Practical Guidance Commercial

Stay on top of legal issues and guide your clients through complex business and commercial transactions with the Commercial module
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Practical Guidance Commercial

Practical Guidance Commercial is a ‘how-to’ resource for legal practitioners dealing with commercial matters.

This module covers key areas of commercial law: contract law, business-to-business supplies of goods and services, distribution and logistics, outsourcing, franchising, trusts, agency, sanctions, government procurement, business structures, commercial property law, and purchase and sale of business. Detailed guidance is provided in relation to drafting commercial contracts, including in relation to the contract lifecycle, execution formalities and common boilerplate and commercial clauses.

Practical Guidance Commercial is a definitive resource for practitioners assisting clients with business dealings and expanding expertise in unfamiliar areas of commercial law.

Key Features

Task-Oriented Legal Guidance

Access actionable legal guidance supported by case examples, legislation, checklists, forms, precedents, and LexisNexis resources.

Commercial Frequent Tasks Tool

Identify and manage commercial tasks with links to guidance, checklists, precedents and tools, simplifying frequent legal processes.

Commercial Glossary for Key Terminology

Quickly understand essential commercial terms with our glossary, including links to relevant guidance, checklists, precedents and tools for easy reference.

Quick Document Signing Tool

Create accurate signing blocks for deeds and agreements in minutes with this simple, step-by-step signing tool.

Topics Covered

  • Current issues in commercial law
  • Commercial contracts – contract lifecycle
  • Commercial contracts – execution formalities
  • Commercial contracts – clause bank
  • Commercial contracts – remedies
  • Business-to-business (B2B) supplies of goods and services
  • Distribution and logistics
  • Business structures
  • Partnerships and joint ventures
  • Anti-bribery and corruption
  • Trusts
  • Agency
  • Franchising
  • Outsourcing
  • Government procurement
  • Sanctions
  • Purchase and sale of business
  • Commercial finance – essentials
  • Commercial disputes – essentials
  • Commercial property – essentials
  • Corporations - essentials
  • International content
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Meet the Authors
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Karen Lee

Founder, Principal and Consultant, Legal Know-How

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Jo Ruitenberg

Contributor to Practical Guidance Commercial. Partner, Hamilton Locke

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Natalie Caton

Partner, DLA Piper

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