Contract Drafting & Law Course Preview
Your first step toward mastering contract drafting, negotiation, and dispute resolution.
Skills you'll learn
This course is unique, focusing on practice-oriented topics with problems designed to give students a true-to-life experience of challenges faced by corporate law practitioners.
Nilanjan Sen, Senior Partner, Seven Seas Partners LLP
Delighted to participate in this as a faculty. As a practitioner of Insolvency Law, I was thrilled to learn about this program and its keen focus on helping lawyers and other professionals grasp concepts of corporate law including insolvency.
Abhishek Sharma, Partner, Dentons LinkLegal
I hugely enjoyed teaching this course. The class conversations were enriching. There was a sense of camaraderie and zeal to learn. The support and advice from the organisers was brilliant.
Dr Yugank Goyal, Associate Professor, FLAME University
Overall the course was very rich & comprehensive. The teachers selected for the course were extremely knowledgeable, had practical experience, and were committed to delivering high-quality lectures.
Shamanna Balasubramanya, Associate Advocate, Sundaraswamy & Ramdas
The programme's interactive and contemporary nature ensured that instructors were up to speed with current developments โ both in the regulatory and market spaces. The dynamism and enthusiasm of the audience added to the joy of learning!
Ketan Mukhija, Partner, Dentons LinkLegal
All the chapters covered in the course are handled by expert professionals in the respective area. The practical experiences shared by the teachers took us to the next level of understanding. I thoroughly enjoyed the course.
Shubha Hegde, Officer (Transition), FSID, Indian Institute of Science CampusThis is a short course preview — 1 of 6 courses included in the programme, 1-Year Advanced Programme in Contract Drafting & Law, Negotiation & Dispute Resolution. Through the course you will learn the basics of contract drafting, and learn to draft the following agreements:
- Partnership Agreements
- LLP Agreements
- Shareholders' Agreements
The course concludes with a class on looking at corporate contracts from a disputes perspective.
The course preview will provide hands-on training with self-paced courses and live recorded classes. The course is unique as it will include fundamental doctrines, the bare law and case law and demonstrate its effect on drafting.
Who should take this Course Preview?
The course teaches one of the most fundamental and essential skills required of a lawyer. Any law student would accordingly benefit from the course.
That said, the course is meant as a preview to the full programme — the 1-Year Advanced Programme in Contract Drafting & Law, Negotiation & Dispute Resolution. Students who wish to learn about the programme and how it can help them should take this course.
The course would help: Law Students and Recent Law Graduates, Lawyers, In-House Counsels, and Legal Professionals, who are looking to gain an edge over their peers in the professional field. This course preview gives a sneak peek into the entire course and the teaching methodology being followed for the full programme.
- Introduction
- ๐ How the programme is organised and what we teach
- ๐ Study in print or electronic format, or both
- ๐ Module I: Contract Law Essentials
- ๐ Introduction
- ๐ Representations
- ๐ Fraud
- โธ Fraud by suggestion
- โธ Fraud by concealment
- โธ Fraud by breach of duty to disclose information
- Passive Non-disclosure of Truth โ Does it Amount to Fraud?
- Promise Made Without the Intention of Performing
- ๐ญ Index (full text of cases)
- Summary
- ๐ Misrepresentation
- โธ Misrepresentation by a positive assertion
- โธ Misrepresentation by causing another to make a mistake
- โธ Misrepresentation by breach of duty to disclose information
- Fraudulent misrepresentation versus Misrepresentation
- Representation made with the intention of inducing the other party to act โ Whether it amounts to misrepresentation?
- Difference between fraud and misrepresentation
- ๐ญ Full text of leading cases
- Summary
- ๐ Mistakes
- Common mistakes
- โธ Mutual mistakes โ Introduction
- โธ Mutual mistakes as to subject-matter
- Tarsem Singh v. Sukhminder Singh
- โธ Mistakes with respect to quality of subject-matter
- โธ Unilateral mistakes as to subject-matter
- โธ When unilateral mistakes as to identity make a contract void
- โธ Establishing fundamental unilateral mistake as to identity
- โธ Third parties and unilateral mistakes as to identity
- โธ Unilateral risks
- Cases of fraudulent personation
- ๐ญ Index (full text of cases)
- Summary
- ๐ Conditions and Warranties (Sale of Goods Act, 1930)
- โธ Stipulations in a contract
- โธ Condition treated as warranty
- โธ Express and implied conditions and warranties I
- โธ Express and implied conditions and warranties II
- โธ Caveat emptor
- ๐ญ Index (full text of cases)
- โ Feedback
- ๐ Module II: Contract Negotiation
- ๐ Introduction
- Why this module?
- What does this module offer?
