Course syllabus

Overview

This course aims to provide academic knowledge about the legal regulation of corporate finance. It is grounded in the legal framework of the different financing options that are available to businesses. The legal issues addressed relate to fields such as contract law, company law, securities law, insolvency law, bankruptcy law, credit law and sales law. The course is delivered with particular focus on UK and EU law and regulation. In addition, the course draws on the approaches to regulation in other jurisdictions, such as the United States.

Course Coordinator: Claes Martinson

Teaching assistant: Linda.Garrote@law.gu.se

Student Course Representatives: Henric Blom and Ida Syrén

Course Administrators: Heléne Larsson and Lisa Sutton (ep@handels.gu.se)

Course details

EFI258 is lectured in English. It is a full-time course of 7.5 credits which is offered in the first cycle (bachelor's level) and is included in the fifth semester of the Bachelor’s Programme in Business and Economics for students majoring in financial economics. It is also offered as a freestanding course, and is open to exhange students.

Course dates: 9 December 2025 - 18 January 2026

Course registration in Ladok opens 30 November. 

Syllabus and reading list EFI258

Schedule EFI258 (preliminary until 14 days prior to course start)

Study guide EFI258 

Assessment

The intended learning outcomes of the course are assessed through an exam, an essay and an individual oral presentation of group work at a seminar.

Essay examination seminars

A schedule for the essay examination seminars will be announced in the beginning of the final week of the submission period, when it is certain how many essays have been submitted.

Exam dates 

Please note: Exam registration (sign up) in Ladok is required for all exams. The registration deadline is 10 days prior to each exam date. You can find information regarding start time and location of the exam under the tab Examinations (Examinationstillfällen) on Ladok.  

The Student Portal has comprehensive information about e-exams in the university's examination halls. Please note that you, as a student, are responsible for complying with the rules for written examinations at the University of Gothenburg. It is therefore important that you read through this information well before your exam.

Some aspects of undertaking an e-examination are different from those of writing a paper-based exam. For example, a brought computer must meet specific system requirements, be able to connect to the eduroam network and have the Safe Exam Browser client installed. All necessary information can be found on the Student Portal. If you want to borrow a computer, it must be reserved in the TimeEdit system no later than five working days prior to the exam.