Corporate Finance
LAW 765 | 1-3 Hours
An advanced course in corporate law dealing with the business and legal issues involved in how a firm raises money, how it spends the money, when it should repay investors, and why other players in the firm's ecosystem may object to a particular strategy. Throughout, the course deals with entity and security valuation issues from a legal standpoint. It covers the legal structure for equity funding through common stock and preferred stock, debt through loans and bonds, and the legal conflicts (based on statutory, contract and fiduciary duties) that arise between founders, common and preferred shareholders, management, bondholders and lenders in a variety of transactions including stock issuances, recapitalizations, mergers and acquisitions, leveraged buyouts, and liquidations.