Overview

Commercial contracts serve as the primary legal and financial risk-allocation instruments in business transactions. A poorly structured indemnity or an ambiguous limitation of liability clause can leave an organisation exposed to unquantifiable financial losses, unenforceable claims and severe litigation risks.

In practice, negotiating these high-stakes provisions requires legal practitioners and commercial advisers to balance commercial objectives against legal enforceability under South African contract law. Practitioners must distinguish between void and voidable contracts, structure clear liability caps and carve-outs, align indemnities with actual risk exposure and ensure proper interaction with complementary provisions such as force majeure, insurance requirements and POPIA data protection obligations. Without a systematic review and drafting framework, organisations face substantial financial exposure, costly dispute resolution and potential regulatory non-compliance.

Join Nicolene Schoeman-Louw on 26 November 2026 from 10h00 to 12h00 for an intensive two-hour masterclass designed to equip you with practical contract-drafting techniques, indemnity structures and negotiation playbooks.

Learning objectives

By attending this webinar, you will be equipped to:

• Assess commercial contracts as risk-allocation instruments by evaluating financial, legal, performance, regulatory and reputational exposures.
• Evaluate the grounds affecting contract validity and enforceability under South African common law to distinguish between void and voidable agreements.
• Draft precise indemnity clauses by clearly defining indemnifying and protected parties, covered claims and notification and defence procedures.
• Structure enforceable limitation of liability provisions, including liability caps, exclusions, carve-outs and mutual liability terms aligned with risk exposure.
• Apply a practical contract review checklist and negotiation playbook to align indemnities, warranties, force majeure clauses and POPIA compliance.

Content

The webinar will cover the following topics:

• Contractual Risk – The Foundations
• Contract Validity and Enforceability
• Indemnity Clauses
• Limitation of Liability
• Complementary Risk-Allocation Clauses
• Practical Contract Drafting and Negotiation
• Applied Learning: Case Studies and SA Legal Authorities

About the presenter

Nicolene Schoeman-Louw

Nicolene  Schoeman-Louw is the Founder and Managing Director of Schoeman Law Inc in Cape Town, South Africa. She is an admitted Attorney of the High Court of South Africa, Conveyancer, Notary Public and Mediator with a passion for assisting entrepreneurs to reach their most ambitious goals.   

Nicolene holds an LLB degree cum laude, LLM from the University of the Free State and a postgraduate diploma in financial planning (CFP) from the University of Stellenbosch. She lectured at the University of the Free State during her studies, presently guest-lectures at Stellenbosch Business School. She also presents seminars and workshops on a wide range of legal topics for various organisations. Nicolene is the Co-Founder and Managing Director of PocketAdvisor where she also doubles up as a skilled facilitator.  

Who should attend?

The following persons will benefit from attending this webinar: 

• Attorneys
• Corporate legal professionals
• Legal academics
• Candidate attorneys
• Law students
• Paralegals

Price

• R 450.00 - Online admission - Individual
• Group Price 1 - From R337 per person (up to 5 users)
• Group Price 2 - From R260 per person (up to 10 users)
• Group Price 3 - From R224 per person (over 11 users)

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Additional material

By attending this webinar you will be provided with: 

• A summarised slide presentation.
• Reference documents and/ or course material where available.
• You can ask questions during the webinar and you will also have access to the presenter after the webinar.

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