The program is intended for Practicing lawyers who work in an international environment and with multinational clients, In-house counsel involved in multinational transactions and international trade, Executives and top management who wish to expand their knowledge of legal issues in a global setting and Entrepreneurs in international commerce and investment and their consultants.

As the scope of business transactions expands, so does the influence of the common-law world. No matter where your clients are based, what the governing law may be, or where in the world a deal may take you, the basic way of doing things is increasingly based on a common-law model. In other words, the very structure of most international transactions, including the models of most basic documents, follow a path inspired in the common law and developed by City and New York law firms.

Wednesday, 3 of June

09:30h - 11:00h    Session Nº 1: Our best efforts to define best efforts. Given the variety of court opinions concerning best efforts, does it make any sense to include such a clause in the contract?

11:00h - 11:30h    Break

11:30h - 13:00h    Session Nº 2: Pre-contractual good faith? Since the common law rejects a general duty of good faith before the contract is formed, what are the alternative mechanisms that govern the parties' conduct at this stage?

13:00h - 14:30h    Session Nº 3: Structure, organization and building blocks. General principles of drafting and rules of interpretation. Language of obligation,condition and discretionary authority

16:00h - 17:30h    Session Nº 4: Introductory clauses: Preamble, words of agreement, recitals. Definitions, annexes and schedules

17:30h - 19:00h    Session Nº 5:   Practical drafting exercise. Groups work together to draft the first part of a license agreement. This work will be submitted for evaluation in the following session



Thursday, 4 of June

09:30h - 11:00h    Session Nº 6: Operative language: where the contract gets down to business: subject matter clause, consideration, other action clauses. Feedback and analysis of drafting exercise

11:00h - 11:30h     Break

11:30h - 13:00h    Session Nº 7: Boilerplate in detail. Those clauses which always appear in contracts but are never looked at (until there's a problem...): entire agreement, severability, subrogation, successors and assigns, survival, waiver, force majeure, notice, press releases, counterparts, execute and deliver...

13:00h - 14:30h    Session Nº 8: At the end of the contract's life: duration, expiration, termination, material breach, damages. Penalty clauses at common law in contrast to liquidated damages.

16:00h - 17:30h    Session Nº 9: Practical drafting exercise

17:30h - 19:00h    Session Nº 10: Practical drafting exercise, evaluation and general conclusions

Program Director:

Mr. Gregory J. Marsden
Juris Doctor, University of California, Hastings College of the Law. Director Executive LL.M. Program IE Law School.

Fechas y lugar de celebración

El programa tendrá lugar los días 3 y 4 de Junio en Madrid, en la sede del IE Business School la C/ María de Molina nº 7.

*El programa será impartido en inglés.


Derechos de Inscripción

El precio del programa, será de 1.750 €, incluyendo las sesiones, el almuerzo y la documentación.

Los Antiguos Alumnos de Programas Máster de IE Business School tendrán un descuento del 10% y los miembros de la Asociación de Antiguos alumnos de IE Business School tendrán un descuento del 30%.


¿Cómo formalizar la matrícula?

La formalización de la matrícula se podrá realizar llamando por teléfono al 902 30 21 30/91 568 97 12; o bien por fax, enviando el boletín de inscripción adjunto al número (34) 91 561 77 68. Por correo electrónico, enviando sus datos a: inscripciones@ie.edu. A través de nuestro boletín de inscripción on-line, disponible en nuestra web: htpp://www.ie.edu/programas-abiertos.


Alojamiento

Con objeto de facilitar el alojamiento a las personas de fuera de Madrid, el Instituto de Empresa tiene acuerdos de colaboración con diferentes hoteles cercanos a la escuela, donde se ofrecen interesantes descuentos en las habitaciones para los asistentes al curso. Si desea información sobre estos hoteles, no dude en preguntarnos cuando realice su inscripción al curso.