LAW 2988 - Private Equity: Fund Formation and Transactional Issues
The course is designed to introduce upper-level students to the fundamental and critical issues arising in private equity fund formation and the transactions engaged in by private equity funds. The principal focus of the course will be on understanding the legal and commercial aspects of private equity as an asset class and on introducing students to the legal documents used in the process of raising and investing capital. Contract, corporate, partnership, limited liability company and securities laws will be the principal legal regimes applied in the course. The course will also deal incidentally with various other laws, including tax, ERISA, bankruptcy and anti-trust laws.
Prerequisites & Notes
Pre-Requisite: Business Organizations
Co-Requisite: Securities Regulation
Credits: 2
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