The EBC Learning — Confederation of Indian Industry (CII) Upskill Diploma in Advanced Corporate Law is a course like no other. Taught by industry experts and professionals, it is a comprehensive and rigorous course on corporate law that gets you ahead covering theoretical, critical and practical training in corporate law. The course covers the following broad areas of corporate law: ● The Corporate Legal Method ● Evolution, Foundation and Essential Concepts of Corporate Law ● Choosing an Entity (Agency to HUF, Partnership, LLP & Company) ● How to Register or Incorporate an Entity? ● Raising Capital, Startups and IPOs ● Insider Trading ● Corporate Contract Drafting ● Debt Financing ● Company Law ● Directors, Managers and Committees ● Meetings ● Conflicts in Corporate Form ● Accounts, Investigation and Corporate Fraud ● Insolvency and Winding Up ● Competition Law ● Competition Economics ● Mergers, Amalgamations & Acquisitions (M&A) ● Legal & Financial Due Diligence ● Corporate Social Responsibility (CSR)
The Course Includes
● 6-Month Course ● 8-10 Hours Reading + 2-3 Live Classes in a Week ● Total 70+ Live Classes with Recordings for Later Access ● 25+ Expert Faculty ● 550+ Video Learning Materials ● Access to 15+ E-books on EBC Reader ● Relevant Articles ● Access to 100+ Cases from SCC Online ● Industry Expert Lecture Webinars ● Curated Mock Exercises for Hands-on Training ● Personalised Feedback on Assignments ● 500+ MCQ Assignments ● Personalised Mentoring ● Upskill Diploma Certificate ● 100% Placement Assistance with our Internship & Placement Partners and Others
Who Should Take This Course?
Law Students and Recent Law Graduates, Lawyers, In-House Counsels, Chartered Accountants, Company Secretaries, Cost & Work Accountants, Government Officials, Academicians, Managers, Chief Executive Officers, Company Directors, Prospective Entrepreneurs may take this course. The course would help launch law students into a career in corporate law and practitioners develop their corporate law practice. Business professionals, advisors and managers interested in detailed legal understanding of corporate affairs may take this course to hone their legal skills.
Connecting and networking
It is always important to be connected, to discuss, to talk. A course where you cannot do that loses half its value. In an online course, how do you speak to your peers, other professionals, fellow students and teachers? How do you just walk up to someone and say 'Hi!', introduce yourself, and strike up a conversation? Well, we have got you covered. The classes on EBC Learning do not take place in any ordinary online webinar platform. They take place in an online space where you can walk up to people, talk, have break-out sessions, group discussions, connect, exchange ideas, cards, introductions. A virtual, interactive-classroom space, where you can stroll around in the classroom, bump into your classmates, go visit the cafeteria, or for that matter the beach! Why not? Take a stroll on the beach and discuss the latest M&A transaction.
Why did we come up with this course?
The corporate world has today assumed prime importance and is in large part responsible for the development of the Indian economy. The coming of the startup era, the focus on ease of doing business, corporate law and regulation reform, tax reform, labour reform, the focus on job creation and entrepreneurship are all symbolic of this focus. With this increased focus the legal and regulatory framework has become more and more complex. Only those thrive who know the law and know how to manage and operate within it. The business executive today is only too aware of the need to know corporate law. The realisation of her vision is inextricably linked with knowing and operating in this complex regulatory and compliance framework.
The focus on and the need to know and understand the legal framework concerning corporations is reflected in Indian law schools. While earlier law school education was focused on preparing persons for being legal advocates, today that focus has shifted to preparing them for the corporate world. Today when we speak to a group of law school students on campus, or elsewhere we hear the following:
“I want to become a corporate lawyer.” The words keep getting repeated while our polite enquiries extend to the person standing next. Until we reach the end of the circle where you don’t have to ask the question, the only one-word echo is “corporate”.
There is another picture when we speak to partners at law firms or businesses looking to hire law graduates and practitioners. They lament upon the absence of training, and their target shifts to the state of affairs of legal education. It is not just about the graduates and legal practitioners. We have even heard the same cyclic arguments for interns that they have taken or are yet to take.
From the above, we concluded that a) talent and enthusiasm are abundant for corporate law, b) there is demand for corporate lawyers and experts, and c) there is no place where this immense potential of corporate law enthusiasts meets opportunities. And so we decided to offer a course on corporate law with law firms and practitioners along with CAs and corporate advisors as the teachers. These teachers bring to the course practical knowledge that is vital for succeeding in the corporate world.
