Advanced Corporate Law

A.Y. 2022/2023
9
Max ECTS
63
Overall hours
SSD
IUS/04
Language
Italian
Learning objectives
- In-depth knowledge of the institutions examined in the course, ability to understand the principles of the system which these institutions are based on;

- capacity for critical analysis and re-elaboration of the acquired notions, as well as their application to concrete cases;

- ability to interpret the legal norms examined in the course, to identify their rationale and to take reasoned positions on the topics covered by the course;

- use of technically rigorous legal language;

- acquisition of a level of learning ability that allows to deal with a high degree of autonomy in the examination of essays intended not exclusively for students.
Expected learning outcomes
At the end of the course the student who has adequately learned the subject, in addition to having acquired a thorough knowledge of the topics of the course, should be able to make a critical reading of texts intended not for students but for scholars and to develop, on the basis of this reading, autonomous arguments.
Single course

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Course syllabus and organization

Single session

Responsible
Lesson period
First semester
More specific information on the delivery mode of training activities for the academic year 2022/23 are provided on the University website, based on the evolution of the public health situation
Course syllabus
Management and organizational structures of incorporated businesses - special categories of shares - equity financial instruments - financing and designated assets - own shares and financial assistance - share capital - assets and financial structure of the company - directors of s.p.a.: powers (with a focus on the representative powers), duties, liabilities (with an in-depth examination of the distinction between direct and indirect damage), division of powers between directors and shareholders' meeting - the exit powers of the shareholder - the s.r.l. in the light of the recent legislative reforms - liability of the partners of the s.r.l. - the amendment of the legislation governing limited liability companies in the wake of the new Italian Insolvency Code - groups: more specifically, liability for management and coordination activity
Prerequisites for admission
As per the teaching regulation of the degree course; in particular, Institutions of Private Law, Constitutional Law and Commercial Law are preparatory.
Teaching methods
The course is delivered through lectures, which are conducted using a seminar method to provoke the involvement and active participation of the students in solving practical cases and in the presentation of some of the essays that are part of the program. The course aims to reconstruct the functional profiles and systemic objectives of the 2003 reform of corporate law, through an in-depth monographic examination of specific institutions within the macro-sectors relating to corporate governance, the dialectic between the control group and minorities, share capital and the equity and financial structure of the company, also with regard to the protection of social creditors and means of financing.
Teaching Resources
Students are required to study the following essays, which can be found on the Unimi Ariel platform:
- in AA.VV., Il nuovo diritto delle società, Liber amicorum Gian Franco Campobasso, diretto da P. Abbadessa e G.B. Portale, Utet giuridica, 2007:
Volume 1:
M. Notari, Le categorie speciali di azioni, pp. 593-613;
L. Salamone, I «finanziamenti destinati», tra separazione patrimoniale e garanzia senza spossessamento, pp. 877-918;
Volume 2:
V. Calandra Buonaura, Il potere di rappresentanza degli amministratori di società per azioni, pp. 657-682;
V. Pinto, La responsabilità degli amministratori per «danno diretto» agli azionisti, pp. 891-940;
Volume 3:
V. Di Cataldo, Il recesso del socio di società per azioni, pp. 219-255;
V. Meli, La responsabilità dei soci nella s.r.l., pp. 667-699;
G. Scognamiglio, Danno sociale e azione individuale nella disciplina della responsabilità da direzione e coordinamento, pp. 948-971;
- in AA.VV., Società, banche e crisi di impresa, Liber amicorum Pietro Abbadessa, diretto da M. Campobasso e altri, Utet giuridica, 2014:
Volume 1:
G. Giannelli, Disciplina del capitale, organizzazione del patrimonio, "corretto" finanziamento della società e tutela dei creditori, pp. 479-503;
Volume 2:
G. Guizzi, Riflessioni intorno all'art. 2380 - bis c.c., pp. 1043-1061;
- in AA.VV., Studi in ricordo di Pier Giusto Jaeger, Giuffrè, 2011:
A. Vicari, La nuova disciplina dell'assistenza finanziaria, pp. 645-678;
- in AA.VV., Commentario romano al nuovo diritto delle società, diretto da F. d'Alessandro, Piccin, 2011, volume II:
Tomo I:
M. Libertini - A. Mirone - P.M. Sanfilippo, Art. 2346, par. 6, pp. 215-239;
F. Carbonetti, Art. 2357, pp. 325-340;
Tomo II:
F. Vassalli, Art. 2381, pp. 23-39; Artt. 2392 - 2394-bis, pp. 141-180;
- in AA.VV., Le società per azioni. Codice civile e norme complementari, diretto da P. Abbadessa e G.B. Portale, Giuffrè, 2016, Tomo II:
A. Valzer, Art. 2497, pp. 3008-3033
- in AA.VV., La società a responsabilità limitata: un modello transtipico alla prova del Codice della Crisi. Studi in onore di Oreste Cagnasso, a cura di M. Irrera, Giappichelli, 2020:
M. Cian, Dalla s.r.l. a base personalistica alle quote "finanziarie" e alla destinazione ai mercati: tante s.r.l.?, pp. 28-38;
G. Ferri jr. - M. Rossi, La gestione dell'impresa organizzata in forma societaria, pp. 575-605;
C. Ibba, Codice della crisi e codice civile, pp. 606-624.
Assessment methods and Criteria
The final test is an oral exam. The evaluation is expressed with a mark in thirtieth, with possible laude. Near the end of the course, a written test of profit is carried out (if the public health situation allows to carry out the written test in presence). It is related to topics dealt with in class and is structured into open questions on practical cases, with the aim of verifying the student's ability to develop articulated and in-depth legal arguments. The oral test is aimed at ascertaining, in addition to knowledge of the notions, the student's dialectical skills.
IUS/04 - BUSINESS LAW - University credits: 9
Lessons: 63 hours
Professor: Sacchi Roberto
Professor(s)
Reception:
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