2025 Contracts & Negotiations Master Class Series
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- Non-member - $400
- Member - Free!
In-house counsel routinely negotiate and draft complex business agreements. While these contracts may serve different purposes and be governed by distinct laws, they follow the same well-established legal principles and often contain similar core provisions.
Designed for both junior-level in-house counsel seeking to build their contract drafting expertise and seasoned corporate counsel in need of a refresher, this five-part master class series will delve into the nuances of contracting and negotiating these critical in-house concerns using real-world best practices - not just theory:
- Session 1: Negotiating Representations, Warranties, and Covenants [Thursday, July 31, 2025 | 12-1 P.M. Eastern Time]
- Session 2: Negotiating Data Privacy and Security Terms [Tuesday, August 26, 2025 | 2-3 P.M. Eastern Time]
- Session 3: Tax [Tuesday, September 30, 2025 | 2-3 P.M. Eastern Time]
- Session 4: Insurance [Tuesday, October, 30, 2025 | 2-3 P.M. Eastern Time]
- Session 5: Real Estate [ November 19, 2025 | 12-1 P.M. Eastern Time]
Taught in tandem by seasoned in-house counsel and partners at Blank Rome, attendees will develop a deeper understanding of essential contract clauses, their legal and business implications, and strategies for securing favorable terms.
Register now to enhance your contract management skills and stay ahead of the curve!
BONUS Office Hours Access
Have a contracts or negotiation question of your own? Register for one or more session to be eligible for one complementary office hours meeting with Blank Rome partner, Jason Kim. (By appointment; details provided in registration confirmation email)
| About Jason S. Kim. Jason is a Blank Rome partner and helps companies at key stages of their growth by closing strategic transactions. His practice focuses on representing domestic and foreign companies, financial institutions, funds, and serial entrepreneurs in acquisitions, mergers, and divestitures and related financing and capital raises with special emphasis on cross-border deals. Jason also served as an Adjunct Professor at USC Gould School of Law from 2009 through 2018 and taught International Business Transactions covering the legal principles and practices involved in private business transactions and movement of goods, services, capital, knowledge, and technology across the boundaries of different nation-states. | |
| About Blank Rome
Blank Rome is an Am Law 100 firm with 16 offices and more than 700 attorneys and principals who provide a full range of legal and advocacy services to clients operating in the United States and around the world. Their professionals are widely recognized for their leading knowledge and experience across a broad spectrum of industries, as well as their dedication to diversity and inclusion initiatives and pro bono work. But what really sets them apart is our investment in client relationships—their unwavering commitment to understanding their businesses, the around-the-clock access they provide, and their nimble and customized delivery of services. They treat your goals, ideas, and objectives as our their and fight fiercely for resolutions that are in your best interest. This promise goes deeper than words. It is their creed, adopted and held true at all levels, starting at the very top. |
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Contains 2 Component(s) Recorded On: 09/30/2025
Do you know the primary tax considerations in M&A transactions?
Do you know the primary tax considerations in M&A transactions? Join this primer delivered by experienced tax partners and in-house counsel to explore the various ways tax intersects with an M&A transaction. Participants will gain deep insights into how tax professionals navigate tax diligence, structuring, purchase price considerations, and tax covenants, and will be better suited to advise and communicate all things tax.
Generously Sponsored by Blank Rome LLP
This live program offers free CLE in select jurisdictions for members of ACC. Please see details below!
CLE/CPD CREDIT IS AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS:
*Alaska, *Arizona, California, *Connecticut, Georgia, *Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, *Montana, *New Hampshire, *New Jersey, *New York, *North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania,Tennessee, Texas, and Washington.
*Indicates that CLE/CPD credit is available by virtue of reciprocity with another jurisdiction.
ACC WILL MAKE AN APPLICATION FOR CLE UPON REQUEST IN THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS:
Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, South Carolina, and Vermont.
Requests must be made one week prior to the scheduled program date to ensure timely application submission. Please use the form below to submit your request for CLE.
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE FORM!