Many first and second years students often complain, “I don’t know anything about corporate law. How will I get an internship?” It is correct that one is not introduced to company law in the fourth semester or sixth trimester. Thus, there is no introduction to even the basics of company law. How will this person look for an internship in a firm dealing with corporate law? Also, why will any law firm look for an intern to whom a lot of training time is devoted? Instead of having some hands to help, one is required to extend a helping hand. Given this, fresh graduates looking for jobs don’t often know what to do at a law firm and find it hard to find someone to train them. It is only through luck that they may get assigned to a project that provides a learning opportunity or a senior who cares enough to train young graduates.
It is not only students in law school who have these legitimate grievances. Experienced practitioners, business executives, accountants and corporate advisors often don't know where to go to upskill themselves. It is hard for them to spare time to join a full-time residential course.
The above examples are only illustrative of the state of affairs. Business executives, legal practitioners, law students, in-house counsels, practitioners in law firms, accountants and corporate advisors need to know and continually upskill themselves to effectively manage today's large businesses and undertake complex transactions. Law students need professional training so that they are fit for the market and have a competitive edge. Hence we bring to you the Upskill Diploma in Advanced Corporate Law. With 70+ professional lectures, practical workshops and assignments, 550+ videos, reference books and reading materials this course will train one like no other.
What's different about the Upskill Diploma?
The EBC Learning Upskill Diploma is given for mastery in a particular practice-oriented field of law. The diploma is offered on completion of specific intensive courses in the given field. As part of the diploma, students undergo rigorous training in theory and practice. The theoretical teaching done through the lecture method ensures that the student knows the applicable law. But where knowing the law may be too cumbersome, where only an overview may be possible, we ensure that the student knows where and how to find the law. As they say, the objective of legal education is not so much that a person knows the law but that the student learns the legal method. This enables the person to find the law. The first level is then focused on knowing the law, and where that may not be possible, at least being able to find it.
The second and most crucial aspect of the Upskill Diploma is that we prepare the student to think and understand the reasons behind why the present law is the way that it is. How it can change? What are the loopholes? What arguments can be made? What may a court of law accept and which way are the law courts leaning? This intensive study of the ‘why’ and ‘what it could be’ is undertaken by a critical study of current judicial decisions. The second level of teaching in the Upskill Diploma ensures that the student can critically evaluate the law and come up with new innovative solutions to current legal problems for the client and even contribute to developing the law.
The next most essential component of the Upskill Diploma is the training in practical skills. What authorities must one approach? What form must one fill? What contracts must be drafted? It is the how, what, where? In classes aimed at the practical, we teach the student how to go about a particular task as required by a client. In sum, ‘how to do’ particular client-oriented tasks is the focus of these classes.
All in all, with the focus on all three areas (knowing, critiquing and applying), the Upskill Diploma truly ensures that one becomes a master in a particular subject. The level of discussion in our Upskill Diploma classes is both broad and deep. The sheer breadth of topics covered in the Diploma gives the law student the ability to look for solutions in different areas of law. But at the same time, the in-depth study equips the student to effectively execute any given solution for a client. The Upskill Diploma truly makes one a master.
1.2. Live Class 02: Accounting Basics - Including Balance Sheet and Income Statement
WEEK 2-3 Evolution, Foundation and Essential Concepts of Corporate Law
2.1. Live Class 03: Emergence of the Corporate Form: Partnership, LLP and HUF to the Limited Liability Company
2.2. Live Class 04: Aspects of the Law of Agency Relevant to Corporate Law
2.3. Live Class 05: Principal-Agent Relationship in Company Law
2.4. Live Class 06: Corporate Personality
2.5. Live Class 07: Corporate Citizenship
2.6. Live Class 08: Limited Liability
2.7. Live Class 09: Lifting/Piercing the Corporate Veil
WEEK 4 Corporate Contract Drafting
