COURSE OVERVIEW

This practical and highly-interactive course includes real-life case studies where participants will be engaged in a series of interactive small groups and class workshops. 

 

This course is designed to provide participants with a detailed and up-to-date overview of Legal Skills for Business: Due Diligence and Joint Ventures. It covers the types of due diligence and joint ventures (JV); the role of due diligence in mitigating risks and strategic benefits of JVs for businesses; the legal framework governing joint ventures and the role of lawyers in business transactions planning the due diligence process by setting objectives, developing a checklist and scope of work, allocating roles and responsibilities and identifying challenges and bottlenecks; reviewing corporate documents and identifying existing legal disputes and liabilities; verifying ownership of intellectual property; and ensuring compliance with labor and employment laws. 

 

Further, the course will also discuss the financial due diligence, operational and commercial due diligence and environmental and regulatory due diligence; the due diligence report, key findings and recommendations; the red flags and critical risks; and key considerations in structuring JVs; drafting the JV agreement and negotiating JV terms; the governance and management of JVs; and the compliance and risk management in JVs. 

During this interactive course, participants will learn the common disputes in JVs covering financial disagreements and funding issues, breach of contract or fiduciary duties and disputes over intellectual property and confidential information; the dispute resolution mechanisms and exit strategies in joint ventures; the mergers, acquisitions, and JV transitions, regulatory compliance during exits, cross-border joint ventures and intellectual property (IP) in joint ventures; the role of technology in enhancing JV operations and legal considerations in data sharing and cybersecurity; the importance of ESG (environmental, social, governance) in JVs; and drafting ESG-related clauses in JV agreements and managing environmental risks in operations.