Martin Jacobson : Courses and Seminars
Project and Infrastructure Development and Finance
LAWS 42512
This seminar will be of most interest to students interested in financial transactions as the core of a corporate law practice. There are no pre-requisites. The emphasis in this seminar will be on financings of identified operating assets, principally industrial and infrastructure projects and transportation equipment. These financings will be distinguished from financings of ongoing corporate enterprises, and representative transactions will be studied in depth in order to develop and then focus on selected legal structuring and legal practice issues, including, for example, legal opinions normally delivered at financial closings. Because these financings in practice employ nearly the full range of financial products, from commercial bank loans to capital market instruments, credit supports and derivatives, collateral security, and equity investments, the issues discussed have relevance to a broad range of financial transactions.
The class will be discussion oriented; there will be no exam and grades will be based on short papers and class participation.
The readings will include selected cases, portions of treatises and academic journals, and rating agency and official publications.
One or more guest speakers from the financial community are expected.
Corporation Law is not a prerequisite, but is recommended.
Students wishing to take the class for three credits must complete a substantial research paper. This option is available in limited circumstances only. Permission will be contingent on the student’s past experience, goals for the course, and topic suitability. Interested students should email the professor a brief statement of interest.
Students wishing to meet the WP requirement must write a research paper.
Enrollment is limited to twenty-five students.
Autumn 2013
Martin Jacobson
