The course seeks to provide participants with in-depth knowledge and critical understanding of the institutions, rules and principles of European Busines Law, with specific regard to European Company Law: General Principles of Company Law and Uniform Company Law.

The objectives of the course are:
1- to study the birth and development of of European Busines Law;
2- to offer a theoretical and practical introduction to the main legal issues arising from Uniform Company Law, with specific regard to European legal entities;
3- to develop critical skills for objective analysis of European policy issues pertaining to business law and of its interactions with other sectors of the European economic system;
4- to provide students with the academic skills required to analyze the activities of companies in EU's Single Market.

The introduction to the course will focus on the relevant aspects - for EU business law - of the evolution of the European integration process; the sources of European Union law; legislative and non-legislative EU acts; the role, functions and functioning of the main European institutions; the four fundamental freedoms in European company law.

Subsequently, company law will be studied, taking specifically into account: general principles of company law,uniform company law and European legal entitites and business combination.