Learning outcomes of the curricular unit

The course focus mainly on offering the student knowledge on each of the syllabus contract types, its legal regime and the most relevant theoretical and practical issues of each of those specific types of contracts. At the end of the course, the student should be able to understand the characteristics of each of the financial markets and the contractual tools that support its functioning. The student is expected to be aware of the specific questions aroused by contracting amidst financial markets. The student should namely be able to identify a financial contract; qualify a specific contract; understand its legal regime and find the more adequate solution for a real life problem, based on that legal regime.

Syllabus

I. The financial contracts. Banking contracts. Financial intermediation contracts. Securities contracts.

II. Banking contracts, credit market and credit institutions. Special types of contracts:

2.1. bank-customer agreement;
2.2. credit contracts;
2.3 financing contracts (financial leasing and factoring);
2.4. guarantee contracts.
2.5. payment contracts.

III. 1. Capital market and financial intermediation. Specific types of contracts:

2.1. financial intermediation (placemente, investment management service, etc.).
2.2 derivative contracts (options, futures, swaps)

IV. The security market and the security companies. The security contract.