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Triple Point Technology, Inc v PTT [2021] UKSC 29
An Untested Point?

The recent Supreme Court decision in Triple Point Technology, Inc v PTT [2021] UKSC 29, delves into a range of issues that should interest commercial contract lawyers. However, I’d like...Read more
Christopher Parr
Director, The Legal Director, UK
World Pandemic - Dichotomy of Force Majeure
Singularity is an interesting concept of theoretical physics. Colloquially explained, a singularity is a location in space-time where all known laws of physics suffer complete breakdown. Without the cushion of...Read more

Lokanath Kar
Chief - Legal and Compliance, ICICI Lombard General Insurance Company Limited, India
Drafting Commercial Contracts Some Practical Ideas
Over 35 years of working with legal documents I have seen more horrors than is healthy: services agreements with goods warranties wallowing in the undergrowth; clauses that ran for hundreds...Read more
Christopher Parr
Director, The Legal Director, UK
Contract Design and Simplification – is this now a must-do?

Is the pendulum shifting? In a fast, technology-driven world, business stakeholders are keen to move away from dense walls of text in contracts. Increasingly, they understand that contracts are a...Read more

Paula Doyle
Chief Legal Innovation Officer, World Commerce & Contracting , USA

Stefania Passera
Contract Designer, Passera Design, World Commerce & Contracting, University of Vaasa, Finland
Considering the Rationale of Incorporating Force Majeure Clauses in Commercial Contracts Between the Parties to a Commercial Contract

Force Majeure clauses are often incorporated by practising lawyers (other than Counsels) as a matter of practice in drafting commercial contracts, be they domestic or transnational, apparently without realising that...Read more

Anna Lefcovitch
Solicitor, Arcadis, UK

Professor Charles Chatterjee
Senior Research Fellow, Global Policy Institute , UK
The Sustainable Contract

Sustainability has been an integral part of Eni and Enel's culture and strategy for years, as well as a real source of economic value, driving a process of continuous and...Read more

Edoardo Marcenaro
Former Head of Legal & Corporate Affairs , Enel Grids srl, Italy

Pietro Galizzi
Head of Legal, Regulatory and Compliance Affairs, Eni gas e luce S.p.A, Italy
Bringing the ‘Value Add’ to Commercial Contracts
As trained lawyers and legal experts we strive to ensure accurate and compliant textbook legal advice to ensure contracts are legally robust but, ultimately, does this make us a good...Read more

Eleanor Ager
Commercial Director - Major Projects, Schneider Electric , UK
Negotiating Commercial Terms and Mitigating Risks in Virtual Power Purchase Agreements in The United States
In 2019, commercial and industrial purchasers (C&I), particularly in the United States (U.S.), signed record renewable energy deals with third-party developers through power purchase agreements. Worldwide contracts that were signed...Read more

Kingsley Osei
Lead Project Counsel, State University of New York, USA
Rails Projects: A Rising Need of Contracts to Stay on Tracks

The rail projects appear specific however they include generally the same tasks and targets: build and/or operate a rail network with dedicated trains.
A rail project involves successive steps to...Read more

Gilles Mugnier
International affairs director, Sncf, France
Rethinking Bareboat Charter Agreements in the Wake of the
Covid-19 Pandemic


Covid-19 represents a global crisis whose effects go beyond the field of public health, and affect many others parts of our daily lives. It goes without saying that the pandemic...Read more

Sebastian Ferreyra Romea
Attorney, Ferreyra Romea Legal & Compliance, Argentina
Juan Francisco Albarenque
Legal Director, National Shipping Argentina, Argentina