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LAW41820

Academic Year 2024/2025

Advanced Company Law 2 (LAW41820)

Subject:
Law
College:
Social Sciences & Law
School:
Law
Level:
4 (Masters)
Credits:
5
Module Coordinator:
Mr Anthony Kennelly
Trimester:
Spring
Mode of Delivery:
On Campus
Internship Module:
No
How will I be graded?
Letter grades

Curricular information is subject to change.

Together with Advanced Company Law I, this module focuses on the law of companies in Irish law and in addition covers the required syllabus for the professional bodies in the subject Company Law.

The syllabus of topics which may be explored in this module includes:
Corporate finance;
Share capital and loans;
Allotment, transfer and transmission of shares;
Debentures and charges;
Receivers and receivership;
Corporate investigations; Amalgamations and reconstructions;
Windings up.

The module includes significant reference to English company law in addition to the primary focus which is on the law of Ireland, including the Companies Act 2014.

About this Module

Learning Outcomes:

On completing this module students will be expected to be able to:
- Describe, distinguish, and apply in detail the major legal principles governing Irish Company Law listed in the Module Outline ;
- Advise, in a range of given circumstances, on the optimum solutions for resolving company law problems;
- Critically assess specific aspects of Irish Company Law using a variety of techniques, including comparisons with the company laws or recommendations of other countries;


Indicative Module Content:

Topics covered can include:

Corporate Crime and Corporate Regulation
Corporate Finance: Debt and Equity Securities
Corporate Acquisitions: Mergers, Takeovers, Reconstructions and Divisions
Corporate Investigations
Corporate Administration and Compliance
Corporate Insolvency and Windings Up

Student Effort Hours:
Student Effort Type Hours
Specified Learning Activities

12
Autonomous Student Learning

80
Lectures

24
Seminar (or Webinar)

8
Total

124

Approaches to Teaching and Learning:
A lecture based module supported by interactive problem based and task based seminars with a mix of interactive exercises in class.

Requirements, Exclusions and Recommendations

Not applicable to this module.


Module Requisites and Incompatibles
Co-requisite:
LAW41830 - Advanced Company Law 1

Incompatibles:
LAW20170 - Company Law II, LAW40900 - Corporations in Society&theLaw


 

Assessment Strategy  
Description Timing Component Scale Must Pass Component % of Final Grade In Module Component Repeat Offered
Participation in Learning Activities: 10% of the grade in this subject is to be awarded for seminar participation which may include the fulfilment of any written work assigned during or for the purposes of the seminars. Week 4, Week 7, Week 9, Week 12 Graded No

10

 No
Exam (In-person): Open book end of term examination End of trimester
Duration:
2 hr(s)
 Graded No

90

 No

Carry forward of passed components
Yes
 

Resit In Terminal Exam
Autumn Yes - 2 Hour
Please see Student Jargon Buster for more information about remediation types and timing. 

Feedback Strategy/Strategies

• Group/class feedback, post-assessment

How will my Feedback be Delivered?

Group feedback will be supplied after assessment following UCD School of Law policies.

Name Role
Mr Brian Hutchinson Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
Aoife McPartland Lecturer / Co-Lecturer
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