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040479 UK Legal Issues of Corporate Governance (2025W)

4.00 ECTS (2.00 SWS), SPL 4 - Wirtschaftswissenschaften
Continuous assessment of course work

Summary

1 Podlesak
Mo 06.10. 16:45-18:15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
2 Podlesak
Th 02.10. 16:45-18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Registration/Deregistration

Groups

Group 1

Es besteht Anwesenheitspflicht! Nachanmeldungen werden nicht vorgenommen. Studierende der Warteliste werden nach Maßgabe freier Plätze in den Kurs aufgenommen.

max. 50 participants
Language: German

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Klausuren:
19.01.2026 16:45-18:15 HS 17
26.01.2026 16:45-18:15 HS 17

  • Monday 13.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 20.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 27.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 03.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 10.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 17.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 24.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 01.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 15.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 12.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 19.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Monday 26.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 17 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course, held in German, deals with the legal issues of corporate governance. The legislators as well as other bodies active in the field of corporate governance (such as the Austrian Working Group for Corporate Governance) have created extensive statutory and non-statutory rules for the best possible management of listed stock corporations.

After a repetition of relevant provisions of Austrian and EU law, securities law and stock exchange law (including Capital Markets Act, MAR, MiFID II, Shareholder Rights Directive, Taxonomy Regulation), the Austrian Corporate Governance Codex will be explained and discussed. In addition, practical examples regarding the management of listed stock corporations will be discussed in order to make the background and targets of the rules of the Codex understandable.

A particular focus of this semester will be the EU Taxonomy Regulation and ESG issues.

The aim of this course is that the participants know and understand the fundamentals of how to manage listed companies from a legal perspective.

The course will be accompagnied by a Moodle.

Assessment and permitted materials

Participants’ performance will be continuously controlled and points for active cooperation in the course will be awarded.

Group 2

Es besteht Anwesenheitspflicht! Nachanmeldungen werden nicht vorgenommen. Studierende der Warteliste werden nach Maßgabe freier Plätze in den Kurs aufgenommen.

max. 50 participants
Language: English

Lecturers

Classes (iCal) - next class is marked with N

Klausuren:
22.01.2026 16:45-18:15 HS 10
29.01.2026 16:45-18:15 HS 10

  • Thursday 09.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 16.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 23.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 30.10. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 06.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 13.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 20.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 27.11. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 04.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 11.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 18.12. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 08.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 15.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 22.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock
  • Thursday 29.01. 16:45 - 18:15 Hörsaal 10 Oskar-Morgenstern-Platz 1 2.Stock

Aims, contents and method of the course

This course, held in English, deals with the legal issues of corporate governance. The legislators as well as other bodies active in the field of corporate governance (such as the Austrian Working Group for Corporate Governance) have created extensive statutory and non-statutory rules for the best possible management of listed stock corporations.

After a repetition of relevant provisions of Austrian and EU law, securities law and stock exchange law (including Capital Markets Act, MAR, MiFID II, Shareholder Rights Directive, Taxonomy Regulation), the Austrian Corporate Governance Codex will be explained and discussed. In addition, practical examples regarding the management of listed stock corporations will be discussed in order to make the background and targets of the rules of the Codex understandable.

A particular focus of this semester will be the EU Taxonomy Regulation and ESG issues.

The aim of this course is that the participants know and understand the fundamentals of how to manage listed companies from a legal perspective.

The course will be accompagnied by a Moodle.

Assessment and permitted materials

Participants’ performance will be continuously controlled and points for active cooperation in the course will be awarded.

Information

Minimum requirements and assessment criteria

As a general rule, participants must be present in all units. For important reasons, students can be exempted from participation for a maximum of two units.

There are 2 written exams scheduled at the end of the semester. A maximum of 18 points can be awarded per exam; a maximum of 4 points is awarded for oral participation per semester.

With 21 points or more the course is successfully completed (21 points or more – “Genügend”; from 26 points – “Befriedigend”; from 31 points – “Gut”; from 37 points – “Sehr Gut”).

The written exams are open book exams. The use of the texts distributed via Moodle (Corporate Governance Code, etc.) is permitted.

Lecturers reserve the right to check any examination work for plagiarism. Within a period of four weeks following the last exam, the lecturers can also hold oral exams about the subject area of the course. This can also be done on a random basis and without any specific suspicion of cheating.

Examination topics

The scope of exams will be announced via Moodle.

Reading list

Der Corporate Governance Kodex, das Aktiengesetz und erläuternde
schriftliche Erklärungen werden im Kurs-Moodle zur Verfügung gestellt.

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Last modified: Th 31.07.2025 11:45