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Description:
The Trump Administration has issued three executive orders that will impose new tariffs on imports from Mexico, Canada, and China. Additional tariffs could be coming in the coming weeks; just the threat of tariffs can significantly impact costs and supply-chain availability. Donald Trump wrote the book on the "Art of the Deal." This webinar will write your playbook on how to equip your company with tactics to mitigate the cost and disruption impacts cause by new tariffs.
Our expert speaker panel will provide strategies to gain a sense of the big picture on tariffs and create specific tactics. You will learn how you might address tariffs in your existing contracts as well as how to bid and negotiate contracts going forward. Significantly, this webinar will explain in detail how a well drafted price escalation clause is the best approach to this uncertain situation, as well as evaluate other contract avenues, including choice of law and force majeure provisions. You will learn how to fairly allocate these risks among owners, general contracts, trade contractors, and suppliers. By registering for this webinar, you will be in a better position to utilize contractual best practices to safeguard your projects against new tariffs.
All registrants will receive a copy of the recording of the live webinar as well as a sample copy of the ConsensusDocs 200.1 Standard Price Escalation Clause.
Speakers:
Levi Barrett
Partner
Peckar & Abramson
Levi Barrett's primary focus is on construction law, counseling clients on all aspects of public and private construction contracts. Working closely with contractors, construction managers, owners, and developers, Levi structures and negotiates contract documents for construction projects nationwide. Leading a team of lawyers, he oversees the preparation, negotiation, and review of hundreds of construction contracts annually. The team counsels clients on issues related to risk mitigation planning and risk assessment in connection with both public infrastructure and private construction projects.
Levi has extensive experience representing general contractors and subcontractors in complex disputes involving construction inefficiencies, delays, differing site conditions, constructive changes, extra work, and default claims. Recognized as a thought leader in his field, Levi frequently presents and writes on contract negotiations and emerging issues relative to project delivery methods, such as design-build and delegated design.
Ron Ciotti
Partner
Hinckley Allen
Ron’s practice is focused on all aspects of the construction industry. He has substantial experience representing general contractors, construction managers, subcontractors, prefabricators, modular builders, suppliers, and owners/developers in construction-related matters, including all aspects of construction law, contractual disputes, lien work, bond claims, construction and design defect claims, bid disputes, in litigation and dispute resolution. Ron has litigated cases/issues before all levels of courts in numerous jurisdictions throughout the country, arbitrated disputes nationally, and advocated on behalf of clients using various forms of dispute resolution. He also has broad experience in construction transactional work, drafting and negotiating contract documents for all types of project delivery including, integrated project delivery and other highly collaborative delivery methods, design-bid-build, design build, CM-at-Risk, and other more traditional methods for both public and private projects.
Joseph Leone
Partner
Drewry Simmons Vornehm, LLP
Joe concentrates his practice in the areas of construction and public contract law. He represents all participants in the construction industry, including public and private owners, general contractors, construction managers, design-build contractors, and trade contractors in drafting and negotiating contracts, providing general counsel, and in all types of performance and payment dispute resolution. Through his practice and his prior experience in the construction industry, he has developed particular expertise in alternative project delivery systems such as Integrated Project Delivery (IPD), construction management, both agency and at risk, and design-build.
Brian Perlberg
Executive Director, ConsensusDocs Coalition & Senior Counsel
AGC of America
Brian Perlberg is the Senior Counsel for Construction Law & Contract Documents at the Associated General Contractors of America (AGC). He serves as AGC’s lead in-house attorney for all construction law and contract matters. He serves as the Executive Director & Counsel for ConsensusDocs, an unprecedented industry-wide coalition of 40 construction organizations dedicated to drafting best practice construction contracts. Mr. Perlberg serves on the ABA Forum on the Construction Industry Steering Committee for the Contract Documents, and the advisory boards to Construction SuperConference and WPL Publishing.
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