Accompanying "MultiROM" also includes audio tracks that can be played on a conventional CD player. Interactive exercises require a computer.

Includes a glossary, appendices and transcript.

SUMMARY:

"English for Legal Professionals is part of the EXPRESS SERIES. It is the ideal quick course for corporate legal consultants, as well as paralegals, legal assistants, and notaries who need to communicate accurately in English with clients, business partners, and colleagues. It can be used to supplement a regular coursebook, on its own, as a stand-alone intensive specialist course, or for self-study. With English for Legal Professionals, you will be fully briefed to communicate in English.

Key Features of the Book:
Extensive material targeting key fields of commercial law
Authentic legal documents - agreements, contracts, correspondence, case reports
Realistic dialogues presenting useful phrases and vocabulary in context
STARTER activities to raise awareness and OUTPUT activities to encourage discussion
Partner Files for role-play focusing on realistic legal situations in corporate contexts
Appendix including an answer key and transcripts of the listening extracts

Key Features of the MultiROM:


Realistic listening extracts
Interactive exercises to practise the language of legal professionals
A-Z wordlist and useful phrases and vocabulary" (Book cover).

CONTENTS:

1. Setting up a business

Topics types of businesses choosing the right business type company liability

Skills giving advice making recommendations enumerating reasons
explaining steps of a procedure

2. Employing people

Topics employment contracts amendments to contracts letter of resignation

Skills
referring to legal documents stating rights and obligations reporting outcomes & writing formal letters and emails

3. Buying and selling goods and services

Topics preambles agreements and contracts of sale contractual disputes common legal terms and conditions

Skills common contract terminology interacting with a client advising on a course of action

4. Protecting intellectual property

Topics copyright, patent, trademark
landmark IP cases rights agreement IP rights on the internet

Skills negotiating an agreement amending an agreement; linking ideas in writing

5. Mergers and acquisitions

Topics: planning an acquisition M&A procedure articles of association financing a takeover
letters of intent (LOI)

Skills
comparing and contrasting legal structures vocabulary of company procedures language of meetings expressions used in takeovers

6. Risk management and insolvency

Topics assessing legal risk causes and implications of insolvency insolvency procedures
creditor's rights; personal insolvency

Skills
insolvency terminology emphasizing a point hypothesizing about past actions

Appendix:
Test yourself
Partner files Partner A
Partner files Partner B
Transcripts
Answer key

Intended for corporate legal consultants, as as paralegals, legal assistants, and notaries who need to communicate accurately in English with clients, business partners, and colleagues.

Intermediate B1 (CEFR)