COURSE DESCRIPTIONS

Commercial Lending and Finance Practicum
Mr. Mitchel Appelbaum, Ms. Marion Giliberti Barish
2 credits day; 2 credits evening.

Completion or concurrent enrollment in Secured Transactions is useful, but not necessary. Graded on an Honors, Pass, Low Pass, Fail basis.

This course provides students with a skills-based approach to representing borrowers and institutional lenders, such as banks, in commercial (non-real estate) financing transactions. Using a variety of model documents, the course will cover drafting and negotiation model documents, drafting and negotiation strategies in transactions ranging from simple demand loans to complex loan transactions involving different types of collateral guaranties, financial covenants, and legal opinions. While focusing in particular on lending transactions, the course is designed to provide students with an introduction to the lawyering process in business transactions.

Faculty comments: Course co-taught by Appelbaum and Barish

Prerequisite: Corporations   Enrollment is limited: 20   Elective Course   Meets Skills Menu Requirement   Meets Financial Services Concentration Requirements

<<Course Updated: July 30, 2010>>

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