LawBusiness:Corp Transactions

1.5 Credits · Level: Graduate

In practice, once business managers have reached a tentative deal on the major terms of a transaction, often they will then leave it to the lawyers to “paper the deal.” In many cases, managers focus primarily on the quantitative outcome of a transaction, and do not focus on the underlying “legal” issues and boilerplate related to a transaction. Using the same fictitious company throughout the course, students will be exposed to various corporate transactions, and the accompanying documentation, with emphasis on gaining the following knowledge base: - Introduction to the underlying laws regulating the transaction - Familiarity with the legal vocabulary - Exposure to the actual deal documentation This class complements our other business law class, ACCT 618 Law for Managers, which emphasizes the areas of law relating to the legal system and litigation, such as torts, employment law and contract enforcement. This class emphasizes areas of law relating to typical corporate transactions. As with any class relating to legal issues, it is important to include an ethics component. In this class, we will explore ethical issues surrounding the FCPA (the Foreign Corrupt Practices Act).