6

Oct

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Dates Pending

27

Oct

2026

Contract Drafting for Modern Practice: Precision, Risk and AI

FROM

€

130

15 VERIFIED CPD Points

15

HOURS

English

Androulla Poutziouris

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COURSE DESCRIPTION

In today's legal and commercial environment, drafting contracts requires far more than legal knowledge alone. Professionals are expected to produce clear, enforceable, and commercially effective agreements while managing risk, ensuring consistency, and leveraging emerging technologies responsibly. As Artificial Intelligence becomes increasingly integrated into legal practice, the ability to combine traditional drafting expertise with modern AI-assisted workflows has become a critical professional skill.

This advanced, practice-oriented programme provides a comprehensive approach to commercial contract drafting, combining proven legal drafting methodologies with the practical use of AI tools. Participants will learn how to structure contracts strategically, draft robust and enforceable clauses, allocate risk effectively, and critically review contractual provisions through the lens of judicial interpretation and commercial reality.

The programme explores every stage of the drafting process, from contract formation and interpretation principles to boilerplate clauses, termination rights, warranties, indemnities, limitation of liability provisions, and risk allocation mechanisms. Particular emphasis is placed on drafting techniques that withstand judicial scrutiny and reduce legal and commercial uncertainty.

A dedicated module focuses on AI-assisted contract drafting, teaching participants how to use AI tools responsibly through prompt engineering, clause generation, contract comparison, output validation, and risk identification. Participants will learn how to integrate AI into their drafting workflow without compromising legal judgement, confidentiality, professional responsibility, or enforceability.

Through practical examples, drafting exercises, and real-world scenarios, attendees will develop the confidence and technical expertise required to draft contracts with greater precision, efficiency, and strategic control.

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Course content

_{Module 1: Foundations of contract interpretation and risk - how courts read the contract}

Contract formation and enforceability
Express vs implied terms
Judicial interpretation principles
Construction doctrines
Consequences of ambiguity
Drafting with litigation in mind

_{Module 2: Drafting methodology and structural discipline that survives judicial scrutiny}

Clause architecture and logical sequencing
Command language and enforceability
Conditions vs warranties vs innominate terms
Provisos and structural errors
Plain legal English vs terms of art
Interpretation-driven drafting
Internal consistency and defined terms

_{Module 3: Biolerplate clauses as risk control mechanisms}

Interpretation clauses and modification of common law
Time is of the essence
Entire agreement and non-reliance clauses
Variation and no-oralmodification
Assignment and operation-of-law transfers
Severance and waiver
Counterparts and electronic execution
Governing law and jurisdiction strategy
Confidentiality architecture
Notice mechanics

_{Module 4: Preventing accidental repudiation and structuring termination rights strategically}

Fixed term, rolling and renewal structures
Repudiatory breach and wrongful termination risk
Termination for material breach
Cure periods and remedial breaches
Insolvency triggers
Force majeure and frustration
Endeavours obligations

_{Module 5: Representations, warranties and indemnity engineering - building recoverability into the contract}

Representation vs warranty distinction
Disclosure mechanics
Loss allocation and remoteness
Warranty drafting strategy
Warranties on indemnity basis
Specific indemnities
Primary vs secondary obligations
Debt vs damages characterisation
Notice and condition precedent drafting

_{Module 6: Limitation of liability and commercial risk architecture}

Exclusion vs limitation clauses
Negligence drafting and strict construction
Liability caps (aggregate vs per claim)
Indemnity-cap interaction
Insurance alignment
Liquidated damages under Cyprus law
Penalty doctrine and section 74 Cap.149
Hold harmless vs indemnity

- Focus: enforcing caps and preventing catastrophic uncapped exposure.

_{Module 7: Limitation of liability and commercial risk architecture}

AI tools used in legal drafting
Prompt engineering for clause generation
Using AI for clause comparison and revision
Identifying hallucination and interpretative risk
Refining AI output for enforceability
Confidentiality and professional responsibility considerations
Integrating AI into drafting workflow without loss of control

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Methodology

Live sessions - online via Zoom

Interactive lecture with PowerPoint presentation

Case study and analysis and group discussion

Practical exercises to apply legal concepts in real-world scenarios

Q&A sessions for in-depth understanding

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Funding

This course is funded by the HRDA.

We provide discounts for participants who are not eligible for funding.

Unemployed participants may avail themselves of the funding where certain criteria are met. For more information, please contact us at 24655510

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Admission Requirements

No pre-existing knowledge or qualifications are required for this course.

Who is this aimed at

This course is suitable for:

lawyers in private practice drafting commercial agreements
in-house legal advisors responsible for contract review and risk management
corporate and transactional professionals involved in structuring and negotiating agreements
compliance officers and regulatory professionals reviewing contractual frameworks
senior professionals seeking to strengthen drafting discipline and integrate AI tools into their workflow
directors of companies

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Certificate Awarded

A Training Certificate will be awarded to those participants who will successfully complete the training.

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INSTRUCTOR

MEET YOUR INSTRUCTOR

Androulla Poutziouris

Mrs Androulla Poutziouri is a qualified Advocate and a Member of the Cyprus Bar Association. Mrs Poutziouri obtained a double LLB Law degree in English and French Law from Paris II Panthéon-Assas University and the University of Birmingham. She then proceeded to obtain an LLM Degree in International Legal Practice from the University of Law in the UK. She is bilingual in Greek and English(native), with working proficiency in French.

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COLLABORATORS

ADDITIONAL INSTRUCTORs

Kriton Papastergiou

Co-founder & Chief Executive Officer (CEO)

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