Corporate Finance Law

Course aim

The course explores the legal and policy issues pertinent to corporate finance.  It provides students with a deep and broad understanding of the various forms of corporate finance and how they are formulated and implemented as well as advanced understanding of the regulation of capital markets.  As the principles and policies relevant to corporate finance operate within the context of a global financial system, international and comparative dimensions of corporate finance law will also be considered.

Course content

• Introduction to Equity & Debt Finance
• Corporate and Financial System Regulators (ASIC & APRA)
• Commercial lending, syndication and securitization
• Personal Property Securities Act
• Share capital transactions
• Venture Capital and other forms of private equity
• Public offerings
• Disclosure
• Takeovers
• Schemes of Arrangement
• Market misconduct
• Phoenix companies

Textbook(s)

Louise Gullifer & Jennifer Payne 2015, Corporate Finance Law: Principles and Policy, 2nd, Hart Publishing, Oxford

Prerequisite(s)

Nil

Corequisite(s)

Nil

Teaching method

Component	Duration
INTERNAL, CITY WEST (INTENSIVE)
Seminar	30 hours x 1- 2 weeks
EXTERNAL, CITY WEST, ONLINE
Online activities	3 hours x 1 x 10 weeks
INTERNAL, CITY WEST
Preparatory	1 x 1 week
Seminar	3 hours x 1 x 10 weeks

Note: These components may or may not be scheduled in every study period. Please refer to the timetable for further details.

Assessment

Case study, Research paper

Fees

EFTSL*: 0.125
Commonwealth Supported program (Band 4C)
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