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European Company Law

ВБ 1.3

Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП

Second

2023/2024

1 Semester

3

To know fundamental principles of European company law and basic theoretical problems concerning legal regulation of the companies’ activity within the EU; EU rules on companies’ financial management and accounting standards; corporate governance practices of the European companies in the context of European company law; European capital market functioning and company takeover procedures under European company law; principles and procedures of European company’s reorganisation. To be able to practically apply the acquired knowledge concerning formation, reorganisation and dissolution of European companies, corporate governance, companies’ financial management and accounting, other aspects of company functioning; work with sources of EU company law (founding treaties, regulations, directives, the case law of the CoJ), etc. To acquire basic communicative skills in the process of case-solving and discussing practical cases related to various aspects of European company law

Full-time form

Proficiency in English, general competence in institutional and substantive European Union law, corporate law and private international law, modern legal systems

Thematic plan of the discipline: 1. European company law: origins and legal framework 2. Freedom of establishment of companies in the European Union 3. European company formation and disclosure rules 4. Corporate finance and accounting 5. Corporate governance practices in the European Union 6. Capital markets and takeover regulation 7. Reorganisation of companies. Dissolution and insolvency 8. Future evolution of the European company law

1. Kraakman, J. et al. The Anatomy of Corporate Law: a Comparative and Functional Approach. Oxford University Press, 2017. 2. Luca, Nicola De. European Company Law. Text, Cases and Materials. Cambridge University Press, 2017. 3. Luca, Nicola De. Foundations of European Company Law. LUISS Academy, 2016. 4. Grundmann, Stefan, and Falko Glasow. European Company Law: Organization, Finance and Capital Markets. Intersentia, 2012. 5. Andenas, M., Wooldridge, F. European Comparative Company Law. Cambridge University Press, 2012. 6. Dorresteijn, A. F. M., et al. European Corporate Law. Wolters Kluwer, 2017. 7. Solé Antoni Pigrau, et al. Human Rights in European Business: a Practical Handbook for Civil Society Organisations and Human Rights Defenders. Tarragona Centre for Environmental Law Studies. Universitat Rovira i Virgili, 2016.

Lectures, seminars

Current control: answers (up to 30 points), individual analytical assignments (up to 10 points), presentation of reports, case study (up to 20 points). The form of final control is an exam. The exam is conducted in writing. The student's answer to the exam – up to 40 points.

English