Corporate Control Transactions - LAWS8091
Faculty: Faculty of Law
School: Faculty of Law
Course Outline: See below
Campus: Sydney
Career: Postgraduate
Units of Credit: 6
EFTSL: 0.12500 (more info)
Indicative Contact Hours per Week: 2
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: Academic Program must be either 9200, 9210 or 5740.
Excluded: JURD7392, JURD7791, LAWS3192
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
LLM Specialisations
Recommended Prior Knowledge
Course Objectives
Main Topics
- The concept of corporate control and the legal mechanisms for its transfer
- Issues prompting the regulation of takeovers
- The structure of takeover regulation
- Prohibited acquisitions of relevant interests in voting shares
- Exceptions to the prohibition upon acquisitions
- Takeover offers
- Conducting the takeover bid
Learning Outcomes
1. understand the law, policy and practices concerning transactions that affect corporate control and its transfer
2. appraise theoretical approaches to corporate control and especially the policy foundations for regulation and takeover practice
3. understand the rationale for takeover regulation and the practices and policies of takeover practitioners, the takeover regulator and the panel charged with resolving takeover disputes
Assessment
Class participation | 10% | |
Essay synopsis | 1,000 words | 20% |
Research essay | 5,000 words | 70% |