LEARNING OUTCOMES
The aim is to familiarise students with the legal and market framework conditions affecting mergers and acquisitions and, through practical examples, to inspire students to adopt versatile methods for resolving legal and economic problems. The technical implementation of mergers and acquisitions is also taught. Rather than the details of law or market practices, the learning objectives are primarily about the principles determining the ways mergers and acquisitions are executed in individual cases. In terms of law, the objectives are mainly about contract, company and securities market law, and secondarily about other relevant fields (e.g. competition, tax, financial statement and employment law). Particularly regarding employment law, it is the main principles and approaches relating to mergers and acquisitions that are discussed, not detailed rules.
Credits: 6
Schedule: 14.01.2025 - 31.01.2025
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Teaching language: English. Languages of study attainment: Finnish
CONTENT, ASSESSMENT AND WORKLOAD
Content
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The deals with M&A techniques and structures, and the execution methods and practices adopted in the market. The course covers the key M&A legal material (company, securities market and contract law) and describes other fields of importance for M&A, such as tax, competition, accounting and employment law. The legal content relates not to detailed the legal-technical implementations so much as to the main principles and practical implementations of mergers and acquisitions.
Must know: What affects the way an M&A transaction is carried out? What kinds of structural alternatives are there? Who are the relevant actors in each situation?
Should know: The key corporate, securities market and private-law framework.
Nice to know: The impact of other areas of law on M&A, and how structuring is done in practice.
Assessment Methods and Criteria
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Learning diary
Report
This assessment is based on the items described above as divided into ‘Must know’, ‘Should know’ and ‘Nice to know’ categories.
Workload
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– Lectures
– Independent study
– Keeping a learning diary
– Report writing
The course may not be completed via distance learning.
DETAILS
Study Material
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The course material will be announced later. Included will be sections from the following books: Immonen: Yritysjärjestelyt; Airaksinen-Pulkkinen-Rasinaho: Osakeyhtiölaki I ja II.
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FURTHER INFORMATION
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Teaching Language: Finnish
Teaching Period: 2024-2025 Spring III
2025-2026 Spring III