Practice Area
Business & Commercial Law
Where commerce meets creative legal strategy.
Develop the legal expertise and business acumen to think like a lawyer and business leader.
Course List
Business & Commercial Law Courses
Our upper-level business and commerce law courses include a range of options. Related clinics and/or externships are marked with an asterisk. Not all courses are offered every year—consult with faculty for guidance on which courses best fit your goals.
- Advanced Securities Regulations Seminar
- Alternative Entities: Business Lawyer’s Guide to Formation, Fiduciary Duties, & Governance
- Antitrust
- Bankruptcy
- Business Acquisitions
- Business Negotiation Theory & Practice
- Business Planning & Transaction Practice: Fundamentals of M&A Transactions
- Chapter 11 Strategies for the Business Lawyer
- Commercial Law
- Common Regulatory Pitfalls in International Business Transactions
- Corporate & White Collar Crime
- Corporate Finance
- Corporate Finance, Planning, & Drafting
- Corporate Taxation
- Corporations
- Employee Benefits: ERISA & Tax
- Entrepreneur Consulting Team: CeLect
- Entrepreneurship & Intellectual Property Clinic*
- Financial Accounting for Lawyers
- Financial Literacy & Basic Financial Concepts
- Financial Regulations, Law, & Policy
- Information Privacy Law
- International Business Transactions
- International Commercial Arbitration
- International Taxation
- Law & Economics
- Law, Business & Governance
- New York Regulatory & Business Externship*
- Organization & Regulation of the Healthcare Enterprise
- Partnership Taxation
- Preparing Commercial Agreements
- Private Equity Transactions
- Real Estate Transactions
- Reorganization Seminar
- Securities Law Litigation, Arbitration, & Dispute Resolution
- Securities Regulation
- Seminar on Broker-Dealer Regulation
- State Securities Regulation, Investigation, & Examination
- The Foreign Corrupt Practices Act
- Topics in Investment Banking Seminar
- UCC: Article 2
Beyond the Classroom
Gain real-world experience and specialized credentials.
Our comprehensive approach to business law education extends beyond traditional coursework.
Full-time Faculty
Get to know our Business & Commercial Law leaders.
John N. Drobak
George Alexander Madill Professor of Real Property & Equity Jurisprudence; Professor of Economics
