Contracts Without the Confusion: What Every Business Owner Should Know About Contracts
Description
Contracts affect nearly every aspect of running a business including hiring employees, signing leases, working with vendors and serving clients. This presentation will break down the essential contract concepts every business owner should understand, highlight common mistakes that lead to disputes, identify contract terms that create potential risks and provide practical tips for making informed decisions and protecting your business, time, money and reputation with greater confidence.
Key Takeaways:
Understand how contracts can protect business relationships and interests
Learn which contracts every growing business should have
Identify and understand common provisions in contracts
Identify and understand provisions that deserve additional attention
Recognize common red flags, hidden risks and mistakes
Learn practical strategies to reduce likelihood of litigation
Gain practical tools and confidence for managing contracts
Sponsored By:
Engelman Berger is a locally owned Arizona law firm that helps businesses anticipate legal risks, navigate commercial challenges, and resolve disputes. The firm represents local and national businesses, lenders, borrowers, landlords, tenants, developers, franchise owners, and investors across industries including banking, real estate, construction, restaurants, hospitality, healthcare, retail, and agriculture. The firm advises clients on business transactions, real estate, lending, bankruptcy, restructuring, and commercial litigation, with an emphasis on practical solutions aligned with each client’s goals.
Meet the Speakers
Celeste Tabares
Celeste Tabares is a senior associate with Engelman Berger, where she practices in the areas of creditors’ rights, bankruptcy, and commercial litigation. She helps clients address business disputes, enforce contractual rights, and navigate matters involving financial and commercial relationships. A Flagstaff native and fluent Spanish speaker, Celeste serves clients in Arizona state and federal courts and several tribal courts including Navajo Nation courts.
Scott B. Cohen
Scott B. Cohen is a commercial bankruptcy attorney and problem-solver with more than 30 years of experience providing strategic, results-oriented solutions in finance, banking, bankruptcy, creditors’ rights, workouts, business turnarounds, and commercial litigation. His practice covers the full lifecycle of commercial relationships, from loan documentation and business planning through workouts, enforcement, litigation, and restructuring. Scott represents businesses, lenders, creditors, borrowers, landlords, guarantors, committees, and debtors. He is a Certified Specialist in Business Bankruptcy Law, a past chair of the State Bar of Arizona Bankruptcy Section, and a frequent speaker, author, mentor, and expert witness.
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