This SMU-XO course offers an international experiential learning opportunity that allows students to translate classroom knowledge and theory into practical solutions for various institutions. In addition to visiting law firms, government agencies and international organizations, student will also participate in a consultancy project. Through the project, students will learn how to solve business and political problems with guidance from the faculty and project mentors. The project will focus on evaluating legal problems in different areas of law and recommending/applying solutions to these problems.
This course aims to achieve the following objectives:
- Understand EU-ASEAN law and relations
- Solve real-world legal issues through a student consultancy project
- Incorporate active mentoring by faculty and project sponsors
This SMU-XO course offers an international experiential learning opportunity that allows students to translate classroom knowledge and theory into practical solutions for various institutions. In addition to visiting law firms, government agencies and international organizations, student will also participate in a consultancy project. Through the project, students will learn how to solve business and political problems with guidance from the faculty and project mentors. The project will focus on evaluating legal problems in different areas of law and recommending/applying solutions to these problems.
This course aims to achieve the following objectives:
- Understand EU-ASEAN law and relations
- Solve real-world legal issues through a student consultancy project
- Incorporate active mentoring by faculty and project sponsors
Through this course, the students will not only grasp the basic contours of the Chinese legal system, but also gain hands-on experience by working with Chinese legal practitioners to solve real-world legal issues. Due to Covid, we expect to have field trips conducted in Singapore for this semester.
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By the end of the course, students should be able to:
1) Understand the general legal framework regulating major corporate deals
2) Understand the main legal documents involved in corporate deals
3) Understand the business and financial rationales for the legal devices used
4) Understand the key issues in negotiating and advising on venture capital investment deals
By the end of the course, students should be able to:
- Understand the general legal framework regulating major corporate deals
- Understand the main legal documents involved in corporate deals
- Understand the business and financial rationales for the legal devices used
- Understand the key issues in negotiating and advising on venture capital investment deals
Students will also engage in hands-on practice, simulating assignments that junior M&A lawyers will work on. At the end of the course, students will engage in a mock M&A negotiation. This will require use of the skills and discussion of the issues learnt during the course, including creating the appropriate documentation for a deal and negotiating the concerns raised.
- A comprehensive understanding of the stages, processes and advantages of different dispute resolution mechanisms
- The unique role of each participant in dispute resolution processes, with a focus on the advocate’s role
- Knowledge of the models and theoretical approaches appropriate to settle disputes through negotiation and mediation
- Capacity to draft written submissions to clients, meditators, arbitrators and judges, and recognise the distinctive functions of these submissions
- Deliver persuasive and clear oral arguments in different dispute resolution fora
- Being able to understand the role and function of transactional lawyers
- Acquiring the intuition, background and skillset that lawyers need to possess to effectively navigate corporate transactions in a complex, changing and global world
- Getting to know the economic and financial aspects of corporate transactions
- Being able to connect different disciplines and areas of practice involved in corporate transactions
The course will involve guest instructors from the Singapore International Arbitration Centre (SIAC) and by other leading practitioners, who will share their unique, practical perspectives on administering or advancing a particular case. Participants keen on developing a practice in international dispute settlement will find this course of direct relevance.