CORPORATE FINANCE

Catalog description

This course examines economic and legal problems arising in connection with financing decisions of publicly held corporations, including valuation of the enterprise and its securities, determination of securities structure and dividend policy, and decisions on investment opportunities. Students will also personally learn the following: (1) how to invest optimally, including in the stock market, (2) how to apply financial theory to decide the proper dollar amount for settling a lawsuit, and (3) how to converse intelligently with clients and potential clients about finance; just as the ability to speak Spanish is useful to attorneys with Spanish-speaking clients, the ability to speak the language of finance is useful to attorneys with business clients. If time permits, consideration also will be given to the rights and remedies of senior security holders. (Without permission of the instructor, the course should NOT be taken by students who took a course covering finance in college or graduate business school.)