This training program aims to develop your legal writing skills at a professional level by teaching you how to draft a variety of legal documents that you will inevitably have to deal with in your professional career. It focuses on a modern style of drafting and gives more attention to the legal drafting in English.

The oil & gas petroleum contracts are one of the important contracts in the legal and economical field, this type of contracts had been issued during the end of the 19th century, specifically in 1859 by exploring petroleum in US, starting from this date the oil & gas contracts had been widely spread in the world by signing the first exploration contract in Egypt on 1885 and in Saudi Arabia in 1923. The first edition of those contracts was concession contracts in its old version which depending on exploring in huge spaces and for a long period of time, a new era had been started in the 50’s by the commercial exploration of the petroleum and an advanced industry in oil & gas field had been found by the tycoon companies, example but not limited, Liquefied Natural Gas (LNG) and drilling industry this improvement leads to establish the Organization of the Petroleum Exploring Countries (OPEC) on 1960. In the beginning of the 70’s the oil prices had been dramatically increased from $3 to $12 by 400%, this increase positively effects on the investment, industry, local laws and the structure of the oil & gas contracts.

Through this training program, you will learn about the concept of capital market, the companies operating in the field of securities, the listing procedure, and the most important crimes of the stock market (stock exchange) and how to deal with them.

TOLES means ‘Test of Legal English Skills’. The TOLES programme consists of a structured course of legal English training materials supported by three levels of professional exams. The exam levels are progressive steps towards reaching the standard of legal English required by employers such as international commercial law firms, in-house legal teams in private companies and top-class translators. TOLES legal English training materials and exams have been developed following the advice of experienced commercial lawyers. The top requirements of employers are excellent drafting skills, first-class negotiating skills and a strong sense of commercial awareness. As members of the International Division of the Law Society of England and Wales we are in an excellent position to support international legal professionals in achieving these goals.

TOLES means ‘Test of Legal English Skills’. The TOLES programme consists of a structured course of legal English training materials supported by three levels of professional exams. The exam levels are progressive steps towards reaching the standard of legal English required by employers such as international commercial law firms, in-house legal teams in private companies and top-class translators. TOLES legal English training materials and exams have been developed following the advice of experienced commercial lawyers. The top requirements of employers are excellent drafting skills, first-class negotiating skills and a strong sense of commercial awareness. As members of the International Division of the Law Society of England and Wales we are in an excellent position to support international legal professionals in achieving these goals.