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Certificate in Business and Commercial Law
Course Description
This course is designed for professionals with no prior legal background but who are required to make organizational decisions involving legal matters. It will provide participants with the fundamental principles of commercial law, including commercial contracts and negotiation, sale of goods, intellectual property rights and employee relations. Participants will gain an in-depth understanding of both international and GCC commercial law and have the opportunity to learn and analyze key issues which they are likely to encounter within their organization.

Target Competencies

  • Drafting Contracts
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Understanding Commercial Terms
  • Understanding Employment Law
  • Implementing Organizational Employment Practices
  • Understanding Intellectual Property

Target Competencies

  • Drafting Contracts
  • Contract Negotiation
  • Understanding Commercial Terms
  • Understanding Employment Law
  • Implementing Organizational Employment Practices
  • Understanding Intellectual Property

This course is suitable for those with little or no formal training in commercial law yet would be required to understand the fundamentals of commercial law as it may directly impact their work. It will particularly benefit directors and executives who have direct responsibility for legal decisions within the organization. In-house council new to the region, and those working within a legal department, will also find this course highly beneficial.

In this interactive training course participants will frequently work in pairs as well as in larger groups to complete exercises as well as regional and international case studies.

Commercial Law overview

  • Terminology used in commercial law
  • Types of contracts
  • Legal considerations
  • Commercial contracts
    • Common law
    • Civil law
    • The legal formalities in contract creation
    • Commercial contract interpretation issues
    • Remedies for breach of contract

Drafting contracts

    • Drafting commercial contracts in English
    • Negotiating commercial contracts
    • Boilerplate clauses: The important but forgotten clauses
      • Amendment
      • Arbitration
      • Force majeure
      • Notices
      • Set off
    • Sale of Goods
    • Supply of goods
      • Distributorship
      • Agency
      • Franchise

Choosing the right business vehicle for a commercial entity

    • When to use mergers
    • Joint ventures: A strategic option for business
    • Procurement activities
      • Legal risk
      • Commercial risk

Managing risk

    • Prevention is better than cure: Effective risk management
    • Intellectual property rights management
      • Applying copyright
      • Applying trademarks
      • Industrial property

Other legal considerations in the GCC

    • Employment issues in the GCC
      • GCC labor law
      • Recruitment and termination
      • Employment contracts
    • Commercial real estate in the GCC

BTS attendance certificate will be issued to all attendees completing minimum of 75% of the total course duration.

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Course Rounds

5 Days
Code Date Venue Fees Action
MAN118-01
2026-04-05
Dubai
USD 5450
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MAN118-02
2026-06-14
Amman
USD 5450
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MAN118-03
2026-08-23
Dubai
USD 5450
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MAN118-04
2026-11-16
Amsterdam
USD 6950
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