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Contracts Management Specialist

The Complete Course on Contracts Management

Contracts Management Specialist
Course Schedule

CLASSROOM

07-11 Apr 2025
Dubai
$5,950
05-09 May 2025
Istanbul
$5,950
21-25 Jul 2025
London
$5,950
25-29 Aug 2025
Dubai
$5,950
22-26 Sep 2025
Riyadh
$5,950
27-31 Oct 2025
Dubai
$5,950
17-21 Nov 2025
London
$5,950
29 Dec 2025-02 Jan 2026
Dubai
$5,950
05-09 Jan 2026
London
$5,950

ONLINE

27-31 Jan 2025
Online
$3,950
16-20 Jun 2025
Online
$3,950
08-12 Sep 2025
Online
$3,950
Certificate
  • Coventry Academy Certificate of Attendance will be provided to delegates who attend and complete the course

Training Overview

Training Overview

This intensive 5-day training course is designed for contracts professionals to effectively navigate the growing complexity of international commercial relationships. It is crucial for business professionals to grasp the requirements of contracts and the implications of non-compliance for all parties involved.

Key features of this Coventry Academy training course include:

  • Differences in approach among various legal and contracting systems.
  • Risk allocation in contract management and strategies for dispute resolution.
  • Contracting practices in an international context.
  • Techniques for protecting your company’s interests.
  • Understanding contracting terminology in the English language.

What are the goals?

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

  • Improve Their Understanding of the Role of Contracts Within a Business
  • Develop More Confidence in Dealing with Contracting Issues
  • Understand How Strategies Can Be Developed to Improve the Commercial Outcomes
  • Apply the Latest International Thinking in Dispute Resolution
  • Increase Awareness of the Use of Contracts in Everyday Business Life

Who is this Training Course for?

This Coventry Academy training course will benefit all levels of personnel engaged in Contract Management, Negotiation, Procurement, Operations, and Disputes.

This training course is suitable to a wide range of contracts professionals but will greatly benefit:

  • Contract Administrators, Contract Professionals and Project Coordinators
  • Specifiers, Buyers, Purchasing Professionals and Procurement Officers
  • Contracts Managers  
  • Project Managers
  • Engineers or Contracts Operatives

How will this Training Course be Presented?

This training course will utilise a variety of proven adult learning techniques to ensure maximum understanding, comprehension and retention of the information presented. This includes high levels of participant discussion, group interaction, delegate group exercises and case studies. Materials include existing contemporary English language contracts in many jurisdictions. Delegates will be encouraged to raise their own issues and problems faced within their industry or organisations for discussion on a confidential basis.

The Course Content

Day One: What are Contracts and How are They Created?
  • The Need for Contractual Relationships
  • What is Needed to Create a Valid Contract? Ingredients and Formalities
  • Authority and Agency
  • The Tender Process
  • Alternative Sourcing
  • Making Contracts Enforceable - With Particular Emphasis on the International Context
Day Two: The Structure of Contracts
  • Form of Agreement
  • Hierarchy of Terms and Conditions
  • Different Contractual Structures - Traditional and New
  • Risk and Title (Ownership) in International Trade. When Does it Transfer?
  • Notices and Other Formalities
  • Which Law and Which Courts?
Day Three: Collateral Documents
  • Securitising Performance Obligations
  • Bonds and Guarantees
  • Parent Company Guarantees
  • Letters of Intent, Comfort or Awareness
  • Insurance Policies
  • Assessing the Need for Financial Security
Day Four: Change and Variation
  • Changes to Contract Documents
  • Assignment / Novation Explained and Distinguished
  • Variation Clauses and Changes to the Scope of Work
  • Claims - What They Are, and How They Arise
  • Delay and Disruption
  • Force Majeure
Day Five: Resolving Disputes
  • Conflict Avoidance and Tiered Dispute Resolution Clauses
  • Negotiation
  • Litigation
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation, ENE and New Best Practices in Dispute Resolution and Management
  • Final Questions and Review of Course