Law 640: Business Planning

The purpose of this course is to teach students how to analyze and develop a plan to implement a few fundamental types of business transactions or situations by applying various substantive areas of law and other related analytical skills. The course will combine reading and classroom discussion with two practical exercises requiring written and oral submissions. One exercise, and the course as a whole, will require that students become familiar with the basic corporate, tax and securities law principles involved in one or more of these transactions. The other exercise will allow students to prepare an in-depth analysis within one or more of those fields (or other related field) in cooperation with other students and in consultation with the professor.

Sequence and Prerequisites: Business Associations I (Law 633) and Income Taxation (Law 647) are prerequisites. Business Associations II (Law 636) is a prerequisite but may be taken concurrently. Corporate Taxation (Law 648) is recommended.