Drafting and Negotiating International Commercial Contracts (ICC)

Course Category : Compliance

An advanced professional course designed to strengthen legal and commercial capability in drafting and negotiating international commercial contracts in line with institutional best practices.
Duration: 5 Days
Level: Advanced.

Starts On

8 - November - 2026

Ends On

12 - November - 2026

Location

Turkey - Istanbul

Language

English

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Targeted Audience

  • Contracts and procurement managers.
  • Legal advisors and legal affairs managers.
  • International sourcing and supply chain managers.
  • International sales and business development managers.
  • Compliance and risk management officers.
  • Project managers involved in international contracting.
  • Commercial negotiators and business development teams.
  • Professionals working in international trade and strategic partnerships.

Targeted Skills

  • Drafting legal and commercial clauses in international contracts.
  • Analysing and allocating contractual risks between parties.
  • Conducting professional negotiation on critical and financial terms.
  • Interpreting delivery, payment, warranty, and indemnity provisions.
  • Strengthening cross-border enforceability of contracts.
  • Preventing disputes through precise protective drafting.

Expected Outcomes

  • Develop an advanced understanding of the structure and function of international commercial contracts.
  • Gain the ability to draft clear, balanced, and enforceable contractual clauses.
  • Improve negotiation capability on pricing, responsibilities, warranties, and indemnities.
  • Assess risks associated with international contracts and propose suitable contractual controls.
  • Apply best practices across negotiation, drafting, review, and finalisation stages.
  • Reduce dispute exposure by producing more precise and coherent cross-border contracts.

Training Topics Index

  • Nature and defining characteristics of international commercial contracts.
  • Distinction between national legal systems and international commercial practice.
  • Sources of rules governing international contracts.
  • Role of party intention and contractual interpretation in cross-border dealings.
  • Factors affecting contract validity and enforceability.

  • Structuring the contract and drafting recitals and definitions.
  • Drafting scope of work or supply obligations and core commitments.
  • Price, payment, currency, and tax provisions.
  • Warranty, liability, and limitation of damages clauses.
  • Force majeure, variation, and termination provisions.

  • Negotiation strategies in international contracting.
  • Identifying critical interests and acceptable concession ranges.
  • Negotiating risk allocation, warranties, and contractual remedies.
  • Managing cultural and commercial differences in cross-border negotiation.
  • Recording negotiated outcomes and converting them into precise drafting.

  • Identifying legal, commercial, and regulatory risks in international contracts.
  • Allocating risk between seller, buyer, or contracting parties.
  • Drafting governing law, jurisdiction, and arbitration clauses.
  • Trade and regulatory compliance in international transactions.
  • Contractual methods for dispute prevention and resolution.

  • Methodology for pre-signature contract review.
  • Detecting gaps, ambiguities, and internal inconsistencies.
  • Using contractual checklists in final evaluation.
  • Analysing practical drafting and negotiation cases.
  • Preparing a more balanced and clearly structured international contract draft.