Corporate and Commercial Law

Companies, governance, transactions and the duties that sit behind them.

What the course covers

8 modules, 32 topics. Open any one to see what sits inside it.

1. 1.1 Separate personality and limited liability
2. 1.2 The business vehicles available
3. 1.3 Incorporation and constitution
4. 1.4 When the veil is pierced
1. 2.1 Directors: appointment, powers, removal
2. 2.2 Directors' duties
3. 2.3 The board, its officers and delegation
4. 2.4 Company secretarial work and filings
1. 3.1 Shares, classes and rights
2. 3.2 Meetings, resolutions and voting
3. 3.3 Minority protection
4. 3.4 Shareholder agreements
1. 4.1 Issuing and transferring shares
2. 4.2 Maintaining capital, and making distributions
3. 4.3 Debt, security and charges
4. 4.4 Registering interests
1. 5.1 Supply and distribution
2. 5.2 Agency and franchising
3. 5.3 Joint ventures
4. 5.4 Licensing intellectual property
1. 6.1 Structuring a sale of a business or its shares
2. 6.2 Due diligence
3. 6.3 Warranties, indemnities and disclosure
4. 6.4 Completion, and what follows it
1. 7.1 Anti-competitive agreements
2. 7.2 Abuse of market power
3. 7.3 Merger control in outline
4. 7.4 Enforcement and consequences
1. 8.1 Insolvency: the options
2. 8.2 What directors risk as insolvency approaches
3. 8.3 Restructuring and rescue
4. 8.4 Winding up and dissolution

By the end of this course you will be able to explain and apply:

Two hours, not two months Eight short modules. Finish in a day, or do one module a night for a week.

Depth beyond your coursework Pitched above taught content, for research, leadership and the work that follows the degree.

Built for a phone Watch on the bus, pause mid-module, pick up where you stopped. No download, no lab.

A certificate that can be checked Every certificate carries an ID your college or an employer can verify on our site.

About two hours in total — eight modules of roughly fifteen minutes. You can do it in one sitting or spread it across a week. Your place is saved either way.
No. There is no prerequisite course and no software to install. A phone, tablet or computer with an internet connection is enough.
Yes. This course is placed at Master's Degree for India, and the content is written for that level. If you are at a different stage, change your level at the top of the page and the courses will change with it.
A certificate for the course, carrying an ID that your college or an employer can check on our verification page. You keep access to the material afterwards.
Yes — ₹450 for this course on its own, or ₹1,450 for all five in this set, which works out cheaper if you want more than one.
There is a short quiz at the end of each module so you can check what stuck. It is not timed and you can retake it.
Change your country using the picker at the top. Level names, degree names and prices all switch to that country, and the courses adjust to its education system.

Wording shown for India. Pick a different country at the top and the terms, currency and programme names change with it.