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SUMMARY:Contracts for Savvy Business Leaders – The “Why\, What\, and How” of Commercial Contract Clauses and Negotiations
DESCRIPTION:As businesses begin to scale\, there inevitably are more legal risks and exposures to their businesses. This webinar will help small businesses identify potential legal pitfalls and steps they can take to mitigate their liability via contracts and scale in a legally protective manner.\n\n \n\nThe webinar will cover and help you better understand how to create legally protective contracts for your business as well as what commercial clauses to look for and tips on how to negotiate your contract. \n\n \n\n \n\nIn this webinar we'll explain: \n\n \n\n\n	Why clear\, written contracts are crucial to protecting your business from risk and liability?\n	The legalese in your company's contracts is important so you can better write and negotiate contracts on behalf of your business.\n	The importance of the (a) Services Agreement\, (b) Independent Contractor Agreement\, and (c) the Non-Disclosure Agreement.\n	The different types of commercial contract clauses you will come across and tips to strengthen your ability to negotiate. \n\n\n \n\n	\n		\n			\n			\n				\n					\n						\n						Presenter: Noeli Serna\n\n						 \n\n						Noeli Serna is a Spanish-speaking corporate attorney and the founder of Serna Legal Services. Her law firm provides long-term contract and corporate legal services to established Illinois businesses looking to scale further. Serna helps her clients mitigate the legal risks associated with larger and more specialized contracts and transactions.
X-ALT-DESC;FMTTYPE=text/html:<p style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\, Verdana\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;"><span data-olk-copy-source="MessageBody" style="border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 18px\; line-height: inherit\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; color: inherit\;">As businesses begin to scale\, there inevitably are more legal risks and exposures to their businesses. This webinar will help small businesses identify potential legal pitfalls and steps they can take to mitigate their liability via contracts and scale in a legally protective manner.</span></p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\, Verdana\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\, Verdana\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;"><span style="border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 18px\; line-height: inherit\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; color: inherit\;">The webinar will cover and help you better understand how to create legally protective contracts for your business as well as what commercial clauses to look for and tips on how to negotiate your contract.&nbsp\;</span></p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\, Verdana\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\, Verdana\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\, Verdana\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;"><span style="border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 18px\; line-height: inherit\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; color: rgb(66\, 54\, 22) !important\;">In this webinar we&rsquo\;ll explain:&nbsp\;</span></p>\n\n<p style="margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\, Verdana\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;">&nbsp\;</p>\n\n<ul style="padding-right: 0px\; padding-left: 0px\; margin: 0px 0px 0px 40px\; color: rgb(0\, 0\, 0)\; font-family: Arial\, Verdana\, Helvetica\, sans-serif\; font-size: 14px\;">\n	<li style="padding: 0px\; margin: 0px\; font-size: 18px\;"><span style="border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; color: inherit\;">Why clear\, written contracts are crucial to protecting your business from risk and liability?</span></li>\n	<li style="padding: 0px\; margin: 0px\; font-size: 18px\;"><span style="border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; color: inherit\;">The legalese in your company&#39\;s contracts is important so you can better write and negotiate contracts on behalf of your business.</span></li>\n	<li style="padding: 0px\; margin: 0px\; font-size: 18px\;"><span style="border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\; color: inherit\;">The importance of the (a) Services Agreement\, (b) Independent Contractor Agreement\, and (c) the Non-Disclosure Agreement.</span></li>\n	<li style="padding: 0px\; margin: 0px\; font-size: 18px\; color: rgb(66\, 54\, 22) !important\;"><span style="border: 0px\; font-style: inherit\; font-variant: inherit\; font-weight: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; line-height: inherit\; font-optical-sizing: inherit\; font-size-adjust: inherit\; font-kerning: inherit\; font-feature-settings: inherit\; font-variation-settings: inherit\; margin: 0px\; padding: 0px\; vertical-align: baseline\;">The different types of commercial contract clauses you will come across and tips to strengthen your ability to negotiate.&nbsp\;</span></li>\n</ul>\n\n<div style="padding: 0px\; margin: 0px\; font-size: 18px\; color: rgb(66\, 54\, 22) !important\;">&nbsp\;\n<table border="0" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="x_layout x_layout--1-column" style="font-variant-numeric: inherit\; font-variant-east-asian: inherit\; font-variant-alternates: inherit\; font-variant-position: inherit\; font-variant-emoji: inherit\; font-stretch: inherit\; font-size: 15px\; line-height: inherit\; font-family: &quot\;Segoe UI&quot\;\, &quot\;Segoe UI Web (West European)&quot\;\, -apple-system\, BlinkMacSystemFont\, Roboto\, &quot\;Helvetica Neue&quot\;\, sans-serif\; 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