to create adaptive access and governance of your identity and access management solutions ensuring you can troubleshoot, monitor, and report on your environment. The Identity and Access Administrator may be a single individual or a member of a larger team. Learn how this role collaborates with many other roles in the organization to drive strategic identity projects. The end goal is to provide you knowledge to modernize identity solutions, to implement hybrid identity solutions, and to implement identity governance. Prerequisites SC-900T00: Microsoft Security, Compliance, and Identity Fundamentals AZ-104T00 - Microsoft Azure Administrator 1 - Explore identity in Microsoft Entra ID Explain the identity landscape Explore zero trust with identity Discuss identity as a control plane Explore why we have identity Define identity administration Contrast decentralized identity with central identity systems Discuss identity management solutions Explain Microsoft Entra Business to Business Compare Microsoft identity providers Define identity licensing Explore authentication Discuss authorization Explain auditing in identity 2 - Implement initial configuration of Microsoft Entra ID Configure company brand Configure and manage Microsoft Entra roles Configure delegation by using administrative units Analyze Microsoft Entra role permissions Configure and manage custom domains Configure tenant-wide setting 3 - Create, configure, and manage identities Create, configure, and manage users Create, configure, and manage groups Configure and manage device registration Manage licenses Create custom security attributes Explore automatic user creation 4 - Implement and manage external identities Describe guest access and Business to Business accounts Manage external collaboration Invite external users - individually and in bulk Demo - manage guest users in Microsoft Entra ID Manage external user accounts in Microsoft Entra ID Manage external users in Microsoft 365 workloads Implement and manage Microsoft Entra Verified ID Configure identity providers Implement cross-tenant access controls 5 - Implement and manage hybrid identity Plan, design, and implement Microsoft Entra Connect Implement manage password hash synchronization (PHS) Implement manage pass-through authentication (PTA) Demo - Manage pass-through authentication and seamless single sign-on (SSO) Implement and manage federation Trouble-shoot synchronization errors Implement Microsoft Entra Connect Health Manage Microsoft Entra Health 6 - Secure Microsoft Entra users with multifactor authentication What is Microsoft Entra multifactor authentication? Plan your multifactor authentication deployment Configure multi-factor authentication methods 7 - Manage user authentication Administer FIDO2 and passwordless authentication methods Explore Authenticator app and OATH tokens Implement an authentication solution based on Windows Hello for Business Deploy and manage password protection Configure smart lockout thresholds Implement Kerberos and certificate-based authentication in Microsoft Entra ID Configure Microsoft Entra user authentication for virtual machines 8 - Plan, implement, and administer Conditional Access Plan security defaults Plan Conditional Access policies Implement Conditional Access policy controls and assignments Test and troubleshoot Conditional Access policies Implement application controls Implement session management Implement continuous access evaluation 9 - Manage Microsoft Entra Identity Protection Review identity protection basics Implement and manage user risk policy Monitor, investigate, and remediate elevated risky users Implement security for workload identities Explore Microsoft Defender for Identity 10 - Implement access management for Azure resources Assign Azure roles Configure custom Azure roles Create and configure managed identities Access Azure resources with managed identities Analyze Azure role permissions Configure Azure Key Vault RBAC policies Retrieve objects from Azure Key Vault Explore Microsoft Entra Permissions Management 11 - Plan and design the integration of enterprise apps for SSO Discover apps by using Microsoft Defender for Cloud Apps and Active Directory Federation Services app report Configure connectors to apps Design and implement app management roles Configure preintegrated gallery SaaS apps Implement and manage policies for OAuth apps 12 - Implement and monitor the integration of enterprise apps for SSO Implement token customizations Implement and configure consent settings Integrate on-premises apps with Microsoft Entra application proxy Integrate custom SaaS apps for single sign-on Implement application-based user provisioning Monitor and audit access to Microsoft Entra integrated enterprise applications Create and manage application collections 13 - Implement app registration Plan your line of business application registration strategy Implement application registration Register an application Configure permission for an application Grant tenant-wide admin consent to applications Implement application authorization Manage and monitor application by using app governance 14 - Plan and implement entitlement management Define access packages Configure entitlement management Configure and manage connected organizations Review per-user entitlements 15 - Plan, implement, and manage access review Plan for access reviews Create access reviews for groups and apps Create and configure access review programs Monitor access review findings Automate access review management tasks Configure recurring access reviews 16 - Plan and implement privileged access Define a privileged access strategy for administrative users Configure Privileged Identity Management for Azure resources Plan and configure Privileged Access Groups Analyze Privileged Identity Management audit history and reports Create and manage emergency access accounts 17 - Monitor and maintain Microsoft Entra ID Analyze and investigate sign-in logs to troubleshoot access issues Review and monitor Microsoft Entra audit logs Export logs to third-party security information and event management system Analyze Microsoft Entra workbooks and reporting Monitor security posture with Identity Secure Score

