A phrase often used by contract drafters is …provided that… or slightly longer to emphasise the break in the contract provision: …; provided, however, that…

In this blog, I will discuss the first best practice rule on drafting conditions (or triggering events or other conditional clauses). For a list of

In the category funny phrases, I will discuss the warranty qualifier “to the best of Seller’s knowledge“. It is often used in (representations and) warranties

In the forthcoming blogs, I will post my comments on each best practice rule on drafting ‘conditions’. As a step up to all those blogs,

Parallelisms are frequently found in contracts. There are a few best practice rules in using them in order to improve the readability of a provision.

There are a few best practice rules one can identify in preparing disclosures. (For a discussion of what disclosures are, click here.) Those best practice

Many M&A-related contracts contain warranties. If so, the party making them will likely want to make carve-outs or to smoothen its liability exposure by making

Before formulating a set of best practice rules on drafting conditions, I will discuss one final aspect in that context: the waiver of conditions by

An important question in the context of many conditions is what would be required to have it satisfied (or prevent it to be fulfilled). I