ATTENDEES MUST SELF-FILE IN THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS (A CERTIFICATE WILL BE PROVIDED TO ASSIST YOUR FILING EFFORTS):
Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
CLE/CPD IS NOT MANDATORY IN THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS:
District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, South Dakota
Cory Jacobs
Partner, Tax
Blank Rome
Cory Jacobs concentrates his practice in the areas of business tax law and general corporate law. He advises a broad range of individual and business taxpayers in the technology, manufacturing, healthcare, energy, financial services, sports, and consumer products industries. He regularly provides strategic advice in matters relating to:
- Tax-efficient structuring of mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, spin-offs, redemptions, and liquidations
- Use of partnerships, S corporations, and limited liability companies
- Issuances of equity-based compensation
Cory regularly represents private equity firms, public companies, family-owned businesses, and entrepreneurs. His diverse, multi-industry experience yields a tailored, business-minded approach when advising clients on sophisticated tax issues. Cory has taught numerous corporate and partnership tax classes at Rutgers Camden Law School and Villanova University School of Law. His tax practice is enhanced by his CPA experience as a senior tax consultant in Deloitte & Touche’s international and domestic tax practices.
Jeffrey Rosenfeld
Partner, Tax
Blank Rome
Jeffrey Rosenfeld concentrates his practice in the area of business tax law. He counsels public and private corporations, partnerships, and individuals in a broad array of tax matters including:
- Domestic and international tax matters
- State and local tax planning
- Tax-efficient structuring of domestic and international mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, reorganizations, spin-offs, redemptions, and liquidations
- Formation, operation, and acquisition of Subchapter S corporations, partnerships, and limited liability companies
- Federal, state, and local criminal and civil tax controversies, including audits, administrative appeals, and litigation
- Issuances of equity-based compensation
In addition to his tax practice, Jeffrey maintains a corporate practice where he draws upon his tax base to draft, negotiate, and advise clients on limited liability company operating agreements, equity incentive agreements and similar equity-related documents. Jeffrey’s experience in this regard spans across many industries, including (most prominently) the private equity industry.
Jeffrey also counsels corporate clients and individuals regarding undeclared foreign bank accounts, including “FBAR” reporting obligations, and has represented numerous clients in the Internal Revenue Service’s various voluntary disclosure programs.
Jeffrey also has digital currencies industry experience, including:
- Formation of entities to be engaged in the digital currencies space
- Negotiation, drafting and documentation of governing documents (such as limited liability company agreement) for entities engaged in the digital currencies space
- Compensation and other issues concerning the issuance of digital currencies or the grant of digital currencies to service providers
- Federal income tax consequences associated with the purchase, sale or exchange of digital currencies
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Contains 7 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 10/30/2025 at 2:00 PM (EDT)
In this one-hour CLE session for in-house counsel navigating the complex landscape of insurance coverage, learn best practices for reviewing policies, managing claims, and collaborating with brokers and outside counsel. Whether dealing with a denied claim, partnering with an insurer to resolve a matter in the policyholder’s best interests, or renewing coverage, participants will leave with a clearer understanding of how to leverage insurance coverage as a strategic asset in corporate governance.
The fourth installment of the 2025 Contracts Masterclass series will explore the critical and complex intersection of insurance coverage and contract law. This one-hour session will teach best practices for using contractual provisions, insurance, and indemnification to maximize assets and further a policyholder’s financial and business interests.
The presenters will then delve deep into key considerations for managing claims, collaborating with brokers, and effectively utilizing outside counsel for insurance matters.
Whether dealing with a denied claim, partnering with an insurer to resolve a matter in the policyholder’s best interests, or renewing coverage, participants will leave with a clearer understanding of how to leverage insurance coverage as a strategic asset in corporate governance.
Generously sponsored by Blank Rome
This live program offers free CLE in select jurisdictions for members of ACC. Please see details below!
CLE/CPD CREDIT IS AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS:
*Alaska, *Arizona, California, *Connecticut, Georgia, *Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, *Montana, *New Hampshire, *New Jersey, *New York, *North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania,Tennessee, Texas, and Washington.
