LLM845 Corporate Finance Laws

[3–0, 3 cr.]

The course provides an in-depth examination of the legal framework for equity finance over the entire corporate lifecycle, including venture capital, management buyouts, initial and subsequent public offers of shares, rights issues, private equity buyouts and share buybacks. It will examine the use of different types of equity finance instruments and the legal rights associated with them. Close attention will be paid to the regime governing legal capital its implications for corporate transactions. The role of capital markets in raising new capital and trading shares will be examined along with the role of financial regulators in controlling that process.