Risk management using effective legal contract strategies 2027

Do you know how basic contract strategies and clauses can play a major role in minimising unavoidable risks?

Businesses and individuals lose funds every day due to poor contract management strategy and policies. Poorly-negotiated contracts and associated damages sometimes lead to business collapse, not only for large corporations but also small and medium enterprises.

This six-hour course, held over two days, provides useful insights into effective contract finalisation skills and will help you understand the full extent of the associated contractual risks into which you are entering.

When and where?

8 to 9 March 2027, 09:00 to 12:00 SAST

This course will be held remotely, most likely on Zoom.

Course outline

The course offers a smart mix of theoretical legal principles and practical guidelines into finalising contracts as well as risk management in the age of artificial intelligence (AI). These agreements or contracts can be across different industries; from the fast moving consumer goods (FMCG) to the telecommunications sectors; from simple goods and services procurement agreements to sophisticated engineering, procurement, construction and installation (EPCI) contracts in the energy and extractive industries.

The course will provide a useful practical guide for a contract’s life cycle, with the goal of not only managing associated contract risks or saving costs, but also avoiding needless contract disputes over project delays and cost claims. 

The course will be best suited to those who already understand the general principles of the law of contract.

Active participation will be encouraged through the use of live polls and short questionnaires. Participants will need a smart phone to scan QR codes that link them to the questions. 

Who will benefit from this course?

The course will be suitable for small and medium scale business owners, corporate executives, attorneys, state counsel, compliance officers, corporate lawyers, government procurement officers, contract analysts and specialists, contracts engineers and risk managers, among others.

Presenter

Sinikiwe Mzezewa is a law lecturer at Varsity College, Cape Town, specialising in insolvency and company law. She has a PhD in commercial law from UCT, and has a number of journal articles forthcoming.

How much?

R4,200 per person

Certificate

A digital certificate of attendance from UCT will be issued to those who attend the full course.

Please note that the digital certificate can only be viewed on a secure portal. It cannot be downloaded or printed. You will have the option of ordering a hard copy of the certificate at your own cost, including the cost of the courier fee. More information is available here.

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