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Certificate in Business and Commercial Law (CBCL)

Certificate in Business and Commercial Law (CBCL)

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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

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