Capital Markets: Theory and Practice

3 credits · Law School

This course will explore capital markets from a practitioner’s perspective. We will consider relevant statutes, regulations, and case law, but the primary focus will be on actual capital market transactions. We will explore how U.S. capital markets came to lead the world and then how global market became integrated, and some ways in which they did not. We will examine how the capital markets fulfill their essential role of providing capital to issuers, as well as other roles such as offering investors a broad range of investment opportunities and providing greater tax efficiency. Case studies include global offerings, real estate investment trusts (REITs) and their global equivalents, and environmental, social, and governance (ESG) investment – featuring guest lecturers who are actual participants in the transactions studied. [3]