International Business Law Program

FIRST SEMESTER

Introduction To Accounting For Lawyers

OP

3

Accounting techniques to introduce the legal and financial business context.

SECOND SEMESTER

Introduction To Finance For Lawyers

OP

3

Introduction to the Financial framework of a corporation, financial statement analysis, valuation principles and techniques, etc.

FIRST SEMESTER

Comparative Contract Law

OP

3

Covers the fundamentals of consensual liability. Consideration is given to contract formation, interpretation, performance, breach and remedies. It also provides an overview of different types of contracts.

SECOND SEMESTER

Transnational Commercial Law

OP

3

Introduction to transport contracts and payment systems.

FIRST SEMESTER

International Corporate Law

OP

3

A comparison of the world's most important corporate structures.

SECOND SEMESTER

International Securities Regulation

OP

3

Regulation of the principal financial markets, common scenario for international corporations.

FIRST SEMESTER

Private Equity and M&A

OP

3

Introduction to the mechanisms to obtain funding for a corporation, from external sources, as well as taking control of another corporation.

SECOND SEMESTER

Skills for the Global Lawyer: transactional practice

OP

3

With a view to preparing students to work successfully on complex cross-border transactions, this practical course provides an introduction to the substantive role of the international corporate transactional attorney at the heart of negotiating and managing such transactions, which make-up a large portion of the day-to-day work at large Spanish, US and UK law firms.

It will provide exposure to practice skills useful for major practice areas (e.g., capital markets, corporate governance, M&A/private equity, credit, project finance, compliance, etc.) and will focus on contracts and other materials encountered in private M&A transactions.