LAW 0525: Corporate Finance
Fall 2020 • Section 01 • CRN 38994

Course Description

This course introduces key concepts in corporate finance with a focus on the practical importance of finance for lawyers. Lawyers today routinely encounter financial information in varied settings, including in both transactional and litigation contexts. Lawyers with a good understanding of basic corporate finance principles are at an advantage in diverse legal practice settings. The finance topics covered in this course are essential for lawyers who plan to work in transactional, tax planning, litigation, employment, regulatory, and other contexts. This course will focus on preparing students to become knowledgeable consumers of financial information, as well as understand the implications of common uses and misuses of financial information. This course will include a brief review of accounting. The course will also cover a range of finance topics, including fundamentals of finance and financial markets, currency markets, debt markets, equity markets, government securities markets, regulation of financial markets, structured finance and securitization, derivatives markets, and financial intermediaries. This course will not have an exam. Students will complete problems sets, give class presentations on finance related topics, and complete assigned class writings or a class project. Students with prior coursework in finance will need Professor Arewa’s prior permission to enroll in this course.

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