The course will strengthen the students’ abilities to use legal comparative analysis, and will provide all relevant information on the EU regulation concerning corporate law and governance. They will also take advantage of both a law and economics approach and of a traditional civil law based method of learning

The course requires student to be familiar with business law and company law of their country of origin. The exam cannot be taken before DIRITTO DELL'UNIONE EUROPEA and DIRITTO COMMERCIALE 2.

The course of European business & company law is aimed at students choosing a concentration in “Diritto ed economia delle imprese e dell'innovazione.” As the course will be held in English, this is also designed for Erasmus students visiting Luiss University, School of Law, for one or more semesters. The course aims at giving an insight into European business law and in particular into evolutionary profiles of corporate law. Lectures basically focus on EU Directives and Regulations, and on EU case-law on corporate law. Moreover, lectures will address those issues arising in the international and comparative corporate law debate which lead or have led the EU commission to making proposals for a new (or amendment to the existing) legislation.

N. de Luca, European Company Law, Third Edition, Cambridge University Press, 2026

Lectures

During the oral exam the student will be required to show that he/she knows and understands notions and principles of European Business Law and that he/she is able to apply them to practical cases. The student is expected to be able to independently analyse sources and relevant theories of business and company law and to use the appropriate technical and legal vocabulary, thus proving that he/she has acquired the study method and the learning ability for carrying on, also independently, further study of the matter. The following evaluation criteria will be taken into account to assign the final grade, expressed in thirtieths: - knowledge and understanding of the notions and principles of the matter and ability to apply them to concrete cases (65%); appropriate use of the technical and legal vocabulary, ability to analyse and evaluate relevant sources and acquisition of the study method (35%). Learning gaps concerning one or more notions or principles will lead to an insufficient evaluation, even in presence of a basic knowledge of the matter. As midterm verification, students will be invited to take a competition law text on line, based on both multiple choice and open ended answers, which will grant an exemption for competition law from the oral exam (this test is only on a pass/fail basis); in addition, students will be invited to submit an essay, within a limited number of words or characters, in reaction to readings which will be assigned during the course. Essays will be evaluated based on a) accuracy; b) organization; c) language skills; d) personal contribution. Grades will be expressed in letters and contribute to the final grade, after the oral exam. Submitting essays is optional, but strongly recommended. In case students have submitted essays, the result is taken into account and contributes to 33% of the final grade; generally students will receive grades in thirties corresponding to the range of the letter they have been assigned (i.e. A= 27-30).

Students will be selected upon merit.