The City & Guilds 2365 Level 3 Course is the natural progression for anyone who has completed the Level 2 Diploma 2365 course or related level 2 courses. On completion of this course you will then be able to undertake the Level 3 NVQ thus becoming recognised as a fully qualified electrical engineer within the industry with the ability to apply for JIB (Gold Card) membership upon successful completion of the AM2 Assessment. Further information on the Level 3 can be found here: C&G 2365 Level 3 Diploma in Electrical Installations — Optima Electrical Training (optima-ect.com)

About this Training Course  This 3 full-day course covers the design of systems for natural gas handling and treatment from the wellhead to the gas processing plant to achieve marketable products that meet desired product specifications. This course will emphasize on field handling equipment and separation systems, dehydration, fluid measurement, sampling and analysis as well as introduction into reciprocating and centrifugal compressors. It will comprise interactive presentations including exercises/quizzes. This course can also be offered through Virtual Instructor Led Training (VILT) format. Training Objectives At the end of the course, the participants will be able to describe and explain the following: Gas processing principles of dehydration (water removal) by absorption, adsorption, refrigeration and low temperature separation (JT effect) and basic associated equipment Gas processing in-depth by absorption using glycol and glycol proper (Pre- Cooling requirements, Dew Point control and related processes). Glycol regeneration including principles of stripping, DRIZO and Coldfinger. Process equipment involved for water removal by absorption. (Knock out drums; Contactor - absorber and internals, heat exchangers, re-boilers, pumps, filters and glycol storage). Principles of gas metering and types of meter (Measurement Units (MJ, BTU, nM3, scf and conversions). Typical gas contracts & sales specifications. Gas pipeline operations. Target Audience Production and processing personnel involved with natural gas and associated liquids to acquaint or reacquaint themselves with gas conditioning and processing unit operations. This course is for production operations engineers, operations field supervisors, facility engineers, process engineers, design engineers, operations personnel and others who select, design, install, evaluate or operate gas processing plants and related facilities. Course Level Intermediate Trainer Your expert course leader has more than 25 years of accumulated experience in the Oil & Gas Industry, particularly in LNG / Offshore LNG Industry as Project Manager (8 years) and Process Technology Design (12 years). From 2010 to 2012, he worked for TOTAL E&P as Manager of R&D activities related to LNG, FLNG, Gas Treatment and Safety Engineering. From 1992 to 2010, he worked for Technip, spending 12 years (1992 to 2004) in the Process and Technology Division, where he was the Principal Engineer on gas treatment and LNG projects such as Yemen LNG and Nigeria LNG. From 2004 to 2010, he was actively involved in the development of Technip Offshore LNG technologies as Project Manager - several patents filed, author or co-author of different publications on LNG transfer technologies. He has also been a member of: the Foreign Advisory Committee on the 2nd Trondheim Technology Gas Conference, Norway, 2-3 November 2011 the Steering Committee on the SPE Forum 'Economic and Sustainability Challenges in the Future Development of Sour Gas', Bali, Indonesia, 8-13 May 2011 The Technip 'Experts Network' as 'Main Expert - LNG' for several years He holds a 'summa cum laude' master's degree in Chemical Engineering from Rome University 'La apienza' (1992) and has been a member of the Italian Register of Engineers. POST TRAINING COACHING SUPPORT (OPTIONAL) To further optimise your learning experience from our courses, we also offer individualized 'One to One' coaching support for 2 hours post training. We can help improve your competence in your chosen area of interest, based on your learning needs and available hours. This is a great opportunity to improve your capability and confidence in a particular area of expertise. It will be delivered over a secure video conference call by one of our senior trainers. They will work with you to create a tailor-made coaching program that will help you achieve your goals faster. Request for further information about post training coaching support and fees applicable for this. Accreditions And Affliations

