Corporate rights. Legal aspects of mergers and acquisitions
Course:
Structural unit: Education and Research Law School
Title
Corporate rights. Legal aspects of mergers and acquisitions
Code
ВБ.01.01.22.
Module type
Вибіркова дисципліна для ОП
Educational cycle
Second
Year of study when the component is delivered
2021/2022
Semester/trimester when the component is delivered
2 Semester
Number of ECTS credits allocated
4
Learning outcomes
Students' achievement of such competencies, skills and abilities as: assessing the reliability of information and reliability of sources, effectively process and use information for research and practical activities; generate new ideas and use modern technologies in providing legal services; use advanced knowledge and methods in the process of lawmaking and law enforcement of public and private law and criminal justice institutions; integrate the necessary knowledge and solve complex problems of law enforcement in various areas of professional activity
Form of study
Prerequisites and co-requisites
Know the legal nature of corporate rights; the moment of origin and termination of property rights and other property rights to corporate rights; features of realization of each of corporate rights; methods of their protection and defense.
Be able to correctly interpret the provisions of current legislation of Ukraine in the field of corporate legal relations, to draw up documents on corporate governance (minutes of meetings of the general meeting of shareholders, supervisory board, management); develop statutes and internal regulations on corporate governance of a legal entity; know the procedure and methods of notifying the regulator of changes in the corporate governance of a legal entity (eg, the emergence of special information), convene and hold meetings of management bodies of the legal entity (eg, general meeting, supervisory board, management); develop transactions aimed at the emergence and termination of corporate rights.
.
Course content
Teaching forms and teaching methods are aimed at in-depth study of the theory of corporate law and the formation of practical skills in corporate governance related to the tasks that are usually entrusted to a corporate lawyer. The legal nature of corporate rights is studied within the discipline; the moment of origin and termination of property rights and other property rights to corporate rights; features of realization of each of corporate rights; ways of their protection and defense, as well as the specifics of mergers and acquisitions of legal entities, both those related to the termination of the legal entity, and those aimed at establishing corporate control over them, the theory of mergers and acquisitions is studied, as well as their basic models.
Recommended or required reading and other learning resources/tools
Corporate law: textbook. / OV .. - Dnipro: A. Nobel Univ., 2018. - 275 p. - Bibliogr .: p. 273-275;
Corporate Law in Schemes: textbook. way. / AV Smityukh; Odessa. Mechnikov I.I.nat. Univ. - view. fifth, change. and add. - Odessa: ONU, 2017. - 321 p .;
Corporate Governance: Monograph / I. Spasibo-Fateeva, O. Kibenko, V. Borisova; for ed. prof. I. Spsibo-Fateeva. - H .: Law, 2007. - 500p .;
Fleckner A. M., Hopt K. J. Comparative Corporate Governance: A Functional and International Analysis. Cambridge University Press, 2013;
King D. R., Bauer F., Schriber S. Mergers and Acquisitions: A Research Overview. Routledge, 2018
Kraakman R. The Anatomy of Corporate Law: A Comparative and Functional Approach. Oxford University Press, 2017;
Parkinson J. E. Corporate power and responsibility: Issues in the theory of company law // OUP Catalog. - 1995;
Ryder R. D. Drafting Corporate and Commercial Agreements. Universal Law Publishing Co., 2005;
Planned learning activities and teaching methods
Lecture, seminar, self-study work
Assessment methods and criteria
At seminars current control of the student's knowledge of the discipline includes: reports and research papers - from 6 to 10 points; express examination - from 6 to 10 points; case resolution - from 6 to 10 points; colloquium - from 6 to 10 points.
The following are subject to assessment: the level of knowledge demonstrated in the response; activity in discussing issues; systematic work in the classroom; homework results.
Missing for good reason seminar classes a student can work in extracurricular time (time of teacher consultations) through oral interviews, testing, preparation of scientific reports.
A student who has not reached the minimum threshold level of assessment (24 points) of those learning outcomes that cannot be assessed during the final control may be excluded from the final assessment.
The final assessment of the student's knowledge takes place during the written exam (maximum score - 60).
Language of instruction
Ukrainian
Lecturers
This discipline is taught by the following teachers
Roman
Sabodash
Civil Law Department
Education and Research Law School
Education and Research Law School
Departments
The following departments are involved in teaching the above discipline
Civil Law Department
Education and Research Law School