3.1. Live Class 11: Introduction to Contract Drafting
3.2. Live Class 12: Going over Agency, Partnership and LLP Contracts
3.3. Live Class 13: Reviewing Corporate Contracts from a Disputes Perspective
WEEK 5 Choosing an Entity and Registration or Incorporation
4.1. Live Class 10: Choosing an Entity for Business
4.4. Live Class 14: Incorporating an LLP
4.5. Live Class 15: Incorporation, Articles and Promoters
4.6. Live Class 16: Incorporating a Company
4.7. Live Class 17: Effect of Pre-Incorporation Contracts
WEEK 6-9 Raising Capital
5.1. Live Class 18: Shares (Kinds, Members, Allotment and Transfer)
5.2. Live Class 19: Shareholder Agreement
5.3. Live Class 20: Structuring of Investments
5.4. Live Class 21: Investor Exit Methods
5.5. Live Class 22: Raising Capital through FDI
5.6. Live Class 23: Financial Due Diligence, Valuation and Secretarial Processes During Private Equity and Venture Capital Fund Raising
5.7. Live Class 24: Public Offering, Capital Markets and Securities: Overview of all applicable Rules and Regulations
5.8. Live Class 25: IPO Process and Role of Different Legal Counsels
5.9. Live Class 26: Legal Due Diligence (Checklist and Report) for IPOs
5.10. Live Class 27: Draft Red Herring Prospectus (Relevant Parts for Drafting/ Reviewing)
5.11. Live Class 28: Going over Auditor’s Deliverables
5.12. Live Class 29: Insider Trading
5.13. Live Class 30: Other Varieties of Issues and Restructuring in Capital Markets
WEEK 10 Debt Financing
6.1. Live Class 31: Loans, Borrowings, and Lending
6.2. Live Class 32: Understanding Debt Securities
6.3. Live Class 33: Practical Aspects of Issuing Debentures
WEEK 11 Directors, Managers and Committees
7.1. Live Class 34: Directors
7.2. Live Class 35: Directors' and Key Managerial Persons’ Duty of Care
7.3. Live Class 36: Promoters
7.4. Live Class 37: Board Committees, Related Party Transaction and Key Managerial Personnel, Secretarial Audit
WEEK 12 Meetings
8.1. Live Class 38: Board Meetings & Shareholder Meetings
WEEK 13 Conflicts in Corporate Form
9.1. Live Class 39: Directors v. Shareholders: Voting Systems and Meetings
9.2 Live Class 40: Majority v Minority Shareholders
9.3. Live Class 41: Majority v. Minority Rights
9.4. Live Class 42: Shareholders' Litigation and Class Action
WEEK 14 Accounts, Investigation and Fraud
10.1. Live Class 43: Investigations, Inquiry, Inspections & Fraud
10.2. Live Class 44: Accounts and Audit With Respect To Investigations, Inquiry, Inspections & Fraud
10.3. Live Class 45: Corporate Fraud
WEEK 15-16 Insolvency and Winding Up
11.1. Live Class 46: Winding Up
11.2. Live Class 47: Introducing the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code
11.3. Live Class 48: Initiating CIRP
11.4. Live Class 49: Insolvency Procedure Before Adjudicating Authorities
11.5. Live Class 50: IPR, CoC and Raising Claims
11.6. Live Class 51: Resolution Applicant and Resolution Plan
11.7. Live Class 52: Corporate Assets Valuation under IBC
11.8. Live Class 53: Liquidation
11.9. Live Class 54: Fast Track CIRP, Prepacks & Cross Border, Penalties Under the IBC
11.10. Live Class 55: NCLT & NCLAT & SC Litigation & Drafting Related to IBC
WEEK 16-18 Concepts in Competition Economics and Law
12.1. Live Class 56: Competition Economics
12.2. Live Class 57: Relevant Market and Sources of Market Power
12.3. Live Class 58: Competition Law
12.4. Live Class 59: Competition Law Advisory and Opinions
12.5. Live Class 60: Competition Law Litigation, Recent Trends
WEEK 18-21 Mergers, Amalgamations & Acquisitions
13.1. Live Class 61: Overview: Looking for a Deal, the Deal Process and Valuation
13.2. Live Class 62: Structuring an M&A Transaction: Startups & Emerging M&A Structures
13.3. Live Class 63: Tax Implications of Structuring
13.4. Live Class 64: M&A Due Diligence Process
13.5. Live Class 65: Accounting & Commercial Due Diligence
13.5. Live Class 66: M&A Deal Agreements and Negotiation
13.6. Live Class 67: Hostile Takeovers
13.7. Live Class 68: Financing Acquisitions
13.8. Live Class 69: M&A Disputes and Litigation
13.9. Live Class 70: Merger Control
WEEK 21 Corporate Social Responsibility
14.1. Live Class 71: Corporate Social Responsibility
ASSESSMENT AND AWARD OF EBC LEARNING — CII UPSKILL DIPLOMA IN ADVANCED CORPORATE LAW
Student assessment will be done on a continuous basis. The focus of the assessment will be on your understanding of the applicable law, issues, and your ability to apply the law to practical circumstances. The breakup of the assessment shall be as follows:
ASSESSMENT
WEIGHTAGE
EBC Learning MCQ Questions
20
Pre- and Post-Class Assignments
50
End Term Topical Discussion Based Viva/ 10-15 Page Paper or Case Note
30
At the end of the course, upon obtaining a minimum score of 75%, the student would receive an EBC Learning — CII, Upskill Diploma in Advanced Corporate Law. If for some reason a student is unable to receive a certificate, upon payment of a fee, the student may apply for a re-examination/viva.