Understanding the intricacies of term and termination clauses is crucial for ensuring the longevity and stability of business and commercial agreements. This course provides you with the tools to manage contract lifecycles and handle terminations smoothly and legally.
This information packed session will give you an invaluable opportunity to ask the expert trainer about any particular issues affecting your business and gain tips and insights from his vast experience.
Benefits of attending
By attending this session you will:
- Understand the reasons for termination and what constitutes breach
- Gain insights into drafting clear and enforceable term and termination clauses
- Learn techniques to handle contract renewals, extensions and terminations
- Explore the implications of termination and the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020
- Get to grips with the consequences of termination
Course Content
Termination clauses
- Term
- Expiry
- Reasons for termination
- Background law default
- Breach:
- Material breach
- Persistent breach
- Any breach
- Insolvency
- Termination and Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020
- Change of control
- Pointers and collection
- Consequences of termination
Course Provider
Mark Weston ,
Hill Dickinson LLPMark Weston is a partner at Hill Dickinson LLP where he is Head of Commercial Law (London), Information Technology Law and, Intellectual Property Law. Mark joined the firm in 2016 from Matthew Arnold & Baldwin LLP where for 12 years he was a partner and Head of the Commercial, Intellectual Property and Information Technology Group, before which he spent several years at Baker McKenzie. Mark’s practice covers both non-contentious and contentious matters in all areas of commercial law, intellectual property law, information technology law, Internet, digital and privacy/data law. He specialises in commercial and tech issues. He has extensive experience in-house, having been seconded in the past to Hewlett Packard and new technology companies. His practice covers all sorts of commercial areas (including distribution, agency, franchising, sales and marketing strategies, advice and documentation) as well as extensive IT niches including advising clients regarding hardware and software issues (including SaaS, cloud, development, licensing, maintenance and distribution), solutions for and methods of transacting on the Internet, electronic commerce including B2B, B2C and B2G, S-commerce and M-commerce, social media, strategies to minimise or maximise liability and carry out compliance audits, outsourcing, facilities management, procurement, company IT policies and data protection (privacy) issues. He also has experience in IT litigation (and different alternative dispute resolution techniques). Mark writes various books on his specialist topics and is an editor and contributor to several publications and articles and lectures at numerous commercial, IP and IT-related conferences and training programmes. Mark appears regularly on BBC1 (usually providing advice on-screen to BBC Watchdog) and also on Sky News as a legal commentator.
Who Should Attend
This high-impact training session has been specially designed for:
- In-house counsel
- Private practice lawyers
- Contract managers
- Business executives
- Contract administrators
- Procurement professionals
- Project managers
- Legal professionals and advisors
