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Certificate in Business & Commercial Law CBCL

Course Overview

In today’s dynamic world of business, professionals often find themselves urged to enhance their proficiency in legal matters, this program equips individuals with essential knowledge to navigate organizational decisions with legal implications.

Designed to empower decision-makers, the Certificate in Business & Commercial Law CBCL delivers fundamental principles of commercial law, covering commercial contracts, negotiation strategies, sale of goods, intellectual property rights, and employee relations. The curriculum extends to cover the entirety of legal considerations involved in establishing, operating, and closing a business.

By enrolling in this course, you will gain a profound understanding of international commercial law, with a particular focus on the common law system, learn and analyze key legal issues associated with contracts and overall business operations.

Position yourself as a legal-savvy professional ready to conquer the complexities of modern business – enroll now!

Who Should Attend

This course is suitable for those with little or no formal training in commercial law yet would be required to understand the fundamentals of commercial law as it may directly impact their work. It will particularly benefit directors and executives who have direct responsibility for legal decisions within the organization. In-house council new to the region, and those working within a legal department, will also find this course highly beneficial.

Course Objectives

At the end of this course, participants will be able to:

  • Apply legal rules and principles to specific commercial situations through consideration of relevant case law
  • Negotiate commercial contracts complying with commercial and legal requirements
  • Increase profitability within their organization by selecting appropriate methods of distribution of goods
  • Recognize and analyze how intellectual property rights affect their organization
  • Evaluate and modify organizational employment practices complying with labor law requirements

Course Content

Overview of commercial & business law

  • Areas of commercial and business law
  • Types of commercial contracts

Commercial contracts in the civil law and common law systems

  • Sources of English law
  • Civil law v Common law
  • Civil law in the GCC

Formalities for a binding contract

  • Elements required for an enforceable contract
  • Rules for contract interpretation
    • implied terms v express terms
    • identifying risks and how to minimize risks
  • Structure of a commercial contract

Preliminary documents in international transactions

  • Memorandum of Understanding/ Heads of Terms. Are they legally binding?
  • Commercial implications

Boilerplate/ miscellaneous provisions- the important but forgotten clauses- beware!

  • Force majeure v Frustration
  • Notices
  • Set off
  • No waiver
    • Entire Agreement/ non- reliance clause
    • Times is of the essence
  • Assignment v Novation
  • Governing law
    • Common mistakes in choice of law
  • Jurisdiction clause
    • Exclusive v Non-exclusive
    • Factors in deciding the jurisdiction clause

International dispute resolution

  • Litigation
  • Importance of Alternative Dispute Resolution (ADR)
    • Arbitration
    • Mediations
    • Conciliation
    • Negotiation

Remedies for breach of contract

  • Damages
  • Specific performance
  • Injunctions

Advantages and disadvantages of different business forms

  • Types of business vehicles
    • Sole trader
    • Partnerships
    • Limited Liability Partnerships
    • Companies

Cross Border Transactions

  • Distributorship
  • Agency
  • Joint Venture
  • Acquisitions
    • Share purchase v Business purchase
    • Apportioning risks and liabilities through warranties and indemnities
    • Negotiating warranties and indemnities

Corporate insolvency

  • Tests identifying insolvency
  • Consequence for directors who fail to react to insolvency
  • Types of insolvency
    • Administration
    • Receivership
    • Creditor Voluntary Liquidation
    • Compulsory Liquidation

Commercial Tort

  • Tort of negligence
  • Defamation
    • Libel
    • Slander
    • Recent case law on defamation

Managing risk

  • Prevention is better than cure: Effective risk management

Intellectual Property Rights management

  • Types of Intellectual Property
    • copyright
    • trademark
    • patent
    • design rights
    • confidential information
  • Assignment v Granting a license
  • The law of passing off
  • Intellectual Property in the GCC

Employment law issues in the common law systems and the GCC

  • Types of employment contracts
  • Grounds for dismissal
    • Wrongful dismissal
    • Redundancy
    • Unfair dismissal

Commercial real estate in the GCC

  • Leasehold
  • Freehold

Table of Contents

Course Code DU1504 Category
Location: Dubai, UAE
Duration: 5 Days
Language: English
Cost: 15,770 SAR
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