Takeovers and Capital Markets Law - JURD7392
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: 3
Enrolment Requirements:
Prerequisite: completion of 36 UOC of JURD courses including Business Associations (JURD7224) for students enrolled prior to 2013. For students enrolled after 2013, completion of 72 UOC of JURD courses including BA (JURD7224).
Excluded: JURD7791, LAWS3192, LAWS8091
CSS Contribution Charge: 3 (more info)
Tuition Fee: See Tuition Fee Schedule
Further Information: See Class Timetable
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Description
The course is a specialist subject for those with a strong interest in corporate and securities law. It is important for those wishing to pursue a career in this field as a commercial lawyer or barrister, as an investment banker, as a policy adviser in Government or a regulatory agency, or in legal publishing.
Main Topics
- Securities regulators Continuous disclosure Fundraising Takeovers Market integrity.
- The role of ASIC and the ASX as bodies regulating companies and capital markets The continuous disclosure of information to securities markets The terms and conditions upon which companies may raise funds from the public, ie, the issue and content of prospectuses The structure and regulation of the market for corporate control (ie, takeovers), including a study of the role of the Takeovers Panel and the regime of compulsory acquisition The legal regimes relating to insider trading and market manipulation.