Curso Summer School - Law & Business program en Centro de Estudios Garrigues

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The program is especially designed for those interested in pursuing a career in transactional lawyering, international law firms, global organizations, international business practice and the financial industry.

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The Summer School Law & Business Program is a 2-week program in Spain conducted by the Centro de Estudios Garrigues with a view to providing a rigorous training in comparative and international business law. Leer más

Several features make this course a unique learning experience. Unlike other courses or summer programs, this course does not focus on a particular jurisdiction. Instead, it provides a comparative approach to the study of law and business. This means that students will be exposed to various legal systems, not only for the purposes of understanding how different jurisdictions solve similar economic problems, but also to develop a set of tools to critically analyze the law and be more creative and resourceful when analyzing legal problems in any jurisdiction.


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The program is specifically designed for people interested in pursuing a career in transactional lawyering, international law firms, academia, global organizations, international business practice and the financial industry.

The set of tools provided in the program to critically analyze the law from a comparative and interdisciplinary perspective also makes the course particularly useful for regulators, supervisors, academics, judges and policymakers from any jurisdiction.

Date: July 1 to July 12, 2019
Enrollment: starting January 2019

Timetable: Daily from July 1 to July 12, 2019 (excluding Saturdays and Sundays). Each module will last 4 hours. The lectures will be held from 10am to 2pm and the seminars from 3.30pm to 5.30pm.

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WEEK 1

1. COMPARATIVE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE

Marco Ventoruzzo
• The role of corporate law in the real economy. Agency problems and corporate ownership structures around the world
• The role of corporate law in the development of capital markets
• Origins, concept and function of corporate governance.

The rise of corporate governance codes. Conflicts between managers and shareholders. Conflicts among shareholders Leer más
• The rise of shareholder activism and the future of corporate governance


2. ACCOUNTING AND FINANCE FOR BUSINESS LAWYERS

Aurelio Gurrea
• Introduction to accounting and financial statement analysis
• Sources of finance. Equity, debt and retained earnings. The capital structure of the firm and the Modigliani-Miller theorem
• The Time Value of Money. Present value and future value.

Interest rate, discount rate and WAAC
• Assessing investment projects. NPV, IRR and pay-back period.
• Valuation of firms


3. SECURED TRANSACTIONS AND INTERNATIONAL COMMERCIAL LAW

Beata Fröhlich
• Commercial law and contract design.
• International trade law
• Secured transactions. Covenants, security interests,
guarantees
• Rules governing international commercial transactions.
Conflict of laws
• International commercial arbitration and alternative
dispute resolution
Seminar 1: International Commercial Law & Arbitration
(Beata Fröhlich)


4. DEALS IN EMERGING MARKETS

Elena Daly
• Deals in emerging markets
• Legal and institutional features of emerging markets
• Legal, political, monetary and regulatory risks. Corporate governance in emerging markets
• Enforcement and disputes


5. CAPITAL MARKETS AND FINANCIAL REGULATION

Werner Bijkerk / Thom Wetzer
• The functions of the financial system
• The role of financial regulation
• Regulation, design and supervision of financial markets
• Banking regulation. Capital and liquidity requirements.

Deposit insurance
• Corporate governance of financial Institutions
• Bank resolution

Seminar 2: Initial Public Offerings: Alibaba Goes Public
(Aurelio Gurrea Martínez)


6. CORPORATE REORGANIZATION AND COMPARATIVE INSOLVENCY LAW

Aurelio Gurrea / Felix Steffek
• Goals of insolvency law. The role of insolvency law in the promotion of economic growth
• Directors’ duties in the zone of insolvency. Avoidance actions. Debtor in possession vs trustees. Ranking of claims.

Treatment of contracts in bankruptcy
• Corporate reorganization. M&A in bankruptcy
• Legal and financial aspects in corporate reorganizations
• Corporate groups in bankruptcy. Cross-border insolvencies

Seminar 3: Private Equity & Business Restructuring (Felix Steffek)


7. INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW

Gemma Minero / Gonzalo Bleda
• Innovation, development and the rationale for the protection intellectual property rights
• Intellectual property rights: concept and regulation in the US and Europe
• Enforcing intellectual property rights
• Courts. Alternative Dispute Resolution in intellectual property law

Seminar 4: Fintech, Regtech and Legaltech (Nydia Remolina)


8. ANTITRUST

Sandra Marco
• The economics of antitrust law
• Market competition and market failures. Rules governing competition. Market abuses. Cartels and competitor collaborations
• Monopolies, vertical restraints and horizontal mergers
• Financial aids in the EU, the US and Asia
• The role and intervention of competition authorities.

Investigations and sanctions

Seminar 5: International taxation (Ángel Calleja)


9. MERGERS & ACQUISITIONS

Richard Squire
• The economics of M&A transactions
• The M&A deal. Due diligence
• Deal protections in M&A transactions
• Takeover law. The role of corporate directors in hostile acquisitions
• Poison pills, staggered boards and other anti-takeover measures
• Legal and financial aspects in M&A transactions


10. INTERNATIONAL TRANSACTIONS

Aurelio Gurrea / Javier Marzo
• The law and economics of corporate transactions
• The role of business lawyers in corporate transactions
• Global lawyering. Transactional lawyers in international transactions
• Interdisciplinary case study on international transactionsLeer menos