Contracts are meant to align parties' expectations and protect your business if things go wrong. However, many business professionals who are tasked with a review of a contract (possibly due to their lawyer always being busy or not having one) are overwhelmed by the process. Intimidated by the length or complexity of the contract at hand, they end up not prioritizing the importance, taking shortcuts, and signing contracts without solid consideration of related risks. Aiming to remind business professionals that contracts should work for them, and not the other way around, the goal of this session is to provide the audience with practical insights on the most significant risks to consider and how to address them the next time they are tempted to take a shortcut. This session will focus on the top 7 areas that business professionals should spend time on in a contract review.