LAW2001 - Corporate Law

1. Identify the risks of liability arising from diverse sources for both the company and its officers and, in particular, define directors’ duties and the consequences of breaching those duties;

2. Describe the financing of companies by debt and equity, the rules and restrictions in place to protect creditors and shareholders as well as the rules regulating fundraising;

3. Use skills, including analytical and deductive reasoning, in applying the above knowledge, rules and principles of corporations law to factual situations which could arise in practice, in order to solve a problem perceptively and creatively or to have sufficient understanding of the legal issues to know what questions to ask when referring the matter for legal advice.