Corporate Law and Economics
Training Provider: NATIONAL UNIVERSITY OF SINGAPORE
Course Reference: TGS-2024046489
S$5,400
About This Course
At the end of the course, participants should be able to:
1. be equipped with a strong normative framework to evaluate a variety of corporate laws and governance arrangements;
2. engage and appreciate interdisciplinary perspectives which inform the development of corporate law and governance;
3. critically engage with key debates in contemporary law and governance;
4. be equipped with the relevant background for cross-border work involving corporate law and governance;
5. be equipped with a strong foundation for commencing academic work in corporate law and governance.
What You'll Learn
This course is offered under the Faculty of Law's Graduate Coursework Programmes in Corporate & Financial Services Law.
This course is designed to provide an overview of the economic considerations which inform the corporate laws and governance arrangements of key jurisdictions around the world. Issues to be considered include the allocation of power between shareholders, directors, and management; executive compensation; minority shareholder protection; asset parititoning and creditor protection; the rise of institutional investors and investor stewardship; controlling shareholders, dual-class structures and state-owned enterprises, the growing ESG and corporate social responsibility agenda, shareholder activism, and stakeholder capitalism. References to Singapore's corporate and securities laws will be made where relevant. No background in economics is required to take the course.
This course is designed to provide an overview of the economic considerations which inform the corporate laws and governance arrangements of key jurisdictions around the world. Issues to be considered include the allocation of power between shareholders, directors, and management; executive compensation; minority shareholder protection; asset parititoning and creditor protection; the rise of institutional investors and investor stewardship; controlling shareholders, dual-class structures and state-owned enterprises, the growing ESG and corporate social responsibility agenda, shareholder activism, and stakeholder capitalism. References to Singapore's corporate and securities laws will be made where relevant. No background in economics is required to take the course.
Entry Requirements
A good Bachelor's or Juris Doctor degree in Law
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