LL.M. Program Academic year 2012/2013. Business and Company Law: European and International Perspectives

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1 Dipartimento di Giurisprudenza LL.M. Program Academic year 2012/2013 Business and Company Law: European and International Perspectives Academic Director Prof. Barbara De Donno (LUISS Guido Carli) Scientific Committee President: Prof. Diego Corapi (Università di Roma Sapienza ) Prof. Carlo Angelici (Università di Roma La Sapienza), Prof. Ignacio Arroyo Martinez (Universidad Autónoma de Barcelona), Prof. Michael Joachim Bonell (Università di Roma Sapienza ), Prof.ssa Rossella Borgia (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Peter Burbidge (University of Westminster), Prof. Bruno Capponi (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Angelo Carmona (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Yves Chaput (Université de Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne), Prof. Marcello Clarich (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Yves De Cordt (Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve), Avv. Raffaele D Ambrosio (Banca d Italia), Prof.ssa Angela Del Vecchio (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Giorgio Di Giorgio (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof.ssa Claude Ducouloux Favard (Université de Paris Dauphine), Prof. Marcello Foschini (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Fausta Guarriello (Università G. d Annunzio di Chieti-Pescara), Prof. Franco Fontana (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof.ssa Paula Forgioni (Universidade de São Paulo), Prof. Andrea Giardina (Università di Roma Sapienza ), Prof.ssa Federica Giardini (Università di Padova), Prof. Klaus Hopt (Universität Hamburg), Prof. Guy Horsmans (Université Catholique de Louvain-la-Neuve), Prof. Raffaele Lener (Università di Roma Tor Vergata), Prof. François- Xavier Lucas (Université Paris I Panthéon-Sorbonne), Prof. Sebastiano Maffettone (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Alberto Mazzoni (Univeristà Cattolica del Sacro Cuore di Milano), Prof. Paolo Moscarini (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Giandomenico Mosco (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Antonio Nuzzo (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Mario Nuzzo (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Gennaro Olivieri (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Gustavo Olivieri (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Roberto Pessi (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Arthur Pinto (Brooklyn University New York), Prof. Rafael Porrata Doria (Temple University Philadelphia), Prof. Antonio Punzi (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Pietro Reichlin (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Salvatore Alberto Romano (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof.ssa. Livia Salvini (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. David Sonenshein (Temple University Philadelphia), Prof. Michele Tamponi (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Gustavo Visentini (LUISS Guido Carli), Prof. Attilio Zimatore (LUISS Guido Carli).

2 Steering Committee Prof. Federico Pernazza (Università del Molise) Prof. Raffaele Torino (Università Roma Tre) Avv. Domenico Benincasa (LUISS Guido Carli) Avv. Mauro Miccoli (Studio Legale Bisogni) Dott. Eugenio Ruggiero (Studio Visentini, Marchetti & Associati) Admission requirements: 2nd level degree or degree under the previous system obtained in Italy in Law, Political Science, Economics and degree obtained abroad deemed equivalent Training/Teaching Commitment: 1500 hours Final degree:ll.m. (Master of Laws) degree (Diploma di Master Universitario di Secondo Livello) - 60 CFU / ECTS (Crediti Formativi Universitari / European Credit Transfer and Accumulation System) Admission procedure: curriculum assessment and motivational/aptitude interviewing. Participant number: Minimun 15 Maximum 35 Lenght and Lecture Schedule Lenght: annual Start date: January 2013 End date: May 2014 (lectures, Workshops, Seminars and will end within February 2013) Lecture Schedule: Friday 2:30-7:30 p.m. and Saturday 8:30 a.m.- 1:30 p.m. ( hours per week) Activities Lectures: 300 hours/42 CFU-ECTS Workshops, Seminars and : 0 hours/8 CFU-ECTS Conferences: 40 hours/ 4 CFU-ECTS Other Training Activities: 250 hours Final Thesis: 250 hours/3 CFU-ECTS Individual Study: 560 hours/3 CFU-ECTS Admission to the final examination: to be admitted to the final examination, consisting in a dissertation on the Master s thesis, participants shall a) attend no less than 70% of lectures, workshops, seminars and tutorials, b) succeed in mid-term evaluations and c) complete all of the required activities

3 MODULES* *At least one third of the lectures, workshops, seminars and tutorials shall be held in English. Title of the module Topics h Credits Sources of law, types and models of company, corporate governance in Common Law Countries the United Kingdom and in the USA Civil Law Countries European Company Law Comparative Company Law: BRICS Listed Companies in European and Comparative Law Unincorporated Forms of Doing Business M&A Financial information and legal accounting Contracts in the Financial Market Practices in International Finance Lex Mercatoria and International Commercial Contracts Contracts for the International Sale of Goods Sources of law, types and models of company, corporate governance in France, Germany and Spain Sources of EU company law Freedom of establishment for companies The European Company Company law in BRICS countries (Brasil, Russia, India, China and South Africa) Listing requirements and procedures Corporate governance Public offers and takeovers Agency Trust Contractual joint ventures Unincorporated organizations and partnerships Foundations vs. trusts: a comparative overview Selling and purchase agreement - SPA Transnational mergers and divisions Golden shares and powers Antitrust matters Public and private enforcement Companyʼs financial information EU Directives on annual accounts and International Accounting Principles (IAS- IFRS) Securities contracts Enterprise financing Subordinated loans Setting up of financing and placement syndicates Agreements and financial instruments for edging purposes: derivative instruments and insurance contracts The UNIDROIT Principles The Principles of European Contract Law (PECL) The Draft Common Frame of Reference The 1980 Vienna Convention (CISG) The 1955 Hague Convention The Rome I Regulation

4 Carrying out Infrastructure Projects in the International Context Company Crisis in European, Comparative and International Law International Arbitration and Alternative Dispute Resolution The international construction contract Project financing Public procurement The environmental assessment in European and international law Alert, rescue and liquidation proceedings (France, Germany, Spain, United Kingdom and USA) Transnational insolvency law in Europe and USA The UNCITRAL Model Law Comparative and international law of arbitration The 1958 New York Convention Alternative dispute resolution Conciliation and mediation Company class action Workshops, Seminars and Civil Law and Common Law Countries EU Company Law Listed Companies in European and Comparative law Description Research techniques and techniques of drafting legal advices, agreements and other legal texts; planning and management of consultancy activities Role-play The European Company statute Case study Role-play Study of listing requirements and procedures through the analysis of recent listing prospectus and corporate governance choises, also in consideration of changes in the ownership as a result of public offers to buy or exchange; business game Hours M&A 5 Lex mercatoria and International The Unidroit principles and arbitration awards of Commercial Agreements international chambers of commerce Carrying out Infrastructure Drafting agreements and legal advices Projects in the International 15 Contest Company Crisis in European, Comparative and International Case study Law International Arbitration and ADR Simulation of arbitration and mediation proceedings

5 Activities Description Hours credits Lectures Table: Modules Workshops, Seminars and Table: Workshops, Seminars and 0 8 Conferences 40 4 Other training activities Internship for deserving students or project work Final thesis Drafting and discussion of the final paper Individual study