NLU Mumbai: Online Certificate Course In Mergers & Acquisition [Feb-May 2024]

Maharashtra National Law University Mumbai (MNLU Mumbai) is one of the premier national law universities established in the State of Maharashtra to promote world-class legal education and research. Dr. Justice Dhananjaya Y. Chandrachud, Judge, Supreme Court of India, is the Chancellor of the University. The Chief Justice of the Bombay High Court is the Pro-Chancellor of the University.

The envisaged object of the University is to advance and disseminate learning, and knowledge of law and legal processes; to develop in the students a sense of responsibility to serve society, and to impart skills on advocacy and justice, legal services, legislation, and law reforms, thereby making law and legal processes efficient instrument of social development. Towards attaining these objectives, MNLU Mumbai offers Five year integrated B.A., LL.B. (Hons.), One year LL.M. (Regular), One Year LL.M. (Investment and Securities Law) jointly with NISM, One Year LL.M. (Professional), M.A. (Executive) in Mediation and Conflict Resolution, Ph.D. program among other diplomas and short-term courses. The University also runs various certificate courses such as Mediation, Data Protection Law, Cyber Law, IPR, Arbitration, and foreign languages such as German and Spanish regularly.

About The Course

Growth is the desired result of any business organization and merger and acquisition (M&A) is the usual procedure adopted by the companies for expansion. That is why it is assumed that every company has the inherent right to merge and the power need not necessarily spring from the memorandum. Companies quickly increase their size, service area, talent pool, customer base, and resources through M&A. The process is very costly, hence the businesses need to be sure about the processes and the pitfalls, if any. Hence people involved in the entire procedure of M&A should be aware of every facet of it. This course is to make you aware of the various legal, accounting, and tax implications involved in M&A along with human resource and public policy concepts.

Prerequisites: The students should know basic accounting, economics, and financial management concepts and tools.

Course Outcome

The students would learn about:

• Internal and external Corporate restructuring;
• Mergers, acquisitions, divestitures, spin-offs, etc.,
• Take Over code and commonly used takeover tactics and defenses;
• Various valuation techniques involved and their practical limitations;
• Tax benefits in various types of structuring
• Post-merger challenges, human resource, and other risks, insurance schemes;
• Advantages and disadvantages of alternative ways to exit businesses a
• Joint ventures as alternatives to mergers and acquisitions.

Course Delivery

The program would be conducted online.

Dr. Kiran Rai will be the course director of the program and main instructor. The classes would be from 8 AM to 9 AM and a minimum of 30 hrs of teaching would be covered. There would be 3-to 4 guest speakers from law firms, CA, and senior tax consultants. These experts would bring a wealth of experience and practical problems to the course and provide a glimpse of the due diligence process that happens in the pre-merger phase. This may result in some rescheduling of the course coverage for a particular weekly topic to accommodate the schedules of their speakers, but sufficient notice would be given for rearrangement. Speakers' biodata and topics covered by them would be shared with the class, well in advance. A minimum of 75% attendance is mandatory for successful completion of the course and award of the certificate. For this 2 Credit Course evaluation for all is not compulsory but for those who wish to be evaluated, the grading system is as follows:

Grading

Students would be evaluated as follows [TENTATIVE]

• Research Paper/Case Analysis = 40 Marks
• Seminar Presentation = 20 Marks
• Class Participation = 10 Marks
• End Term Exam = 30 Marks

TOTAL = 100 Marks

• Deadlines for submission of Assignments should be strictly followed. Any deviation may be allowed with prior permission of the Course Director.
• Students are expected to understand and maintain the highest level of academic honestIy.

Instruction Method

Classes would be conducted through Google Classroom and/or WebEx Platform. Students are expected to regularly consult the course web page, as important information may be uploaded on an irregular basis. Powerpoint slides and readings that would be used in class would be uploaded there. Assignments would be posted there. Significant student interaction and meaningful participation are expected in each class. Each student should participate by submitting a minimum of 5 articles, readings, cases, and recent developments to the Discussion/Stream page. Students are expected to make a minimum of 5 significant contributions /comments/ questions to articles posted by others as these would be considered for awarding marks for class participation.

Teaching Pedagogy would be:

• Understanding of Legislations
• Analysis of Case Laws
• Solving Case Method/ Problem Based

Attendance

A minimum of 75% attendance is mandatory for successful completion of the course and award of a certificate. MNLU Mumbai's UG Programme rules, that any candidate disqualified because of less attendance or failure will be applicable.

Classes will be on Saturdays & Sundays with prior notification.

Who May Register

This course is for professionals like lawyers, academicians (law, commerce & management), bankers, CS, CA, and Insolvency Professionals (IP) along with Undergraduate and postgraduate students of law, commerce and management.

Registration

Interested Candidates may fill out the Admission Form (Annexure II), pay the Registration Fees, and mail the form and payment details to kiran@mnlumumbai.edu.in.

• Registration closes: on 27 January 2024
• Commencement of Classes: 3 February 2024
  
• Registration Fees: Rs. 7,500/- (Professionals), Rs. 5,000/- (Students)
• Examination Fees: Rs. 2500/-(Students who wish to be graded for course)

Group Discount

• 10% discount on 2 – 4 people registering for the course, together
• 25% discount for 5 or more than 5 people registering for the course together.

Bank Details

Name of the Payee: MNLU CNTR FOR TRNG FOR RESEARCH IN COM REG

Account No: 50200062453710, Saving Account

Name of Bank & Branch: HDFC Bank, Powai Hiranandani

IFSC code: HDFC0000239

Note: For further details, kindly refer to the brochure. In case of doubts or clarifications, you may reach out to them at ctrcr@mnlumumbai.edu.in