Drafting Legal Memorandum and Correspondence

Effective contract drafting is crucial to minimize organizational risk, ensure smooth project execution, and prevent disputes. Poorly understood contract wording can negatively impact project performance and even lead to contract failure. This course equips participants with practical skills to draft, analyze, and manage contracts, tendering procedures, and correspondence, reflecting best practices from major international organizations.

Key highlights:

• Legal effectiveness and formation of contracts
• Selecting appropriate contract types and tender processes
• Key clauses focusing on risk, remedies, and insurance
• Securing performance of obligations
• Dispute avoidance and resolution

By the end of this program, participants will be able to:

• Understand contract structures and rationale behind specific drafting approaches
• Explain the commercial impact of key contractual provisions
• Identify potential risks and learn how to avoid or mitigate them through proper drafting
• Understand how to prevent disputes and manage them effectively if they arise

• Legal advisors and in-house counsel
• Contract managers and administrators
• Procurement and tendering staff
• Project managers involved in contracts and correspondence
• Professionals responsible for drafting, reviewing, or managing contracts