Course syllabus
Overview
EFI258 Corporate Finance Law (7.5 credits) 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: Artemisa Ntourou
Semester Representatives: to be decided
Course Administrators: Heléne Larsson, Catherine Granath and Lisa Sutton (ep@handels.gu.se)
Course details
EFI258 Corporate Finance Law is included in the fifth semester of the Bachelor’s Programme in Business and Economics for students majoring in financial economics. It is also open to visiting exhange students.
Course dates: 8 December 2026 - 17 January 2026 (quarter 4). Course registration in Ladok opens 29 November.
Syllabus and reading list EFI258
Schedule EFI258 (preliminary until 14 days prior to course start)
Study guide EFI258 (available upon registration)
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
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Exam |
Date |
Type |
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Exam |
to be decided |
E-exam in examination hall (DISA) |
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Re-take exam 1 |
to be decided |
E-exam in examination hall (DISA) |
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Re-take exam 2 |
to be decided |
E-exam in examination hall (DISA) |
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 exams in the university's examination halls. Please read through this information well before your exam.