Academic Catalog

UDLLB 305 UAE Company Law

The course centres on the way the law regulates companies and the facilities that company law offers, such as limited liability and transferability of shares, as well as corresponding burdens such as duties of disclosure and compliance with statutory procedures. The course examines business structures and provides an overview of basic corporate law, including the formation of companies under the UAE company laws in force. It therefore looks at the concept and consequences of incorporation; company internal rules for management and contracting; governance including membership, meetings and directors duties, shareholders remedies, accounts and financial reporting and audit, corporate litigation and regulation, liquidation and bankruptcy; external administration of companies; and UAE regional and international corporate governance standards, ethics and corporate social responsibility.

Credits

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