Training Doyens

Very few business and professional people really understand the basic rules of contract formation and interpretation, due to which business contractual relationships sometimes result in disputes rather than commercial success stories. Our upcoming boot camp discusses the complex issues in negotiating, interpreting, and enforcing contracts and, when the contractual relationship goes sour, the ADR techniques that keeps you clear of the courts. The boot camp covers the following key areas: ·          Ensure regulatory compliance with IRS information reporting and backup withholding requirements for NRAs ·          The five variations of Forms W-8, including the most recent addition - W-8BEN-E ·          Form 1042-S reporting requirements and related forms for filing and reporting backup withholding on the Annual Withholding Tax Return ·   ...

OVERVIEW When it comes to contracts, there’s no such thing as one size fits all. While there are many common terms and themes that appear in contracts --- offer, acceptance, consideration, and the inevitable boilerplate--- each agreement has its own distinctive characteristics. These will be specific to the client and the particulars of the deal. Nuanced contract drafting ensures they are accurately captured in the agreement. This in turn demands a firm grasp of the trickier aspects of the draftsman’s art. Depending on how the contract is drafted, you can demonstrate exceptional value-addition as counsel or set your client up for bad times down the road. WHY SHOULD YOU ATTEND A typical boilerplate provision in most contracts is called an integration clause. The parole evidence rule, recognized in the common law of every American state and many other nations, operates to exclude oral testimony, especially when an integration clause is included. Such a provison will also...