*Indicates that CLE/CPD credit is available by virtue of reciprocity with another jurisdiction.
ACC WILL MAKE AN APPLICATION FOR CLE UPON REQUEST IN THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS:
Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, South Carolina, and Vermont.
Requests must be made one week prior to the scheduled program date to ensure timely application submission. Please use the form below to submit your request for CLE.
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE FORM!
ATTENDEES MUST SELF-FILE IN THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS (A CERTIFICATE WILL BE PROVIDED TO ASSIST YOUR FILING EFFORTS):
Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
CLE/CPD IS NOT MANDATORY IN THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS:
District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, South Dakota
John Gibbons
Partner and Co-chair, Insurance Recovery Practice
Blank Rome
John Gibbons is a partner in Blank Rome’s policyholder-only insurance recovery practice, formerly the insurance practice of Dickstein Shapiro LLP. His national practice focuses on advising corporate policyholders about their insurance policy rights and recovery insurance assets, either through negotiation or trial.
John maintains a particularly active trial practice that includes serving as trial counsel for a Fortune 100 pharmaceutical company in a four-month trial, a Fortune 500 regulated utility in two separate multiweek jury trials, and a large multinational engineering services corporation in a multiweek jury trial involving more than $250 million of insurance. John’s trial practice includes matters under Liability, Property, Cargo, Trade-Credit/Credit Risk, and Representation & Warranty insurance policies. In addition to his trial practice, John guides clients through the insurance claim process, negotiating favorable resolutions for his policyholder clients.
In the past decade, John has, through negotiations, litigation, and trial verdicts, enforced clients’ rights to well over a billion dollars’ worth of insurance. Recently, he has focused his attention on emerging areas of interest for policyholders, including risks attendant to international business operations, assertions of various forms of financial and property losses, liabilities for business operations and conduct, and product liability and environmental liability issues.
Linda Kornfeld
Partner and Co-chair, Insurance Recovery Practice
Blank Rome
Linda Kornfeld is one of the nation’s most prominent insurance recovery attorneys, representing corporate policyholders in high-stakes litigation for more than 25 years. Using strategic, creative approaches in her trial and appellate practice, Linda assists her clients in the recovery of hundreds of millions of dollars in insurance assets. She is a strategic adviser to senior executives and in-house counsel on mitigating risk and maximizing insurance recoveries.
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Contains 7 Component(s), Includes Credits Includes a Live Web Event on 11/19/2025 at 12:00 PM (EST)
Details coming soon
Details coming soon
Generously Sponsored by Blank Rome
This live program offers free CLE in select jurisdictions for members of ACC. Please see details below!
CLE/CPD CREDIT IS AVAILABLE IN THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS:
*Alaska, *Arizona, California, *Connecticut, Georgia, *Hawaii, Illinois, Minnesota, Missouri, *Montana, *New Hampshire, *New Jersey, *New York, *North Dakota, Ohio, Pennsylvania,Tennessee, Texas, and Washington.
*Indicates that CLE/CPD credit is available by virtue of reciprocity with another jurisdiction.
ACC WILL MAKE AN APPLICATION FOR CLE UPON REQUEST IN THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS:
Arkansas, Colorado, Delaware, Kansas, Louisiana, New Mexico, South Carolina, and Vermont.
Requests must be made one week prior to the scheduled program date to ensure timely application submission. Please use the form below to submit your request for CLE.
CLICK HERE TO ACCESS THE FORM!
ATTENDEES MUST SELF-FILE IN THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS (A CERTIFICATE WILL BE PROVIDED TO ASSIST YOUR FILING EFFORTS):
Alabama, Florida, Idaho, Indiana, Iowa, Kentucky, Maine, Mississippi, Nebraska, Nevada, North Carolina, Oklahoma, Oregon, Puerto Rico, Rhode Island, Utah, West Virginia, Wisconsin, and Wyoming.
CLE/CPD IS NOT MANDATORY IN THE FOLLOWING JURISDICTIONS:
District of Columbia, Maryland, Massachusetts, Michigan, South Dakota
