B2424 - SEM. CORPORATE LAW AND GOVERNANCE OF PUBLIC COMPANIES

Conoscenze e abilità da conseguire

The seminar provides an in-depth examination of the main legal and governance issues of today’s publicly traded corporations. Adopting a comparative and international perspective, the seminar cover themes such as the nature of agency problems in publicly traded corporations, the role of institutional investors in corporate governance, the purpose of the corporation, ESG, “CorpTech”. The goal is to provide students with a in-depth, critical understanding of the key legal and governance challenges faced by today’s public firms.

Contenuti

- The principal-agent problem in publicly held corporations and how ownership structure affects it

- Transactions in control

- Control-enhancing mechanisms (dual class shares, loyalty shares, pyramids)

- The role of institutional investors in corporate governance

- "ESG", shareholders vs stakeholders and the purpose of publicly held corporations

Testi/Bibliografia

A reading list, mainly composed of academic articles and textbook excerpts, will be provided in due course. 

Each seminar will have its own readings. For a more engaged class participation, students are encouraged to read them before each seminar.

Metodi didattici

The seminars will be held by the course teacher, sometimes in joint collaboration with guest lecturers expert in the seminar's topic. Active class participation is strongly encouraged.

Modalità di verifica e valutazione dell'apprendimento

Students are required to write a 5.000-word essay on one of the topics covered by the seminars. 

Strumenti a supporto della didattica

The course teacher will use slides that will be made available to students via the course website, usually the day before the class.

Orario di ricevimento

Consulta il sito web di Sergio Gilotta