Commercial Contracts Playbook

Commercial Contracts A practical legal playbook for Irish lawyers

You’ve been asked to review a commercial contract. Where do you start? Which clauses deserve your attention? And how do you turn your concerns into clear, useful advice?

Commercial Contracts helps you build a structured approach to that work.

Created specifically for legal practice in the Republic of Ireland, this Law Hero playbook guides trainees and junior solicitors through the commercial decisions behind the drafting. Across 40 focused chapters, you’ll explore what key provisions do, why they matter and how they interact.

Follow a fictional business transaction from the initial instructions through contract review, negotiation, signing and handover. Apply what you’ve learned in a practical assessment, then compare your approach with a worked answer.

Inside, you’ll learn how to:

• Understand the business deal before starting your mark-up.

• Examine payment, acceptance, warranties, indemnities and liability limits.

• Connect confidentiality, intellectual property and data protection provisions.

• Think through termination, exit arrangements and operational continuity.

• Prioritise issues and explain their consequences clearly to a client or supervisor.

Practical checklists, drafting questions, worked examples and a plain-English glossary help you turn reading into a repeatable working method.

Written by Jennifer O’Sullivan, an Irish solicitor and General Counsel with experience in private practice and in-house, this playbook supports independent learning, preparation for a commercial seat and supervised law-firm training.

Understand the deal. Know what to question. Explain why it matters.

Download Commercial Contracts and build a more confident approach to your next review.