Tuesday, September 13, 2016
12:00 p.m. — 2:00 p.m.

New and growing businesses must enter into a variety of contracts, with landlords, suppliers, and clients, to name a few. Learn how to read common “boilerplate” contractual language and negotiate contractual terms to your advantage.

Class covers:

• Contract law basics 
• Essential terms of a commercial lease: what is negotiable and what is non-negotiable
• Essential terms of a contract for goods or services 
• “Typical” contracts negotiated by business people
• Caveat emptor: how to avoid problematic contracts

Presented by Ryan Gustafson:
Ryan Gustafson has worked at large international and domestic law firms where he gained extensive knowledge in real estate and business transactions. Through his tenures with leading firms such as Greenberg Traurig LLP, and Ballard Spahr, Mr. Gustafson advised clients on real estate and mixed use development matters and has represented borrowers and lenders in commercial real estate finance transactions, general corporate transactions, entity formation, and real estate and business due diligence. In addition to his work as a business and real estate attorney, Mr. Gustafson is a securities and general business litigator representing clients in mediation and arbitration, regulatory proceedings, and in state and Federal courts. Mr. Gustafson is admitted to practice in the California and Colorado Bars, and in all federal courts in both states. He is a graduate of Western Michigan University (B.A. 1995) and the University of Denver (J.D. 1999).

Registration fees: FREE - sponsored by the Friends of the Los Angeles County Law Library through the generous support of Pacific Western Bank.
Classes fill up fast, register today to reserve your seat! All registrants must check-in 10 minutes prior to class time to ensure your seat is not reassigned to waiting-list and walk-in attendees when classes are full.

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No legal advice:
LA Law Library does not provide legal advice. LA Law Library provides legal resources and assistance with legal research as an educational service. The Law Library is pleased to offer our patrons the opportunity to obtain assistance from third party legal service providers at this and other events within the Library. However, the Library does not control and is not responsible for the content or scope of any assistance given by those providers.