Deal Skills Class

Catalog description

The course introduces students to business and legal issues common to commercial transactions. Class will emphasize the thought process involved in, and required by, the practice of transactional law, skills such as interviewing, counseling and communicating with your client, understanding business issues and drafting contract provisions to reflect those issues, negotiation deals and managing a transaction closing. Simulation exercise, in-class role-play and lectures, out-of-class due diligence, negotiation and other exercises. Credit Hour : 1-3 Prerequisites: Either LAW 5395 - Business Organization or LAW 5454 - Contracting Drafting. Students cannot enroll concurrently in Corporate Finance and Deal Skills. Students who have completed Deal Skills are precluded from enrolling in Corporate Finance. However, students are allowed to enroll in Deal Skills even if they have already taken Corporate Finance