Advanced Legal & Contract Department Management

Legal & Contracts Department plays a Critical Role in Growing Organizations. These organizations may be constantly involved in new Construction, Project Procurement, Partnerships and Joint Ventures, Mergers and Acquisition and other New Projects. This program provides the participant Understanding, Knowledge, Competencies and Skills to Effectively and Efficiently Manage the Legal & Contracts Unit to make it aligned to Organizational Operational and Strategic Objectives.

This program will include discussions on Understanding the Legal & Contracts Processes, Meeting & Exceeding Customer Expectations, Effectively Communicating with the Stakeholders, Educating of Internal Customers in Actions to Perform, and Avoid to Protect the Organization and to Prevent Unnecessary Liability for the Organization. This Advanced program will also discuss Building Departmental Competencies, and, Building Decision Support Information & Knowledge Systems.

This program will also discuss Standard Operating Manuals Preparation and updating including for Contract Drafting, Contract Administration, Variations & Claims, Insurance Claims and Bonds & Guarantees Management. Program will further discuss Keeping-up-to-Date with Changing Laws, Regulations & Rules, Office Automation Tools and Legal and contracts source of information and knowledge.

This program is intended for Legal Unit Managers, Contract Department Managers and Senior Contract Professionals.

This Program will also be useful for Project Managers, Operational Auditors and Senior Executives Responsible for Overseeing the Legal & Contracts Units.

1. Advanced Legal & Contract Department Management
2. Business Aspects of Organizational Legal Departments
3. Business Aspects of Organization Project Contracts Units
4. Legal & Contracts Unit Internal & External Stakeholders and their Needs and Expectations
5. Processes & Sub-processes directed at Internal Customer Satisfaction
6. Regulatory Compliance Legal Processes
7. Legal & Contract Processes on Projects, Major Procurements, Partnerships & Joint Ventures, Mergers & Acquisitions
8. Processes for Resolving Disputes by Negotiations, Local Courts and through Arbitration
9. Professionally & Customer Focused Handling Stakeholder Queries
10. Investigating Best Practices to Exceed Expectations
11. Documenting, Educating & Monitoring Internal Stakeholders for Collection of Data and Records Relevant to Protecting your Organization's Interests
12. Building Knowledgebase for Supporting Legal & Contracts Processes
13. Standard Contract Drafting & Customization Manuals
14. Standard Contract Administration Manuals
15. Project Contract Variations & Claims Procedure Manuals
16. Insurance Claims Manual
17. Claims Against Bonds & Guarantees Manual
18. Legal & Contracts Keeping-up-to-Date with Changing Laws, Regulations & Rules
19. Legal & Contracts Office Automation Tools
20. Legal & Contracts Tools for Managing Guarantees, Insurance, Bonds etc..
21. Legal & Contracts Online Paid and Public Resources
22. Data Analytical Opportunities for Legal & Contracts Timely Decision Support Data
23. Artificial Intelligence based Possible Opportunities for Proactive and Early Warning of Problems or Prompts for Action
24. Program Recommendations & Next Steps
25. Participant Customized Detailed Action Plan

Program General Methodology