Course : Business law for non-lawyers
Practical course - 2d
- 14h00 - Ref. DOA
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 | Acquire essential knowledge of corporate law |
| Know the different legal forms of business |
| Mastering the main types of contract |
| Drafting standard contractual clauses |
| Assessing the extent of the executive's personal liability |
Intended audience
Non-lawyer executives, company founders, accounting and legal department staff, administrative and financial managers.
Prerequisites
No special knowledge required.
Course schedule
1 General aspects of business law
- Sources of business law.
- Special features of business law.
2 Choosing a legal form
- The partnership contract and the notion of legal entity.
- Criteria for choosing a business legal form.
- Advantages and disadvantages of the main legal frameworks: SA, SAS, SARL, EURL, SNC, etc.
- The role and powers of supervisory and management bodies.
Exercise
Group discussion and exchange on the different legal forms of business.
3 Mastering the main types of contract
- The commercial mandate.
- Commercial sales.
- Distribution, sales and advertising contracts...
4 Negotiate and formalize the contract
- The pre-contractual period: commitments and responsibilities.
- Precautions to be taken when forming a contract.
- Offer analysis and acceptance.
- Expressing consent.
- Contract drafting: the most frequently used clauses.
Hands-on work
Drafting of standard contractual clauses.
5 Executing a commercial contract: obligations
- Fulfillment of the contract's purpose.
- Transfer of ownership and risks.
- The different types of obligation (obligation of means and obligation of result).
- Transfer of obligations.
- Hidden defects.
Case study
Practical case studies on commercial contracts to be solved by trainees.
6 Anticipating and resolving conflict situations
- Non-performance of contracts.
- Avoid abusive termination of commercial relations.
- Amicable conflict resolution.
- Take legal action.
Exercise
Group discussion and exchange based on real-life cases.
7 Liability of legal entities, managers and employees
- Corporate criminal liability.
- Cases of personal liability.
- Directors' liability.
Case study
Practical case study on the personal liability of corporate officers.
Customer reviews
4,9 / 5
Customer reviews are based on end-of-course evaluations. The score is calculated from all evaluations within the past year. Only reviews with a textual comment are displayed.
ADELINE B.
27/11/25
4 / 5
The course provides a good grounding, but the content is dense, with a lot of written slides. Scenarios in the form of videos or other activities could have made the course more dynamic.
GAELLE R.
27/11/25
5 / 5
The content was wide-ranging and comprehensive, and matched my expectations.
MARIE NOELLE D.
27/11/25
5 / 5
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Publication date : 01/23/2024
PARTICIPANTS
Non-lawyer executives, company founders, accounting and legal department staff, administrative and financial managers.
PREREQUISITES
No special knowledge required.
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
Non-lawyer executives, company founders, accounting and legal department staff, administrative and financial managers.
PREREQUISITES
No special knowledge required.
TRAINER QUALIFICATIONS
The experts leading the training are specialists in the covered subjects. They have been approved by our instructional teams for both their professional knowledge and their teaching ability, for each course they teach. They have at least five to ten years of experience in their field and hold (or have held) decision-making positions in companies.
ASSESSMENT TERMS
The trainer evaluates each participant’s academic progress throughout the training using multiple choice, scenarios, hands-on work and more.
Participants also complete a placement test before and after the course to measure the skills they’ve developed.
TEACHING AIDS AND TECHNICAL RESOURCES
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
• The main teaching aids and instructional methods used in the training are audiovisual aids, documentation and course material, hands-on application exercises and corrected exercises for practical training courses, case studies and coverage of real cases for training seminars.
• At the end of each course or seminar, ORSYS provides participants with a course evaluation questionnaire that is analysed by our instructional teams.
• A check-in sheet for each half-day of attendance is provided at the end of the training, along with a course completion certificate if the trainee attended the entire session.
TERMS AND DEADLINES
Registration must be completed 24 hours before the start of the training.
ACCESSIBILITY FOR PEOPLE WITH DISABILITIES
Do you need special accessibility accommodations? Contact Mrs. Fosse, Disability Manager, at psh-accueil@orsys.fr to review your request and its feasibility.
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