Comercial Law

Code:

MD230

Acronym:

DC

Keywords
Classification	Keyword
OFICIAL	Law

Instance: 2022/2023 - 1S (since 12-09-2022 to 16-12-2022)

Active?	Yes
Course/CS Responsible:	Law

Cycles of Study/Courses

Acronym	No. of Students	Study Plan	Curricular Years	Credits UCN	Credits ECTS	Contact hours	Total Time
MD	29	Plano Oficial do ano letivo 2022	1	-	7,5	-

Teaching language

Portuguese

Objectives

The purpose of this course unit is to deepen the knowledge on specific topics of Commercial Law, essential to the correct understanding of the market and commercial activity in general.

Learning outcomes and competences

Students are expected to:
- Identify the most important aspects about Commercial Companies and their purpose;
- Understand the most important mechanisms for corporate acquisions, mergers and groups;
- Indicate the main legal specificities about commercial contracts and the way they reflect in the general principles of contract law.

Working method

Presencial

Program

I. Company Law
1. Corporate financing by shareholders
2. Legally binding commitments by commercial companies
3. Causa Societas: profit
4. Other topics

II Corporate acquisitions, mergers and groups
5. Acquisitions
6. Corporate mergers and split-ups
7. Corporate control and parent-subsidiary relationship

III. Commercial Contracts
8. Notion and characteristics of commercial contracts
9. Specificities on the formation of commercial contracts
10. Long term commercial contracts
11. Extinction of commercial contracts

Mandatory literature

Paulo de Tarso Domingues; O Financiamento Societário pelos Sócios (e o seu reverso), Almedina, 2021. ISBN: 9789724090085
Pedro Pais de Vasconcelos; A^participação social nas sociedades comerciais. ISBN: 9789724029801
Jorge Manuel Coutinho de Abreu; Curso de direito comercial. ISBN: 972-40-1120-8
Paulo Olavo Cunha; Direito das sociedades comerciais. ISBN: 972-40-2966-2
Maria de Fátima Ribeiro; A^tutela dos credores da sociedade por quotas e a desconsideração da personalidade jurídica. ISBN: 978-972-40-3851-3
António Menezes Cordeiro; Manual de direito das sociedades. ISBN: 972-40-2256-0
José Engrácia Antunes; Os^grupos de sociedades. ISBN: 972-40-0728-6
Ana Perestrelo de Oliveira; Manual de grupos de sociedades. ISBN: 978-972-40-6543-4
Catarina Monteiro Pires; Aquisição de empresas e de participações acionistas. ISBN: 978-972-40-7646-1
Mariana Fontes da Costa; Da alteração superveniente das circunstâncias. ISBN: 978-972-40-7201-2
José Engrácia Antunes; Direito dos contratos comerciais. ISBN: 978-972-40-3935-0
Paula A. Forgioni; Contratos empresariais. ISBN: 978-85-203-5720-0
Mariana Fontes da Costa; Ruptura de negociações pré-contratuais e cartas de intenção. ISBN: 978-972-32-1925-8

Teaching methods and learning activities

The first approach to each subject on the syllabus will consist on a theoretical exposition, followed by the presentation and critical analysis of examples gathered from business life. After the theoretical exposition, the approach will consist on the presentation of practical exercises on the matter under discussion

Evaluation Type

Distributed evaluation without final exam

Assessment Components

Designation	Weight (%)
Teste	100,00
Total:	100,00

Amount of time allocated to each course unit

Designation	Time (hours)
Estudo autónomo	85,00
Frequência das aulas	42,00
Total:	127,00

Eligibility for exams

According to applicable rules

Calculation formula of final grade

The final grade is the result of the average of 3 written tests, one for each part of the syllabus

Classification improvement

Final global exam.