Training courses & Webinars:
Commercial Contracts

Good business, leadership and management skills are essential for every lawyer, whether in-house or in private practice. Having the right skill-set is the basis for success in any role and our commercial contracts law training courses have been designed to give lawyers the necessary skills and techniques in order to make a strategic and commercial difference to their business, ensuring that they are able to have a positive influence with clients and colleagues.

 

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2-day Drafting International R&D Collaboration and Joint Venture Agreements Training Course

2-day Drafting International R&D Collaboration and Joint Venture Agreements

4-5 Dec 2025 - Online webinar

Two intensive days to ensure the drafting of clear, structured, risk-free collaborative R&D and joint venture agreements for maximum commercial success.

Presented by Richard Brady (bio)

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3-day Drafting Commercial Contracts Training Course

3-day Drafting Commercial Contracts

16-18 Sep 2025 - Online webinar
Also on: 9 Dec 2025

A practical, interactive three-day programme designed to develop your skills to draft clear and concise commercial agreements. This comprehensive two-part programme focuses on delivering practical and applied training in the key drafting skills.

Presented by Mark Weston (bio)

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4-day International Commercial Contracts School Training Course

4-day International Commercial Contracts School

23-26 Nov 2026 - London

This specially designed four-day seminar has been expressly developed to focus exclusively on the law and regulations governing business and contract law for cross-border contracts.

Presented by Mark Weston (bio)

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5-day International Commercial Contracts School Training Course

5-day International Commercial Contracts School

22-26 Sep 2025 - Online webinar

This specialist five-day seminar has been expressly developed to focus exclusively on the law and regulations governing business and contract law for cross-border contracts.

Presented by Arun Singh OBE (bio)

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Advanced Understanding and Drafting Oil and Gas Industry Contracts Training Course

Advanced Understanding and Drafting Oil and Gas Industry Contracts

17 Nov 2025 - Online webinar

This intensive one-day oil and gas industry contracts training course will bring you up to date on current practice and developments in upstream oil and gas contracts.

Presented by Scott Styles (bio)

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Clinical Trial Agreements: Key Legal, Regulatory and IP (Intellectual Property) Considerations for the EU (European Union) and UK Markets Training Course

Clinical Trial Agreements: Key Legal, Regulatory and IP Considerations for the EU and UK Markets

28 Nov 2025 - Online webinar
Also on: 18 Mar 2026

This intensive half-day programme focuses on CTAs in the life sciences sector where legal, policy and IP considerations underpin this highly regulated area.

Presented by Sarah Cowlishaw (bio)
and 4 more leading experts

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Competition Law for the Pharmaceutical Industry Training Course

Competition Law for the Pharmaceutical Industry

10 Oct 2025 - Online webinar
Also on: 27 Feb 2026

A one-day practical and interactive seminar focuses on everything you need to know about competition law and the pharmaceutical sector

Presented by Niels Ersbøll (bio)
Zeno Frediani (bio)
Lazarinka Naydenova (bio)

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Contract Law Update - the latest case law in practice Training Course

Contract Law Update - the latest case law in practice

25 Jul 2025 - Online webinar
Also on: 1 Dec 2025

This highly practical course has been developed especially for in-house legal teams, solicitors who are litigating or drafting, contract professionals and procurement officers.

Presented by Helen Swaffield (bio)

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Drafting and Negotiating International Agency and Distribution Agreements Training Course

Drafting and Negotiating International Agency and Distribution Agreements

13-14 Nov 2025 - Online webinar

Drive success in international deals by strategically managing the legal and commercial aspects that matter most in your agreements.
*INCLUDES: Practical and interactive exercises*

Presented by Michala Meiselles (bio)

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Drafting Commercial Contracts Training Course

Drafting Commercial Contracts

27-28 Oct 2025 - London
Also on: 3 Feb 2026

A practical and interactive two-day programme designed to develop your skills to draft clear and concise commercial agreements. This comprehensive two-part programme focuses on delivering practical and applied training of the key drafting skills.

Presented by Mark Weston (bio)

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Drafting Commercial Contracts for the Pharmaceutical Industry Training Course

Drafting Commercial Contracts for the Pharmaceutical Industry

12-13 Nov 2025 - Online webinar

A two-day practical and interactive seminar focusing on current contract drafting, negotiating, best practice and related issues within the pharmaceutical, biotech and life sciences sectors.

Presented by James Agnew (bio)
and 10 more leading experts

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Drafting International Commercial Agreements in English Training Course

Drafting International Commercial Agreements in English

11-12 Nov 2025 - Online webinar

The complete guide to drafting clear and concise commercial agreements in English for international lawyers. Presented by an expert linguist with extensive experience in commercial law.

Presented by Alan Simmons (bio)

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Drafting International R&D Collaboration and Joint Venture Agreements Training Course

Drafting International R&D Collaboration and Joint Venture Agreements

13 Oct 2025 - Online webinar

Ensure clear, structured, risk-free collaborative R&D and joint venture agreements for maximum commercial success in one intensive day.

Presented by Richard Brady (bio)

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Electronic and Digital Signatures - understanding the law and best practice Training Course

Electronic and Digital Signatures - understanding the law and best practice

12 Nov 2025 - Online webinar
Also on: 22 Apr 2026

In today's world there are increasingly more virtual ways to sign documents - or are there? This webinar will bring you up-to-date on the legal aspects and best practice of using digital signatures.

Presented by Mark Weston (bio)

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GDPR: Legally Processing and Sharing Data and Managing Data Breaches Training Course

GDPR: Legally Processing and Sharing Data and Managing Data Breaches

11 Sep 2025 - Online webinar
Also on: 13 May 2026

Dealing with data can be a legal minefield in any business. This webinar will bring you right up to date with how you can legally process and share data, and help you understand and manage a data breach.

