245.9 sec. 001 - International Business Negotiations (Fall 2024)
Instructor: Jay Gary Finkelstein (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
Instructor: Alan Seem
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Units: 3
Grading Designation: Graded
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meetings:
W 6:25 PM - 9:05 PM
Location: Law 12
From August 21, 2024
To November 20, 2024
Sa 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM
Location: Off Campus
From October 05, 2024
To October 19, 2024
Th 7:00 PM - 10:00 PM
Location: Internet/Online
On 2024-10-24
Sa 10:30 AM - 2:30 PM
Location: Off Campus
On 2024-11-02
Course End: November 20, 2024
Class Number: 31713
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 22
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 24
As of: 11/25 05:03 PM
Course Description:
The course is structured around a simulated negotiation exercise that will cover the entire Fall semester in which the students in this class will represent an African agricultural production company (Malundian Cassava Corporation) and the students in a similar class at Stanford Law School will represent a US pharmaceutical company (KJH Pharmaceutical Corporation). The two companies are interested in working together to exploit a new technology developed by KJH Pharmaceutical Corporation that uses the cassava produced by Malundian Cassava Corporation. The form of their collaboration could be a joint venture, a licensing agreement, or a long-term supply contract. The negotiations will take place through written exchanges and live negotiations. Each of the negotiation sessions will be conducted by a team of approximately 6 students, but all students attend all negotiation sessions.
In addition to the regular weekly class sessions, negotiation sessions (with Stanford) will meet on the following four Saturdays in San Francisco at the offices of DLA Piper: Oct. 5, 12, 19 (all 10:30 AM - 1:30 PM), and Nov. 2 (10:30 AM - 2:30 PM). In addition, there will be one Thursday evening negotiation session on October 24 (7:00-10:00 PM) conducted via Zoom.
The purpose of the course is to provide students with an opportunity to:
• experience the sequential development of a business transaction over an extended negotiation, and to study the business and legal issues and strategies that impact the negotiation,
• gain insight into the dynamics of negotiating and structuring international business transactions,
• learn about the role that lawyers and the law play in these negotiations,
• give students experience in drafting communications and an introduction to elements of drafting business contracts, and
• provide negotiating experience in a context that replicates actual legal practice with an unfamiliar opposing party (here, the students at Stanford representing KJH).
The thrust of this course is class participation and active involvement in the negotiation process. Students are expected to attend all classes and spend time outside of class, working in teams, to prepare for class discussions regarding the written exchanges and the preparation for the live negotiations. The negotiations are serial, building on the preceding negotiation sessions, enabling students to experience the evolving nature of a business transaction. Class discussions will focus on the strategy for, and progress of, the negotiations, as well as the substantive legal, business, and policy matters that impact the negotiations. Our class time will be divided between lectures and substantive discussions.
Attendance at the first class is mandatory for all enrolled students; any enrolled students who are not present at the first day of class without prior permission of the instructor will be dropped from the class.
Attendance at the first class is mandatory for all currently enrolled and waitlisted students; any currently enrolled or waitlisted students who are not present on the first day of class (without prior permission of the instructor) will be dropped. The instructor will continue to take attendance throughout the add/drop period and anyone who moves off the waitlist into the class must continue to attend or have prior permission of the instructor in order not to be dropped.
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Exam Notes: (P) Final paper
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Simulation Courses
This course is listed in the following sub-categories:
Business Law
International and Comparative Law
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Books:
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- Negotiating Business Transactions
Bradlow and Finkelstein
Edition: 3rd
Publisher: Aspen Publishing
ISBN: 9781543840308
e-Book Available: Unknown
Price: $126.00
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