Practical Guide To Drafting Commercial Contracts

Practical Guide to Drafting Commercial Contracts is a concise handbook enumerating the key aspects pertaining to drafting effective commercial agreements. Written in a lucid language, the author explains the factors that a draftsman must consider while drafting an agreement that clearly reflects the intent of the parties. A carefully drafted contract must be precise, comprehensive, devoid of contradictions, grammatically accurate and amenable to clear legal interpretation in case of disputes arising therefrom. Contract drafting is a crucial skill that every lawyer must acquire and hone.

With the intent to expand the scope of discussion on the various facets of contract negotiation and drafting, especially in this technology driven era, the second edition includes new chapters on e-contracts, damages, intellectual property rights and negotiation. The book also provides specimen drafts of contracts for key commercial transactions for ease of reference by readers. The book will be useful for lawyers, law students and non-lawyers.

The third edition covers:

1. Experts Articles,
2. Decoding Legal Damages,
3. Digital Contracts, Data protection, and E-commerce,
4. Issues involved with invoking 'Force Majeure' in/after the COVID-19 Era,
5. Deconstruction of Non-Disclosure Agreements, and
6. Specimen drafts of contracts for key commercial transactions.

Reviews

Bhumesh Verma's Practical Guide to Drafting Commercial Contracts is indeed a brilliant piece of work to understand the basics of drafting. The book provides a bird?s eye view of the wide range of prerequisites and trends in drafting of commercial contracts; encompassing both the traditional as well as the nascent issues in the field. This book comes at an opportune time and provides the reader the much-needed comprehensive understanding in regard to the drafting skills. My good wishes for his current work and upcoming projects.

- Prof. (Dr) Vivek Khare
Registrar & Dean, Jagran Lakecity University

This wonderful outline on drafting of the commercial contracts written by Bhumesh is a supreme work in its class. A book that showcases and covers all the minute details and has been written in a format well suited to all the audiences ranging from students to the professionals. This book surely is a must prescribed work for the new entrants in the legal field. The book has covered all the basic concepts and has clarified the concept in a very simple yet exhaustive manner. I wish Mr. Verma all the best in his endeavor and pretty sure that this book is going to be a huge success and will receive wide accolades across the legal and financial platforms.

- Prof. (Dr) Mona Purohit
Head of the Department, Department of Legal Studies & Research
Barkatullah University

This excellent book by Bhumesh covers nearly all aspects of drafting commercial agreements - everything from spell check and grammar check to page numbering and headings, to more technical matters about dispute resolution and limitation of liability.

- Nick Gould
Partner, Aria-Grace, London

Table of Contents

• Contents
• Praise for the Book
• Preface
• About the Author
• Part 1 What
• Part 2 Why
• Part 3 Where
• Part 4 Before You Draft
• Part 5 Drafting a Contract
• Part 6 Operative Clauses
• Part 7 Boilerplate Clauses
• Part 8 Signing and Sealing It
• Part 9 E Contracts
• Part 10 Do's and Don'ts
• Part 11 Experts' Articles
• Part 12 Sample Agreements