Contract drafting and review

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Levels

1. Awareness

You can:

• explain the main parts of a contract, such as parties, term, payment, liability, and termination
• prepare standard documents from approved templates

2. Working

You can:

• review routine agreements, such as non-disclosure and simple services agreements, against the organisation's standards
• mark up contracts and explain the changes
• spot clauses that need a lawyer's review, such as unlimited liability or automatic renewal

3. Practitioner

You can:

• draft and negotiate complex agreements, such as software licences, cloud hosting, system integration, and data processing agreements
• advise on risk allocation, including liability caps, service levels, exit, and escrow
• make sure contracts protect patient data, service continuity, and the organisation's rights in its software and data
• write and maintain contract templates and playbooks

4. Expert

You can:

• set the organisation's contracting standards and risk positions
• lead negotiations on the most valuable or high-risk agreements
• advise senior leaders on strategic commercial arrangements, such as partnerships and joint ventures

Closest ESCO skills

• contract law (broad match)
• revise legal documents (close match)
• manage contracts (broad match)
• commercial law (broad match)

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