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Advanced Corporate Finance
Last Updated Date:   4 July 2025


5 Units,  Semester 2

Course Description:
This course introduces core finance concepts tailored specifically for law students. Adopting a classical finance approach, it covers topics such as asset pricing, diversification, the Efficient Market Hypothesis, the Capital Asset Pricing Model, derivative pricing, financial intermediation, macroeconomic fundamentals, and capital structures. Additional coverage of mergers & acquisitions, corporate governance/law, and securities regulation where relevant highlights essential intersections with legal practice. By bridging the gap between law and finance, students will gain practical insights into how future clients such as investment bankers, traders, institutional investors, and other financial professionals operate.

Course Convenor: As/P Kenneth Khoo

Co-teacher(s): NA

Course Codes: LL4554V / LL5554V / LL6554V / LLJ5554V

Contact Hours: 3-hr weekly seminar

Workload: 3 hours

Mode of Assessment: Mid-term Test - 20% & Final Exam - 80%

Preclusions: FIN3701 Corporate Finance

Prerequisites: NUS Compulsory Core Law Curriculum or common law equivalent.

H2-Level Mathematics or Equivalent (waivable at Instructor’s discretion)

Examination Date: Tuesday, 5 May 2026 (AM)

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