Advanced Executive Program in Financial Law

Introduction to the Program

Advanced level course covering Securities & Investment law, corporate law, Corporate Finance and mergers & acquisitions law.

This course is offered by ASCL Law School (ALS), a division of Asian School of Cyber Laws.

On admission, you will receive:

• Courseware & reference material in printed form.

• Courseware & reference material in electronic form.

On course completion, you will get 5 certification:

• Executive Program in Securities & Investment Law from ALS

• Executive Program in Law relating to Corporate Finance from ALS

• Executive Program in Law of Corporate Mergers & Acquisitions from ALS

• Executive Program in Corporate Law from ALS

• Advanced Executive Program in Financial Law from ALS

What is Financial Law?

Financial Law relates to the legal rules pertaining to the "process of raising or providing funds or capital or furnishing credit to another person".

Financial Law includes the legal framework applicable to:

• Securities (including Shares, Debentures and Bonds, Money Market Instruments, Commodities, Derivatives, Futures, Options, Swaps, Carbon Credits, Depository Receipts etc)

• Corporate Finance (Initial Public Offers, Further Public Offers, Rights Issues, Indian Depository Receipts, Qualified Institutions Placement, Public Issue of Debt Securities, Commercial Paper, External Commercial Borrowings, Trade Credits, Foreign Currency Exchangeable Bonds etc)

• Investment Environment (Mutual Funds, Foreign Institutional Investors, Venture Capitalists, Portfolio Managers, Private Equity, Intermediaries, Regulatory Issues etc)

• Mergers & Acquisitions (Company Law, Competition Law, Takeover Law, Foreign Exchange Law, Taxation issues, Intellectual Property Valuation etc)

• Foreign Direct Investment The Indian economy is the fourth largest economy of the world on the basis of Purchasing Power Parity (PPP). It is one of the most attractive destinations for business and investment opportunities due to huge manpower base, diversified natural resources and strong macro-economic fundamentals.

Program Contents

Module I:Company Law

• Companies Act

• Company Rules & Regulations

Module II:Law relating to Corporate Finance

• Initial Public Offer

• Further Public Offer

• Rights Issue

• Indian Depository Receipts

• Qualified Institutions Placement

• Public Issue of Debt Securities

• Commercial Paper

• External Commercial Borrowings

• Trade Credits

• Foreign Currency Exchangeable Bond

Module III:Law of Corporate Restructure

• Reduction of share capital

• Buy back of shares

• Reorganization through arrangement

• Demerger

Module IV:Law of Foreign Direct Investment

• Foreign investment law

• Sector-wise analysis

Module V:Law of Mergers & Acquisition

• Companies Act

• Competition Act

• Takeover Code

• Foreign Exchange Law

• Taxation issues

• Stamp duty & Guidelines

Module VI:Documentations issues in Mergers & Acquisitions

• Relevant forms

• Schemes of Amalgamation

• Application & Petition to the High Court

• Due Diligence

Module VII:Intellectual Property Valuation

• Basics of Intellectual Property

• Valuation methods

Module VIII:Real World case studies in Mergers & Acquisitions

• Indian case studies

• International case studies

Module IX:Securities (Part 1)

• Shares

• Debentures and Bonds

• Money Market Instruments

• Commodities

Module X:Securities (Part 2)

• Derivatives, Futures, Options, Swaps

• Carbon Credits

• Depository Receipts

Module XI:Investment Environment

• Mutual Funds

• Foreign Institutional Investors

• Venture Capitalists

• Portfolio Managers

• Private Equity

• Intermediaries

• Regulatory Issues

Digital Mode

Introduction

• Digital Mode courses offer you the flexibility to study at your own pace.

• You can take the assessments in the comfort of your home / office.

Step 1: We send you the printed and electronic courseware and reference material.

Step 2: You study the courseware and reference material.

Step 3: We resolve your queries through email.

Step 4: You successfully take the online assessments.

Step 5: Congratulations !! You receive your certification, competency cards, customized visiting cards etc.

Assessments

• The assessments consist of 6 online tests (totaling 300 marks) and 1 Online Final Exam (100 marks).

• You must secure a minimum of 50% in each test to pass the course.

• Re-exam fee is Rs. 300 per test.

Career Opportunities

The FL course enables you to pursue a career as:

• Associate in Law Firm (Corporate & Capital Market)

• Law Officers with Public Sector Undertakings

• Law officer with regulatory institutions

• In-house Legal Counsel with Multi National Corporations

• Consultant (Business Advisory & Consultancy Firms)

• Legal Officer (Capital Market - Regulatory Compliance)

• Law Officer (Audit Department)

• Corporate Law Consultant

• Associate in LPO

Admissions Procedure

1.Download the application form in PDF format.

2. Obtain a bank draft for the course fee favoring "ASCL Academy Private Limited" payable "Pune".

3. Send the filled-in application form, bank draft and relevant documents to:

ASCL Law School
6th Floor, Pride Senate,
Behind Sigma House,
Senapati Bapat Road,
Pune - 411016.
India