Format: Live instructor-led online training via Zoom / Microsoft Teams

Course Overview

Gain a critical understanding of the process of corporate globalisation through in-depth coverage of the main topics in corporate governance and commercial law.

Throughout this course you'll explore the differences in laws and governance in countries across the globe, and how they respond to economic and social pressures. You'll assess these approaches in times of economic stability and in crisis, with a particular focus on corporate governance and on commercial transactions.

By the end of this course, you'll have developed a comprehension of how commercial decisions are made taking into account their economic and social context. You'll understand the nature of the company, company law and how corporate governance operates, leaving you well-equipped to enter the world of commercial law

Corporate law governs the establishment and operation of businesses. It oversees enterprises’ legal status and activities. Statutes influence anybody who creates, owns, runs, or manages a company. International corporate law governs multi-country economic transactions. These services may include advising firms on local legal requirements in countries where they export or have branch offices. The client company may negotiate with foreign partners, customers, or governments. In commercial transactions, commercial law controls buyers, sellers, and businesses. Commercial law is the set of norms that firm owners and operators must follow. In the business world, having experts in both of these laws is essential.

Course Objectives

The International Corporate and Commercial Law training course has been built with the following objectives:

·        To develop a solid understanding of the legal foundations of international trade and finance

·        To gain a better understanding of the unique difficulties and key concerns that international business faces today, as well as the international legal frameworks that are in place to address them

·        To develop a working knowledge of the legal framework for business and trade inside regional economic blocs like the European Union

·        To recognize current intellectual discussions and legal advances

·        To record, reflect on, and analyse their learning and professional development

Training Methodology

The following instructional strategies will be used during the training:

·        Interactive lectures by industry experts

·        Use of relevant case studies, workshops, practical exercises, and business examples

·        Interactive discussions and Q&A sessions

·        Problem-based learning and simulations

·        Use of tools in our virtual learning environment

All of our well-known courses, including this one, follow the “Do-Review-Learn-Apply” framework.

Who Should Attend?

This training course will help a wide range of professionals; however, the following will gain greatly:

·        Company managers

·        Corporate lawyers

·        Entrepreneurs and start-up founders

·        Law and Non-Law graduates who desire to pursue a Master’s degree in law

Course Outline

Module 1: Public Legislation in Comparison

·        Governance and public law

·        Governmental Organization’s Fundamental Principles

·        Governmental Structure

·        Fundamental rights: what they are and what they do

·        The Legislature’s Structure

·        The judicial system and the judicial process

Module 2: Law of International Trade

·        Organisation for Economic Cooperation and Development

·        Transaction and resolution on a global scale

·        Trade and investment law and policy

Module 3: E-commerce Regulations

·        E-commerce Introduction

·        Contracts in an electronic environment

·        Electronic signatures

·        Trouble with payment

·        Protection of the consumer

·        In e-commerce, issues with intellectual property rights.

·        E-commerce taxation

·        Difficulties relating to e-commerce and competition

·        E-commerce and cloud computing

Module 4: Arbitration in the Business World

·        Introduction

·        Agreement on Arbitration

·        Commercial arbitration on a global scale

·        Enforcement of arbitral awards

Module 5: Legal Writing and Research Methods

·        The fundamentals of legal research

·        Problem-solving, design, and sampling

·        Methodology and instruments for research

·        Writing legal documents

Module 6: Globalization, The Rule of Law, and The Administration of Justice

·        The process of globalisation and its consequences

·        Theoretical law

·        Issues of policy

·        In the context of globalisation, human rights

·        Harmonization of the legal system

Module 7: The Law of Investment

·        Introduction

·        Shares

·        Contracts for security

·        Board of Securities and Exchange

·        The act of depositories

·        International investment law’s fundamentals

Module 8: Intellectual Property Law

·        Law regarding patents

·        Law relating to copyright

·        Law relating to trademarks

·        Law relating to geographical indications

Module 9: Corporate Management

·        An overview of corporate governance

·        Corporate governance legislative framework

·        Directors’ Board of Directors

·        Other stakeholders and corporate governance

·        Internal control and risk management

·        Corporate frauds

·        Social Responsibility in the Workplace

Module 10: Contemporary Issues Seminar

·        How to improve your writing and presentation abilities?

·        Presentation on legal precedents

·        Camp for legal education

General Notes

·        All our courses can be Tailor-made to participants' needs

·        The participant must be conversant in English

·        Presentations are well-guided, practical exercises, web-based tutorials, and group work. Our facilitators are experts with more than 10 years of experience.

·        Upon completion of training the participant will be issued with a Foscore development center certificate (FDC-K)

·        Training will be done at the Foscore development center (FDC-K) centers. We also offer inhouse and online training on the client schedule

·        Course duration is flexible and the contents can be modified to fit any number of days.

·        The course fee for onsite training includes facilitation training materials, 2 coffee breaks, a buffet lunch, and a Certificate of successful completion of Training. Participants will be responsible for their own travel expenses and arrangements, airport transfers, visa application dinners, health/accident insurance, and other personal expenses.

·        Accommodation, pickup, freight booking, and Visa processing arrangement, are done on request, at discounted prices.

·        Tablet and Laptops are provided to participants on request as an add-on cost to the training fee.

·         One-year free Consultation and Coaching provided after the course.

·        Register as a group of more than two and enjoy a discount of (10% to 50%)

·        Payment should be done before commence of the training or as agreed by the parties, to the FOSCORE DEVELOPMENT CENTER account, so as to enable us to prepare better for you.

·        For any inquiries reach us at training@fdc-k.org or +254712260031

·           Website:www.fdc-k.org