Students are expected to gain the following skills, capacities and competences: - to understand different organizational formula to run a business in the market and to select the most suitable one as per its legal implications. - to identify key issues in a negotiation, plan a negotiation and draft agreements. - to identify key assets, consider protection options and devise a protection strategy - to personalize the company - to know available option to raise funds and consider financing sources - to project an expansion model for a busines Project Skills Ability to set up a business Ability to give legal advise to an operating enterprise Negotiation abilities Aptitudes - regulatory and legal compliance - management of non-binding rules

1.- SOLE TRADER AND COMPANY 2.- COMPANY, CORPORATION AND PARTNERSHIP 3.- BUSINESS ACTIVITY IN THE MARKET: COMPETITION, INNOVATION AND PROTECTION 4.- BUSINESS AUXILIARIES AND COLLABORATORS 5.- MAIN CONTRACTS FOR BUSINESS ACTIVITY 6- FINANCING CONTRACTS 7.- PAYMENT SERVICES 8-.- FINANCIAL MARKETS 9.- INSOLVENCY

Both theoretical and practical knowledgements will be gained by students in class. Final grade will include both parts. Along with a final exam representing 50% of the final grade, Students will work in teams in the following graded assignments: - tailoring corporate structure (Company Law) - preparing negotiations and drafting investment agrement (Company Law and Contract Law) - disegning key assets protection strategy (IP, Competition, Advertisiment) - settling commercial dispute arising from an international sales of goods All assignements will be presented or anyhow discussed in class. Inidvidual tutorials will be available at request