Standard Contract Templates and Legal Playbook Development

Help legal and commercial teams reduce risk and speed up deals by standardising contracts and giving business users clear negotiation guidance. The course covers template design, clause libraries, fallback positions and playbooks that tell non lawyers what they can agree without escalation. Delegates draft template clauses and build a fallback matrix that keeps common contracts consistent and defensible across an African organisation.

What you will be able to do

Identify contract types that benefit most from standard templates.
Design clear, modular templates and reusable clause libraries.
Set preferred, fallback and walk away positions for key clauses.
Build a playbook that guides non lawyers through negotiations.
Define escalation triggers for terms that need legal review.
Maintain templates and playbooks as law and business change.

Course outline

01The Case for Standardisation
02Designing Modular Templates and Clause Libraries
03Preferred, Fallback and Walk Away Positions
04Building the Negotiation Playbook
05Escalation Triggers and Approval Gates
06Enabling Non Lawyers to Contract Safely
07Maintaining Templates and Playbooks

Who should attend

This course suits legal advisors, contract managers, commercial leads and procurement staff who want faster, more consistent and lower risk contracting.

Dates, venues and fees

Dates	Venue	Days	Fee
17 to 18 Aug 2026	Lagos	2	US$1,100
24 to 25 Aug 2026	Harare	2	US$1,100
31 Aug to 1 Sep 2026	Kampala	2	US$1,100
7 to 8 Sep 2026	Dar es Salaam	2	US$1,100
14 to 15 Sep 2026	Pretoria	2	R10,000
21 to 22 Sep 2026	Cape Town	2	R10,000
5 to 6 Oct 2026	Online	2	US$900
12 to 13 Oct 2026	Mozambique	2	US$1,100
19 to 20 Oct 2026	Cairo	2	US$1,100
26 to 27 Oct 2026	Accra	2	US$1,100
2 to 3 Nov 2026	Lusaka	2	US$1,100
9 to 10 Nov 2026	Kigali	2	US$1,100
16 to 17 Nov 2026	Nairobi	2	US$1,100
23 to 24 Nov 2026	Durban	2	R10,000
30 Nov to 1 Dec 2026	Johannesburg	2	R10,000
14 to 15 Dec 2026	Mauritius	2	US$1,100
21 to 22 Dec 2026	Dubai	2	US$1,100

Fees are per delegate. South African venues are priced in rand; other locations and online in US dollars. Fees exclude 15% VAT where applicable. Group bookings of three or more delegates from the same organisation qualify for a reduced rate; contact us for a quotation.

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We can run Standard Contract Templates and Legal Playbook Development privately for your team, on your dates and built around your own systems. Group delivery is usually more cost effective from about six delegates.

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