Duration 3 Days 18 CPD hours This course is intended for This course is intended for security engineers, security architects, and information security professionals. Overview Identify security benefits and responsibilities of using the AWS Cloud Build secure application infrastructures Protect applications and data from common security threats Perform and automate security checks Configure authentication and permissions for applications and resources Monitor AWS resources and respond to incidents Capture and process logs Create and configure automated and repeatable deployments with tools such as AMIs and AWS CloudFormation This course demonstrates how to efficiently use AWS security services to stay secure in the AWS Cloud. The course focuses on the security practices that AWS recommends for enhancing the security of your data and systems in the cloud. The course highlights the security features of AWS key services including compute, storage, networking, and database services. You will also learn how to leverage AWS services and tools for automation, continuous monitoring and logging, and responding to security incidents. Prerequisites We recommend that attendees of this course have: Working knowledge of IT security practices and infrastructure concepts Familiarity with cloud computing concepts Completed AWS Security Essentials and Architecting on AWS courses 1 - Security on AWS Security in the AWS cloud AWS Shared Responsibility Model Incident response overview DevOps with Security Engineering 2 - Identifying Entry Points on AWS Identify the different ways to access the AWS platform Understanding IAM policies IAM Permissions Boundary IAM Access Analyzer Multi-factor authentication AWS CloudTrail 3 - Security Considerations: Web Application Environments Threats in a three-tier architecture Common threats: user access Common threats: data access AWS Trusted Advisor 4 - Application Security Amazon Machine Images Amazon Inspector AWS Systems Manager 5 - Data Security Data protection strategies Encryption on AWS Protecting data at rest with Amazon S3, Amazon RDS, Amazon DynamoDB Protecting archived data with Amazon S3 Glacier Amazon S3 Access Analyzer Amazon S3 Access Points 6 - Securing Network Communications Amazon VPC security considerations Amazon VPC Traffic Mirroring Responding to compromised instances Elastic Load Balancing AWS Certificate Manager 7 - Monitoring and Collecting Logs on AWS Amazon CloudWatch and CloudWatch Logs AWS Config Amazon Macie Amazon VPC Flow Logs Amazon S3 Server Access Logs ELB Access Logs 8 - Processing Logs on AWS Amazon Kinesis Amazon Athena 9 - Security Considerations: Hybrid Environments AWS Site-to-Site and Client VPN connections AWS Direct Connect AWS Transit Gateway 10 - Out-Of-Region Protection Amazon Route 53 AWS WAF Amazon CloudFront AWS Shield AWS Firewall Manager DDoS mitigation on AWS 11 - Security Considerations: Serverless Environments Amazon Cognito Amazon API Gateway AWS Lambda 12 - Threat Detection and Investigation Amazon GuardDuty AWS Security Hub Amazon Detective 13 - Secrets Management on AWS AWS KMS AWS CloudHSM AWS Secrets Manager 14 - Automation and Security by Design AWS CloudFormation AWS Service Catalog 15 - Account Management and Provisioning on AWS AWS Organizations AWS Control Tower AWS SSO AWS Directory Service

Strategic Thinking The goal of this course is to provide you with the building blocks and the motivation to develop the critical skill of strategic thinking. The participants will consider a four-part model that distinguishes strategic thinking from strategic planning and managing. With that understanding, you will investigate the critical components of strategic thinking and how to apply it effectively. What you Will Learn Define strategic thinking and distinguish it from strategic planning and management Explain a high-level approach to gaining strategic thinking skills Integrate other interpersonal skills, such as self-awareness, systems thinking, leadership, constructive conflict, and collaboration, into the fabric of strategic thinking skills Select appropriate techniques to apply strategic thinking in specific situations Recognize and emulate effective strategic thinking behaviors Getting Started Introductions Course structure Course goals and objectives Foundation Concepts Interactive event: Define Strategic Thinking (ST) Interactive event: Discuss relationship of ST with Strategic Planning, Management and Decision Making Strategic Level Framework - Tying it all together Strategic thinking attributes Strategic Thinking Critical Success Factors Strategic Thinking Critical Success Factors - 5-part model Strategic Thinking and the Organization Critical Success Factors Model applied to an organization Tools Introduction (5): Environmental, 5 Forces, SWOT, Value Proposition, Integral Theory of Worldview Video: Fog of War Strategic Thinking and the Individual Critical Success Factors Model applied to an individual Tools Introduction (5): Thinking Styles, Six Thinking Hats, Reverse Thinking, Systems Thinking, Integral Theory of Worldview Strategic Thinking at the Interpersonal and Team Levels Emotional Intelligence - Self Awareness and Working With Others Team Leadership and Trust Constructive Conflict as the Gateway to Collaboration Interactive event: Testing the Models - Challenge Perspective; What's Missing Applying the critical skill of Strategic Thinking Worldview: Team versus client Trusted Advisor Interactive event: Doing what is asked (Case study, wherein participants review the default case scenario prepared for this workshop and add specific details to make the scenario more relevant to their experiences / needs. Teams develop an action plan for applying ST concepts and techniques they have learned here to the situation, then compare and contrast results.)