- Why Technology is the Game-Changer
- Case study and simulations
- Sample contract negotiation simulation
- ๐ Module III: Contract Drafting & Interpretation
- ๐ Introduction
- Representation and warranties
- ๐ Conditions
- ๐ Advantages of providing for both representations and warranties
- ๐ Representation and warranties as risk allocation mechanisms
- โ๏ธ Exercise
- ๐ Drafting representation and warranties from the perspective of each party
- ๐ Modules IV & V: Deep Dive Into Specific Agreements
- ๐ Introduction: Mastering the art of contract drafting: from templates to tailored perfection
- ๐ Contract Drafting โ Business, Commercial and Transactional Drafts
- ๐ Agreements covered
- ๐ Consultant Agreement
- Contract for service vs. contract of services
- Factors indicating a genuine consultancy/ employee relationship
- Status and liability of a consultant under the Indian Laws
- How to draft a consultant agreement?โA
- How to draft a consultant agreement?โB
- ๐ Sale Deed
- What is a Sale and Sale Deed as per TOPA?
- What Kind of Property can be Transferred by Way of Sale as per TOPA?
- Price for the Property
- What Kind of Instrument can Affect Transfer of Immovable Property?
- Delivery of the Property
- Stamp Duty and Registration of Sale Deed
- Part Performance under Section 53-A of TOPA
- Rights and Liabilities of Buyer and Seller
- How to Draft a Sale Deed?
- NDA Disclosing Party Friendly Sample
- Non Disclosure Agreement - Recipient Friendly- Sample
- Non-Disclosure Agreement - Mutual NDA-Sample
- Transaction Agreements: The Heart of Complex Deals
- ๐ Term Sheet
- โธ Binding vs. Non-Binding Term Sheets
- Key Provisions in a Term Sheet
- Drafting term sheet
- โธ How to Draft a Term Sheet?โPart I
- โธ How to Draft a Term Sheet?โPart II
- โธ How to Draft a Term Sheet?โPart III
- โธ How to Draft a Term Sheet?โPart IV
- โธ How to Draft a Term Sheet?โPart V
- โธ Tips for Drafting a Term Sheet
- Conclusion
- Sample Term Sheet
- ๐ Share Purchase Agreement and Share Subscription Agreement
- โธ Difference between share purchase agreement and slump sale
- โธ SPA and SSA
- Stamp Duty Implication
- Introduction to SSA and SPA
- Conditions Precedent (CP), Conditions Subsequent (CS), and Their Impact on Transactions
- โธ Introduction to SSA and SPA
- โธ Understanding the conditions precedent and subsequent, closing date, and long-stop date
- โธ Consequences of not meeting the closing date and conditions precedent
- Representations and warranties
- โธ Drafting of representation and warranty clauseโPart I
- โธ Drafting of representation and warranty clauseโPart II
- โธ What is a disclosure letter and how to draft it?
- โธ Consequences of misrepresentation in a M&A Transaction?
- โธ Indemnity
- ๐ญ Index (full text of cases)
- ๐ Module VI: Dispute Resolution
- Introduction
- E-Books Access from EBC Reader
- E-Books Access from EBC Reader
- โ Feedback
Instructors
Dr Pratima Narayan
Advocate & Mediator, Co-founder, Techlawlogi Consulting LLP
Dr Pratima Narayan has served the legal academia for over 20 years as a visiting faculty at various reputed law schools and business schools. Her expertise lies in areas of commercial contracts, consumer law, e-commerce and Intellectual Property Rights.
Abhinandan Malik
Editor Publications & Director, EBC Learning
Abhinandan Malik is Editor (Publications) & Director at EBC, India's top law publisher. He is a graduate of NALSAR University of Law with an LLM from the University of Toronto. He has 10+ years of editorial experience, conceptualising, guiding and editing publications at EBC.
Dr Badrinath Srinivasan
Chief Manager (Legal), Bharat Petroleum Corporation Limited (BPCL)
Badrinath Srinivasan has over 15 years experience in contract-related issues and handling high-stakes international arbitrations and litigations in the petroleum exploration and production sector.
Prof (Dr) Ajar Rab
Founding Partner, ANR LAW LLP
Prof. (Dr.) Ajar Rab is an advocate, arbitrator, and professor specialising in international arbitration, corporate transactions, and commercial litigation. His expertise spans energy disputes, EPC contracts, and infrastructure litigation. He has worked with ministries, government bodies, policy institutes, and serves as an International Policy Consultant at Lexidale.
Juhi Roy
Partner, Petkar Legal
Juhi Roy has previously worked as a Senior Associate in the General Corporate team of Argus Partners, Kolkata. She has also worked with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai; Network 18 Media and Investments Limited, Mumbai; Wadia Ghandy & Co., Mumbai; and SA Partners, Mumbai.
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