Structuring Business Agreements for Success
Master essential contract drafting skills and legal fundamentals to protect your interests and create sound business agreements.
Master essential contract drafting skills and legal fundamentals to protect your interests and create sound business agreements.
This comprehensive course delves into the critical aspects of structuring business agreements, essential for anyone involved in deals or contracts. Led by Cornell Law professors and practicing attorneys, it covers the legal framework, contract provisions, and strategies for addressing information gaps and risk allocation. You'll gain practical knowledge on representations, warranties, covenants, and post-closing adjustments. Perfect for professionals and entrepreneurs, this course provides the tools to collaborate effectively with legal counsel and construct successful agreements in various business scenarios.
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What you'll learn
Recognize sources of law governing businesses and understand legal argument construction
Analyze contract structures and apply basic contract principles
Evaluate how contract provisions address information gaps and assign risk
Prepare for effective use of representations, warranties, and covenants
Assess benefits and challenges of post-closing price adjustments
Skills you'll gain
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Module Description
This course provides a comprehensive introduction to structuring business agreements, covering essential legal concepts and practical contract-writing skills. Participants will learn about the legal framework governing businesses, basic contract principles, and strategies for addressing information gaps and risk allocation in agreements. The course explores key elements such as representations, warranties, covenants, and post-closing price adjustments, including indemnification and earn-outs. Through numerous real-world examples and insights from experienced legal professionals, students will gain the knowledge needed to construct effective agreements for various business scenarios, from leasing a car to starting a small business.
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