15.617 | Spring 2004 | Graduate

The Law of Corporate Finance and Financial Markets

Course Description

Much of 15.617 focuses on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and the law-sensitive aspects of financial services and financial markets. The course is designed to be an introduction to business law that covers the fundamentals, including contracts, liability, regulation, employment, and corporations. This class also …
Much of 15.617 focuses on mergers and acquisitions (M&A), and the law-sensitive aspects of financial services and financial markets. The course is designed to be an introduction to business law that covers the fundamentals, including contracts, liability, regulation, employment, and corporations. This class also provides an in-depth treatment of the law of finance.
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A photo of the top of the U.S. Supreme Court building.
The words “equal justice under law” are engraved in the west pediment of the U.S. Supreme Court, sitting above the building’s main entrance. (Image courtesy of The Supreme Court Fellows Program.)