For proven guidance and techniques for handling a commercial real estate deal, this practical guide will help you negotiate and close the deal. The authors cover each step of a real estate transaction in the order in which it generally arises, and offers pertinent advice, practice comments, and sample forms throughout. Because much of the real estate lawyer's practice revolves around transactional documents, the book's chapters emphasize the drafting, negotiation, and revision needed to get a deal closed. Written by a law professor and two real estate practitioners, this book offers a useful combination of text overview and practice pointers. It helps lawyers with less experience navigate through the maze of steps involved in a real estate transaction. At the same time, it serves as a valuable reference for more seasoned attorneys as well as those whose practice is concentrated in other areas of the law. Downloadable forms are available online.

Exercises in Commercial Transactions trains the reader to deal with commerical problems. While the book deals with traditional encounters, such as employment agreements, shareholder arrangements, partnership agreements, acquisitions, stock redemptions, guarantees, and escrow agreements, its primary function is to develop the thought processes essential to practice as an effective commercial lawyer. All problems, materials and solutions are renderings of actual transactions, and each problem and solution is accompanied by Siviglia's analysis of what was done and why it was done. "The author views the contract drafter as an architect, and the student who is trained by this book will get significant insight into the lawyer's architectural role." -- New York Law Journal "The author can be proud of this book. It is carefully and well done." -- New York State Bar Journal

Compares the legislative frameworks in the EU, US, China and International Organisations applicable to e-commerce and highlights the main legal obstacles to the development of electronic contracts and signatures, as well as Internet jurisdiction and online dispute resolutions.

Responding to the call to place more emphasis on practical skills, Contracts and Commercial Transactions is a groundbreaking text that immerses the reader in real agreements made between sophisticated parties--so the reader can develop the ability to read, understand, and draft contracts effectively. Drawing upon their collective experiences in the classroom and the boardroom as well as in law-firm and in-house practice, authors David Zarfes and Michael L. Bloom, in Contracts and Commercial Transactions, explore actual agreements between sophisticated parties. Along the way, they teach the reader to read and understand contracts, with an emphasis on how a decision maker--be it a judge, arbitrator, corporate executive, or senior partner--might later understand those same contracts. Contracts and Commercial Transactions features: Actual agreements, formatted as whole documents, that support the exercise of contract reading and analysis Insight and advice from expert practitioners, from law firms such as Sidley Austin and Simpson Thacher and companies such as Microsoft and JPMorgan Chase , that emphasize the realities of legal practice from the perspective of "real-world" lawyers Explanations and analysis from esteemed academics, at law schools such as Chicago and NYU, that explain the nuances of legal matters that pertain to contractual documents Focus points that preface each contract highlight key aspects of the document Methodical and repeated exposure to provisions that teach the reader to recognize and understand contractual concepts A consistent emphasis on the "building block" provisions typically found in contracts Drafting tips integrated throughout the book

Commercial Transactions: A Systems Approach explores the nuances of transaction law from a systems' perspective, examining the infrastructure that supports commercial transactions and how the law is applied in real-world situations. Its outstanding team of co-authors uses an assignment-based structure that allows professors to adapt the text to a variety of class levels and approaches. Well-crafted problems challenge students' understanding of the material in this comprehensive, highly teachable text. All sections of the Fifth Edition have been revised to include new case law and problems, and the 2010 Amendments to Article 9. Hallmark features: Extraordinary authorship all four authors are standouts in the field of secured credit, payment systems and sales law. The Systems Approach examines the infrastructure that supports actual transactions; code is taught in the context of the transactions. Teachable problems prefaced by straightforward textual explanations. Assignment-based organization offers flexibility in teaching. Cutting-edge coverage, including key court cases. The revised Fifth Edition has been thoroughly updated by section: Part One: Sales Systems At least 20% new cases. Part Two: Financial Systems Updated problems that reflect the types of disputes arising out of the new electronic payment systems. Important new cases, including: Wachovia Bank, N.A. v. Foster Bancshares, Inc. Triffin v. Third Federal Savings Bank In re PTI Holding Corp. Chemical Bank v. Meltzer Data Sales Co. v. Diamond Z Manufacturing Banco Nacional de Mexico v. Societe Generale In re Kang Jin Hwang Korea Export Insurance Corp. v. Audiobahn, Inc. Davis v. Stern, Agee and& Leach, Inc. Part Three: Secured Credit The 2010 Amendments to Article 9.

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