Transnational Corporate Finance Law (940M3)

30 credits, Level 7 (Masters)

Spring teaching

From a transnational perspective, this module examines both the public and private dimensions of corporate finance law. It uses case studies from the United Kingdom, Europe (with particular reference to France and Germany), the United States and Asia.

The module focuses primarily on legal challenges to multinationals companies’ operations, such as:

• jurisdiction and extraterritoriality
• recognition of foreign judgments
• judicial cooperation and conflict of laws.

We'll explore some of the most pressing and modern challenges in global business law.

This includes:

• what happens when companies in different countries go bankrupt
• how companies merge or buy each other across borders
• how businesses can be held responsible for crimes on an international level.
• how international laws work with local laws
• how informal guidelines (not just strict rules) play a big role in global business
• how culture, economics, and politics influence these laws
• exploring real-life examples to see how it all works in practice.

Contact hours and workload

This module is approximately 300 hours of work. This breaks down into about 30 hours of contact time and about 270 hours of independent study. The University may make minor variations to the contact hours for operational reasons, including timetabling requirements.

We regularly review our modules to incorporate student feedback, staff expertise, as well as the latest research and teaching methodology. We’re planning to run these modules in the academic year 2024/25. However, there may be changes to these modules in response to feedback, staff availability, student demand or updates to our curriculum.

We’ll make sure to let you know of any material changes to modules at the earliest opportunity.