Comparative Analysis of International Contract Law
22 Sep 2025 - 26 Sep 2025 | Barcelona, Spain
Course overview:
This seminar offers an in-depth exploration of contemporary legal challenges in international contract law, with a strong emphasis on practical application and real-case analysis.
Legal professionals, in-house counsel, compliance officers, and contract managers involved in drafting, negotiating, or interpreting international contracts, particularly those operating across multiple jurisdictions.
By the end of the seminar, participants will: Understand the key legal principles governing international contracts across different legal systems (Common Law, Civil Law, CIS). Gain hands-on experience through case studies based on real cross-jurisdictional commercial transactions. Be able to identify and resolve key legal issues arising in international agreements. Recognise and apply doctrines such as force-majeure, misrepresentation, contract performance, and liability clauses. Navigate the legal nuances of contract enforcement, dispute resolution, and remedies.
Can verbal agreements or “gentlemen’s agreements” be legally binding across jurisdictions? Is an agent legally permitted to conceal the identity of the principal? Are penalty clauses and force majeure enforceable in Common law? To what extent can liability be excluded in a commercial agreement? What are the legal consequences of contractual errors, e.g., currency misstatements? How does a judge resolve conflicts or ambiguities in a signed contract? What qualifies as valid contract formation and consent in different legal systems? What are the distinctions between fraud, mistake, and duress in contract law? Can third parties benefit from contracts? What is the doctrine of privity? What remedies are available for breach of contract and what limits apply?
Course facilitator:
Oleg Kuts
In 2014. Oleg completed a three-year specialised LPC training at The University of Law, London. In 2011, he obtained a Master's degree in Law from UCL (University of London), as well as graduated from the Faculty of Law of the Belarusian State University in 1995 and the Faculty of Foreign Languages of the Moscow Mossovet Academy in 1987. Since January 2013, Oleg has been working at KK & Partners (UK) ltd. as a managing partner and specialises in international M&A, corporate finance, international tax planning and restructuring, transcontinental trusts, foundations and their hybrids. Oleg has worked for Dan Group and Kazakhmys PLC specialising in international M&A, corporate finance and governance, international investments and corporate restructuring. From 2003 to 2005, Oleg worked at Deutsche Bank (DB) in London, where he advised on the legal aspects of international finance, securities and debt investment, including syndicated loans, IPOs and FSA and UKLA regulatory compliance. Prior to joining DB, from 1990 to 2003, Oleg worked as Managing Partner at Kuts & Sons Ltd. specialising in international M&A, financial planning, structuring of holdings and transactions involving various financial instruments, international arbitration, off-shore regulation and debt restructuring. Oleg is a current member and arbitrator of the Chartered Institute of Arbitrators (CIArb) in London and has extensive practical experience (over 20 years) in international arbitration, Ad Hoc proceedings and commercial negotiations.