Varying prices once a contract is underway - Part 2 | Eversheds Sutherland

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Varying prices once a contract is underway - Part 2

Building resilience in your contracts

September 17, 2024

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Following the release of the first part of our Contract Pricing Mini-Series, we are delighted to share the second instalment: building resilience in your contracts, highlighting the contractual mechanisms that may be relied upon and the importance of considering these from the outset of the contract.

Among the topics we discuss are:

  • Variations: Handling additions, substitutions, and descoping
  • Change Mechanisms: Clear parameters for price changes
  • Fluctuation Provisions: Adjusting prices to reflect market changes
  • Managing Exchange Rate Fluctuations: Sharing risks and ensuring clarity

Further reading

Building resilience in your contracts: How resilient are your contracts to changing prices? - Part 1

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