Presented by Mark Weston (bio)

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Liabilities, Damages and other Contentious Issues in International Commercial Agreements Training Course

Liabilities, Damages and other Contentious Issues in International Commercial Agreements

18-19 Sep 2025 - London
Also on: 4 Dec 2025

This course will give you an enhanced understanding of the detailed law of damages and liabilities for the purposes of negotiating and drafting international contracts governed by English law.

Presented by Arun Singh OBE (bio)

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Mastering Confidentiality Clauses and NDAs in Commercial Contracts Training Course

Mastering Confidentiality Clauses and NDAs in Commercial Contracts

25 Nov 2025 - Online webinar
Also on: 20 Jan 2026

Are you fully up to date with how to protect your company's assets through well-drafted confidentiality clauses and NDAs?

Presented by Mark Weston (bio)

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Navigating Term and Termination Clauses in Commercial Contracts Training Course

Navigating Term and Termination Clauses in Commercial Contracts

25 Nov 2025 - Online webinar
Also on: 2 Jun 2026

If not handled correctly, contract terminations can lead to significant legal exposure. Are you fully up to speed with term and termination clauses and their implications?

Presented by Mark Weston (bio)

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Negotiating and Drafting IT (Information Technology) Contracts Training Course

Negotiating and Drafting IT Contracts

8 Jul 2025 - Online webinar
Also on: 18 Nov 2025

Understand IT complexities to draft effective agreements and manage risks. This programme covers cloud computing, SaaS, software licensing, and AI contracts. Interactive format with real-world case studies and group exercises.

Presented by Mark Weston (bio)

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Reviewing and Negotiating Technology Transfer and Licensing Agreements Training Course

Reviewing and Negotiating Technology Transfer and Licensing Agreements

6-7 Nov 2025 - Online webinar

Providing key legal and commercial knowledge essential to secure a successful agreement.
*INCLUDES a review of the New Block Exemption governing Research & Development Agreements and the New Block Exemption governing Vertical Agreements*

Presented by Michala Meiselles (bio)

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Understanding and Drafting Exclusion and Limitation of Liability Clauses Training Course

Understanding and Drafting Exclusion and Limitation of Liability Clauses

25 Nov 2025 - Online webinar
Also on: 14 Apr 2026

A deep-dive into what exclusion and limitation of liability clauses are, how and why they work and how to put them in place.

Presented by Mark Weston (bio)

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Understanding and Drafting Oil and Gas Industry Contracts Training Course

Understanding and Drafting Oil and Gas Industry Contracts

14-15 Oct 2025 - Online webinar

An intense one-day programme focussing on the knowledge and skills needed to draft and negotiate contracts in the Oil and Gas Industry

Presented by Scott Styles (bio)

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In-house training

We can provide any of our courses on an in-house basis - at your location or online, with a programme and presenters tailored to your exact requirements. If you require training for multiple staff members, contact us to see how we can work with you.

Previous attendees said...

“Thank you for a really enjoyable and interesting course. Practical drafting tips were very helpful. It was a useful back to basics on why we do what we do, but also offered real practical drafting suggestions rather than theoretical points.”

Dionne Simpson, Legal Counsel, Harrison Catering Services

“Would give a higher score if I could. I wanted to gain confidence in drafting and understanding contracts and I absolutely gained this. [Speakers] style is fantastic. His balance is exactly right - he made the course enjoyable, fun and helped everyone's understanding. Brilliant. Highly recommended.”

Sadie Patamia, Corporate Governance Manager, Enterprise Oxfordshire

“I hoped to improve my knowledge in the field of in-licensing and out-licensing agreements. I am completely satisfied. I got answers to my questions, structured my knowledge, received new, previously unknown to me information Everything was great.”

Karīna Kudore, Lawyer, Olpha

“Very concentrated and structured content. All speakers had high level expertise on the topics presented. Useful for in-house practitioners (lawyers, BD) in the pharmaceutical industry as a guide to the main topics in contract drafting. I have expanded my knowledge [on] license agreement issues, IP issues, Co-development agreements.”

Lana Zida, Lawyer, Olpha

“It was very insightful and worthwhile. Easy to say one of the trainings i have attended that I believe shall have an immediate and profitable impact in my work role.”

Nana Yaw Adu, Business Development Manager, Sahara Group Ltd

“Excellent. [Trainer] is fantastic.”

Robyn Sternberg, Legal Director, Dematic Limited

“The speaker is excellent and the content is very good. I would recommend.”

Hugo Miguens, Senior Legal Councel, mAbxience

“Would recommend. The content was great, but maybe I was expecting a more beginner-friendly course since I have only recently started my role and needed to understand the main clauses in a more general way. Nevertheless, it has been a very beneficial course.”

Anna Gracia Canalda, Tools & Vendors Solution Manager, Roche Diagnostics, S.L.

“Very exhaustive and detailed webinar - all components of IT contracts are discussed. Presentation had a good setup with background information. Certainly accomplished a more in-depth knowledge on the structure and complexities of IT contracts. Speaker is very knowledgeable and knows how to present complex matters in a clear and understandable way. Had great expertise on the subject and the training was very complete in its subject.”

Juliette Gordeau, Legal Counsel, TRB Chemedica International SA

“The training is comprehensive and covers the main body of knowledge for IT scope and contract. My objective is met to have understanding of main clauses and conditions to focus on for different IT contracts. I'm [now] more aware of risk and factors involved in these contracts. Recommend.”

Shoaa Heedan, AD IT strategic Sourcing, Ooredoo Group