Force Majeure and Hardship Clauses Drafting Course

Draft effective force-majeure and hardship clauses through clear triggers, causation, notices, mitigation, relief, renegotiation and exit mechanisms.

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Force Majeure and Hardship Clauses Drafting Course

Training Outlines

Introduction

Unexpected events do not automatically excuse contractual performance. Relief depends on the governing law, the precise clause and proof that the event caused the relevant failure despite reasonable prevention and mitigation. Generic lists of disasters often leave the most important questions unanswered.

This course develops a structured approach to drafting and negotiating force-majeure and hardship provisions. Participants define qualifying events, exclusions, causation, notice, evidence, mitigation, relief and prolonged-event consequences while distinguishing hardship from impossibility, frustration and change in law. Scenario exercises address epidemics, conflict, sanctions, supply-chain disruption, extreme prices and regulatory intervention, producing clauses that allocate risk with greater predictability.

Course Objectives

Distinguish force majeure from related doctrines
Define objective qualifying-event criteria
Draft appropriate inclusions and exclusions
Establish causation and prevention standards
Specify notice, evidence and mitigation duties
Allocate time, cost and performance relief
Design hardship renegotiation mechanisms
Address prolonged events and termination

Course Content

Day 1: Legal and Commercial Foundations

Contractual versus legal relief
Impossibility and frustration concepts
Force majeure and hardship distinction
Change-in-law interaction
Risk allocation and foreseeability
Governing-law review

Day 2: Event Definition and Causation

General definition and event lists
Beyond-control requirement
Foreseeability and avoidability
Direct and indirect causation
Supplier and subcontractor events
Economic difficulty and price change

Day 3: Notice, Evidence and Mitigation

Notice content and deadlines
Continuing reporting duties
Proof and contemporaneous records
Prevention and mitigation standards
Alternative performance routes
Partial and concurrent effects

Day 4: Relief and Hardship Mechanisms

Suspension and excused performance
Extensions of time
Cost and payment treatment
Performance allocation during disruption
Hardship thresholds and imbalance
Renegotiation and expert determination

Day 5: Prolonged Events and Drafting Workshop

Long-stop periods
Termination and transition rights
Accrued payments and liabilities
Allocation of stranded costs
Clause consistency and exclusions
Negotiation and scenario testing

Training Locations

This Force Majeure and Hardship Clauses Drafting Course is available in multiple cities. Please select your preferred location from the list below

Durrës

Albania

Tirana

Albania

Andorra la Vella

Andorra

Escaldes-Engordany

Andorra

Innsbruck

Austria

Salzburg

Austria

Vienna

Austria

Gomel

Belarus

Minsk

Belarus

Antwerp

Belgium

Brussels

Belgium

Banja Luka

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Sarajevo

Bosnia and Herzegovina

Plovdiv

Bulgaria

Sofia

Bulgaria

Dubrovnik

Croatia

Split

Croatia

Zagreb

Croatia

Limassol

Cyprus

Nicosia

Cyprus

Brno

Czech Republic

Prague

Czech Republic

Aarhus

Denmark

Copenhagen

Denmark

Tallinn

Estonia

Tartu

Estonia

Helsinki

Finland

Tampere

Finland

Lyon

France

Marseille

France

Nice

France

Paris

France

Berlin

Germany

Frankfurt

Germany

Hamburg

Germany

Munich

Germany

Athens

Greece

Thessaloniki

Greece

Budapest

Hungary

Debrecen

Hungary

Akureyri

Iceland

Reykjavík

Iceland

Jakarta

Indonesia

Cork

Ireland

Dublin

Ireland

Florence

Italy

Milan

Italy

Naples

Italy

Rome

Italy

Osaka

Japan

Tokyo

Japan

Pristina

Kosovo

Prizren

Kosovo

Liepāja

Latvia

Riga

Latvia

Schaan

Liechtenstein

Vaduz

Liechtenstein

Kaunas

Lithuania

Vilnius

Lithuania

Esch-sur-Alzette

Luxembourg

Luxembourg City

Luxembourg

Kuala Lumpur

Malaysia

Malé

Maldives

St. Julian's

Malta

Valletta

Malta

Bălți

Moldova

Chișinău

Moldova

La Condamine

Monaco

Monte Carlo

Monaco

Budva

Montenegro

Podgorica

Montenegro

Amsterdam

Netherlands

Rotterdam

Netherlands

The Hague

Netherlands

Abuja

Nigeria

Lagos

Nigeria

Port Harcourt

Nigeria

Ohrid

North Macedonia

Skopje

North Macedonia

Bergen

Norway

Oslo

Norway

Gdańsk

Poland

Kraków

Poland

Warsaw

Poland

Faro

Portugal

Lisbon

Portugal

Porto

Portugal

Bucharest

Romania

Cluj-Napoca

Romania

City of San Marino

San Marino

Serravalle

San Marino

Belgrade

Serbia

Novi Sad

Serbia

Singapore

Bratislava

Slovakia

Košice

Slovakia

Bled

Slovenia

Ljubljana

Slovenia

Incheon

South Korea

Seoul

South Korea

Barcelona

Spain

Madrid

Spain

Valencia

Spain

Sri Jayawardenepura Kotte

Sri Lanka

Gothenburg

Sweden

Stockholm

Sweden

Bern

Switzerland

Geneva

Switzerland

Zurich

Switzerland

Kaohsiung

Taiwan

Taipei

Taiwan

Ankara

Turkey

Istanbul

Turkey

Kyiv

Ukraine

Lviv

Ukraine

Odesa

Ukraine

Dubai

United Arab Emirates

Birmingham

United Kingdom

Edinburgh

United Kingdom

London

United Kingdom

Manchester

United Kingdom

Rome (Vatican-adjacent)

Vatican City

Training Schedule

Below is the table of cities along with the respective dates for the upcoming training sessions of Force Majeure and Hardship Clauses Drafting Course. Please review the schedule to find the most convenient option for you. You can also use the below search bar to type the city name and filter the results.