When a supply contract signed in Cairo goes wrong for a buyer in Singapore, the question is rarely just about damages — it is about which law applies and which authority actually has the right to hear the case. Cross-border deals raise exactly this kind of uncertainty whenever parties from different countries disagree, whether the dispute stems from unmet contract terms or from documentary credits (LCs) that tie parties across jurisdictions together. This training course from the Arab British Fellowship Training Academy equips legal and arbitration professionals with practical strategies for handling commercial and international arbitration cases.

Under the rules of the International Chamber of Commerce, such disputes are settled by one or more arbitrators appointed according to established procedures, with contracting parties' disagreements reviewed by the ICC's international court. Throughout the programme, participants examine how arbitration venues are chosen, how the ICC's role and functions fit into the process, and how disputes are finally and bindingly resolved in line with conciliation and arbitration rules.

What You Will Be Able To Do After This Course

• Deliver sound legal opinions on the legal matters and files referred to you.
• Study and analyse different categories of cases and legal memoranda.
• Explain the key characteristics and concepts behind laws and regulations, including their types, divisions and the persons each law applies to.
• Classify legislation correctly and apply the right category to a given case.
• Draft legal memos, statements, and administrative resolutions with precision.
• Write and conclude contracts with an advanced, practice-ready level of skill, including the legal notes that accompany them.

Target Audience

• Company and enterprise managers and directors.
• Heads of legal departments in commercial and business firms.
• Law officers and legal affairs employees.
• Businessmen wanting to strengthen their legal know-how.
• Law students, graduates, and trainee lawyers.

Module 1: Reading the Legal Rulebook — Definitions, Interpretation and Legal Sciences

• The concepts of legal management.
• Legal provisions: definition, interpretation and importance.
• Origins of legal interpretation.
• Extensive study of the legal sciences underpinning arbitration work.

Module 2: From Tender to Contract — Specifications and Procurement

• Writing and analysing contract specifications and procurement processes.
• The legal weight of contractual specifications and their link to the "invitation to tender".
• Spotting doubtful or deficient descriptive specifications.
• Different types of specifications and the risks attached to each.

Module 3: Words That Bind — Language, Memos and Legal Advice

• How language choices shape the meaning of contractual articles and legal conditions.
• Applications and examples in writing legal memoranda.
• Skills and methods of legal drafting for lawsuits.
• Stages and mechanisms for preparing legal advice.

Module 4: Making and Defending the Deal — Contracts, Negotiation and Persuasion

• Contract preparation and conclusion skills.
• Negotiation and dispute-resolution techniques.
• Persuasion and negotiation skills for legal settings.

Module 5: Putting It on Paper — Formal Legal Documentation

• Formulating documents, memos, statements and legal memoranda of various types.