LAW 860 - Business Valuation Law

3 credit(s) Irregularly

An understanding of the principles of valuation is essential to a wide array of legal practice areas ranging from corporate law to marital dissolution. This course will focus on the concepts and methodologies employed to evaluate privately held and publicly traded enterprises. The fundamental and market-based business valuation theories and techniques will be examined, including the capitalization of earnings method, the dividend discount model, the discounted cash flow method, the capital asset pricing model, and the efficient capital market hypothesis. Additional topics will include the applicability of minority and marketability discounts and the exclusivity of appraisal rights. Students will have the opportunity to analyze business valuation problems and discuss the implications of the various business valuation models.
COREQ: LAW 712
Repeatable