208-241 Corporate and Commercial Law

208-233 Introduction to Business Law

This subject introduces the principles of corporate and commercial law with emphasis on corporate entities.

Topics include: partnerships and joint ventures and other non-corporate trading entities; functions and structures of companies, origins of company law and internal governance; corporate governance in particular directors duties and associated practices and insurances to ensure duties are undertaken and risks mitigated; corporate finance: capital raising; dividends; debt finance and company borrowings and charges; insolvency of non-corporate entities; receivers, liquidators and winding up; corporate liability, insurance issues and risk mitigation; reporting and disclosure and the role of the auditor; principle and agency and officers of the company; introduction to the ASX; and mergers and acquisitions.

A 3-hour end-of-semester examination (75%) and tutorial assessment (25%).