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474 Corporate Governance and Deals Lab

This experiential course applies business law concepts and theory to the practice of corporate law.  Through a series of simulations, students will encounter real-world scenarios and use practical lawyering skills as they learn to negotiate, draft and design the different deal documents in complex mergers and acquisitions and leveraged buyouts; negotiate and draft Private Equity fund formation documents; and simulate real-life cases of shareholder activism and other corporate governance issues. Student will be expected to submit several short written assignments as well as participate in a larger final project. The course is designed to be accessible to students without a business background.

Course Areas of Practice
  • Business and Corporate Law
Evaluation Methods
  • Simulated Writing, Transactional
  • Group project(s)
  • Oral presentation
  • Class participation
Degree Requirements
JD experiential
IntlLLM Business Cert
Course Type
  • Simulation
Learning Outcomes
  • Other professional skills needed for competent and ethical participation as a member of the legal profession

Sample Syllabi

Spring 2025

2025
Course Number Course Credits Evaluation Method Instructor

474.01 2
  • Simulated Writing, Transactional
  • Group project(s)
  • Oral presentation
  • Class participation
 Yaron Nili

This experiential course applies business law concepts and theory to the practice of corporate law.  Through a series of simulations, students will encounter real-world scenarios and use practical lawyering skills as they learn to negotiate, draft and design the different deal documents in complex mergers and acquisitions and leveraged buyouts; negotiate and draft Private Equity fund formation documents; and simulate real-life cases of shareholder activism and other corporate governance issues. Student will be expected to submit several short written assignments as well as participate in a larger final project. The course is designed to be accessible to students without a business background.

Syllabus: 474-01-Spring2025-syllabus.pdf333.38 KB

Degree Requirements
Pre/Co-requisites
None

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