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Certificate in Business and Commercial Law (CBCL) Why Attend This course is designed for professionals with little or no prior legal background but who are required to make organizational decisions involving legal matters. It will provide participants with the fundamental principles of commercial law, including commercial contracts and negotiation, sale of goods, intellectual property rights and employee relations. It also covers all the legal aspects of setting up a business, running a business and closing a business Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of international commercial law with emphasis on the common law system. Participants will have the opportunity to learn and analyze key legal issues regarding contracts and the business as a whole which they are likely to encounter within their organization.  Course Methodology In this interactive training course participants will frequently work in pairs as well as in larger groups to complete exercises as well as regional and international case studies. Course Objectives By the end of the course, participants will be able to: Apply legal rules and principles to specific commercial situations through consideration of relevant case law Negotiate commercial contracts complying with commercial and legal requirements Increase profitability within their organization by selecting appropriate methods of distribution of goods Recognize and analyze how intellectual property rights affect their organization Evaluate and modify organizational employment practices complying with labor law requirements Target Audience This course is suitable for those with little or no formal training in commercial law yet would be required to understand the fundamentals of commercial law as it may directly impact their work. It will particularly benefit directors and executives who have direct responsibility for legal decisions within the organization. In-house council new to the region, and those working within a legal department, will also find this course highly beneficial. Target Competencies Drafting Contracts Contract Negotiation Understanding Commercial Terms Understanding Employment Law Implementing Organizational Employment Practices Understanding Intellectual Property Understanding corporate restructuring Understanding the effect of breach of commercial contract terms Note The Dubai Government Legal Affairs Department has introduced a Continuing Legal Professional Development (CLPD) programme to legal consultants authorised to practise through a licensed firm in the Emirate of Dubai. We are proud to announce that the Dubai Government Legal Affairs Department has accredited EMG Associates as a CLPD provider. In addition, all our legal programmes have been approved. This PLUS Specialty Training Legal course qualifies for 4 elective CLPD points. Overview of commercial & business law Areas of commercial and business law Types of commercial contracts Commercial contracts in the civil law and common law systems Sources of English law Civil law v Common law Civil law in the GCC Formalities for a binding contract Elements required for an enforceable contract Rules for contract interpretation implied terms v express terms identifying risks and how to minimise risks Structure of a commercial contract Preliminary documents in international transactions Memorandum of Understanding/ Heads of Terms. Are they legally binding? Commercial implications Boilerplate/ miscellaneous provisions- the important but forgotten clauses- beware! Force majeure v Frustration Notices Set off No waiver Entire Agreement/ non- reliance clause Times is of the essence Assignment v Novation Governing law Common mistakes in choice of law Jurisdiction clause Exclusive v Non-exclusive Factors in deciding the jurisdiction clause International dispute resolution Litigation Importance of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR) Arbitration Mediations Conciliation Negotiation Remedies for breach of contract Damages Specific performance Injunctions Advantages and disadvantages of different business forms Types of business vehicles Sole trader Partnerships Limited Liability Partnerships Companies Cross Border Transactions Distributorship Agency Joint Venture Acquisitions Share purchase v Business purchase Apportioning risks and liabilities through warranties and indemnities Negotiating warranties and indemnities Corporate insolvency Tests identifying insolvency Consequence for directors who fail to react to insolvency Types of insolvency Administration Receivership Creditor Voluntary Liquidation Compulsory Liquidation Commercial Tort Tort of negligence Defamation Libel Slander Recent case law on defamation Managing risk Prevention is better than cure: Effective risk management Intellectual Property Rights management Types of Intellectual Property copyright trademark patent design rights confidential information Assignment v Granting a license The law of passing off Intellectual Property in the GCC Employment law issues in the common law systems and the GCC Types of employment contracts Grounds for dismissal Wrongful dismissal Redundancy Unfair dismissal Commercial real estate in the GCC Leasehold Freehold