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Level 7 Diploma in International Business Law

Comparative Business Structures

IBL705 · Company Law — Week 1 of 16

CourseIBL705
Week1 of 16
SemesterII
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This week’s topics

Comparative Business Structures

  1. Sole traders and general or limited partnerships
  2. Public and private limited companies
  3. Functional typologies of European corporate forms and cross-border operations
  4. Forms of UK Business Organisations: Sole traders and partnerships
  5. Chapter 3 - Private Limited Companies - Business Law - SQE1 - LLB
  6. Chapter 8 - Limited Liability Partnerships LLP - Business Law - SQE1

What you will be able to do

  • 1.1 Analyse the characteristics of: o the sole trader o partnership o public and private companies
  • 1.2 Evaluate different functions of EU companies.

Activity

Start with this week’s 3 videos, then: Seminar, guided reading and a short written task: analyse the characteristics of: o the sole trader o partnership o public and private companies

Study materials

Videos

  • Forms of UK Business Organisations: Sole traders and partnerships · YouTube · Mariette Jones · 20 min · for registered students
  • Chapter 3 - Private Limited Companies - Business Law - SQE1 - LLB · YouTube · SQE1window · 10 min · for registered students
  • Chapter 8 - Limited Liability Partnerships LLP - Business Law - SQE1 · YouTube · SQE1window · 8 min · for registered students

Further resources

  • Putting the Corporation in its Place · PDF · NBER, article · for registered students
  • Code des sociétés et des associations (Belgian Code of Companies and Associations), 23 March 2019 – consolidated text · Reading · Be, legislation · for registered students
  • Partnership Act 1890 · Reading · legislation.gov.uk, legislation · for registered students
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Course plan
  • Week 1: Comparative Business Structures
  • Week 2: Corporate Formation and Constitutional Documents
  • Week 3: Corporate Personality and the Veil of Incorporation
  • Week 4: Corporate Governance and Board Dynamics
  • Week 5: Directors' General Duties and Liabilities
  • Week 6: Shareholder Decision-Making and Governance Rights
  • Week 7: Minority Shareholder Protection
  • Midterm: Midterm evaluation
  • Week 9: Directors' Responsibilities in Financial Distress
  • Week 10: Auditing and Corporate Accountability
  • Week 11: Corporate Insolvency, Liquidation, and Distribution
  • Week 12: Applying Company Law in practice: case studies
  • Week 13: Assignment workshop: research, planning and referencing
  • Week 14: Assignment workshop: drafting, feedback and improvement
  • Week 15: Review and coursework completion
  • Final: Final assessment and submission
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