Handling commercial contracts in the midst and beyond the pandemic

Shanghai has just experienced the worst wave of pandemic since the outbreak of Covid-19 in 2020. To this day, there are no definite answers as to where the pandemic will lead.

In this context, this event will provide legal elaborations, practical advices and suggestions on how companies and businesses can handle various types of contractual relationships in commercial activities, how to perform the contracts, reduce and prevent the risks of breach of contract, and how to set up contractual clauses in a proactive manner.

- Available legal tools under Chinese law to deal with contractual liabilities:  force majeure and hardship
- Judicial approaches and precedents
- Different contract types in detail: sales contracts, services contracts, commercial and private lease contracts, business contracting, financial investment contract
- Practical steps to do
- Updating your contract template to cope with the future risks

- Q&A exchange with the speaker