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Curriculum
Master in Business Law
26
Credits
Specialization
DRG510
Advanced Corporate Law
2
This course examines the following three topics: 1) the main operations that may affect the company as a group; 2) the legal acts that the partners can conclude to perfect the rules of corporate operations; 3) the rules of powers and responsibilities applicable to each corporate player, legal person and corporate organs.
DRG520
Advanced Business Law
2
This course undertakes a comparative study of the French and Lebanese law concerning the acts and assets of a commercial enterprise, including commercial transactions, business and business transactions, and commercial lease.
DRG525
Financial Instruments
2
This course studies the various legal instruments used in financing operations, such as banking practice contracts, assorting guarantees, and the financial instruments of corporate law.
DRG535
Bankruptcy and Reorganization
2
This course examines the main rules and the philosophy of preventing and addressing business difficulties in French and European law, as compared to the Lebanese law, which takes after an older tradition.
DRG545
Law and Business of Corporate Transaction
2
This course provides a comparative approach to contract law, including intermediary contracts, commercial agencies, mandates, commissions, and brokerage under French and Lebanese law.
DRG555
Criminal Business Law
2
This course provides an overview of the criminal offenses applicable to the business and corporate world: 1) common law offenses also applicable to enterprises, especially fraud, breach of trust, and money laundering; 2) specific business offenses, including the misappropriation of corporate assets, and bankruptcy.
DRG625
International Contract Law
2
This course examines several transversal topics, such as the conflicts of laws and jurisdictions, arbitration, and the United Nations Vienna Convention on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods.
DRG665
Contractual Technique
2
This course adopts a practical approach to contract law, by examining the general structure of a contract and its principal provisions, and includes the analysis and drafting of clauses.
DRG670
Competition Law
2
This course examines the rules of competition in international, European and national laws.
DRG675
Distribution Contracts
2
This course examines all main contracts related to structuring a distribution network, including exclusivity agreements, selective distribution, exclusive concession, and franchise.
Capstone
DRG590A
Research Dissertation
6
The student prepares a research paper under the direction of a Master’s teacher and defends it before a jury composed of three teachers, at least two of whom are part of the Master’s teaching team. The third member may be a USEK teacher and doctor of law.