DRAFTING WORKSHOP: COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT CONTRACTS (2) (LND 714)

Professor Emmanuel Halper

Advanced RET and pre- or co-requisite: Construction Law) Commercial developers must negotiate many contracts to make a project work, and they need lawyers to lead the way in the drafting and negotiation process. Lawyers for developers negotiate contracts with landowners to launch the process; with engineers, surveyors, and site investigation contractors to evaluate the land and estimate the cost of land improvement; with architects to design the buildings; with construction contractors and construction managers to get the buildings built; and with construction lenders to fund the construction process. The course is designed to provide the skills and knowledge needed to negotiate and draft these contracts through readings, lectures, and negotiating and drafting exercises.