Drafting, Reviewing and Signing Contracts: A Practical Quick-Start Guide

Are you a law graduate, trainee solicitor, paralegal or contract manager looking for a head start in your legal career? You do not have to spend the first one to two years of your practice figuring out the basics. Discover the Basic Legal Skills Quick-Start Guides by G.D. Avramova! In one day or less, they will equip you with the most essential skills to jump-start your career. Drafting, Reviewing and Signing Contracts (A Practical Quick-Start Guide)About this Guide:Drafting and Reviewing Contracts - You Can Do It! With a few simple rules and techniques, revealed in this quick-start guide, you can be swiftly on your way to drafting and reviewing (simple) English law contracts. English contracts drafting skills will also equip you to review and red-line other common law governed contracts, such as contracts written by lawyers in Australia, New Zealand, Singapore and India. In this guide, you will learn: •how to compose a contract, based on the standard attributes and anatomy of the English contract and some best practice rules for good drafting;•how to review and provide edits and comments in a draft contract;•how to obtain and exchange signatures with other parties electronically;•how to collate and distribute paper versions of the signed contract, if a party requires to keep an original of the contract. This guide is most suitable for law graduates, trainee solicitors, paralegals or contract managers at the beginning of their legal career. However, slightly more experienced legal professionals might also find it useful - as a refresher or as a means of correcting some "bad habits" picked up along the way in the first years of their practice. Finally, civil law-qualified lawyers will find this guide invaluable in deciphering the English contract and being able to respond to their English (or common law) counterparts during contract negotiations in a way which looks professional and knowledgeable.About the Author:G.D. Avramova is an English-qualified commercial and technology lawyer. Building upon a foundation of various legal studies and practical legal skills acquired at Allen & Overy (a top-tier international law firm), she has been practising in-house since 2008, where she has gained considerable experience negotiating contracts and providing legal advice in support of the global operations of various technology multinationals. This guide reflects that experience and is a perfect introduction to working with contracts for the "freshman" in the in-house legal department or in private practice. This guide is an independent publication and is neither affiliated with nor authorised, sponsored or approved by anyone other than the author.What others say about this Guide:"Great job - really well done! This will be very useful for lawyers with no or little practical experience." - Shreya Damle, Indian-qualified lawyer, legal counsel at a technology multinational"This guide is an easy and interesting read. For a newbie lawyer or non-lawyer, it lays a clear foundation." - Sarah Hamid, English and American-qualified lawyer, senior regulatory counsel at a technology multinational Get this guide now to start building your essential legal skills!