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Law & Business

LAW 316 Law of Commercial Crimes
1 Term; 3 Credits
The course aims to provide an understanding of the substantive and procedural aspects
of corporate criminal liability and to develop a capacity to critically evaluate the relevant
principles and to apply those principles to hypothetical scenarios. The course also aims to
provide an in-depth understanding of the common substantive offences with certain complexity.

LAW 320 Corporate Secretaryship
1 Term; 3 Credits
This course aims to develop an understanding of the skills involved in taking overall
responsibility for the corporate secretarial function in small, medium and large organizations,
and listed companies. The practice of corporate secretaryship in this course extends to both
the strategic and functional contexts in advising the Board and leading teams in secretarial best
practice (whilst ensuring compliance with laws and regulations of Hong Kong, particularly: the
Companies Ordinance (Cap. 622), the Hong Kong Listing Rules, the Securities and Futures
Ordinance and the Hong Kong Codes on Takeovers and Mergers and Share Buy-backs) and
in establishing efficient internal communication of Board’s decisions and external reporting. A
further aim of this course is to develop analytical skills which will enable students to apply the
law to solve basic legal problems that may arise in Hong Kong.

LAW 322 Risk and Compliance
1 Term; 3 Credits
The course aims to provide a solid introduction related to several aspects of risk and
compliance. After completing LAW 322 Risk and Compliance, students will be able to
demonstrate a sound understanding of general risk and compliance issues that arise in banks,
insurance companies, other financial institutions and listed companies. This course will deepen
students’ ability to understand the Anti-money laundering and counter-terrorist financing regime
in Hong Kong. Students will develop an understanding of more specialized areas related to
internal controls and performance management as well as anti-bribery, corruption, and fraud
prevention. This course will expose students to different professional certification schemes,
with a view to increasing their employability.

LAW 323 Internship
1 Term; 3 Credits
Internship is an experiential learning course offered by the Department of Law and
Business under the auspices of the Industrial Attachment Office. The course emphasizes on
learning through working in the real-world environment with hands-on experience guided by an
Academic Supervisor from the Department and an Intern Master who is an experienced
practitioner in the relevant field. It combines engagement in the daily operations in a legal or
commercial workplace where students will experience the application of legal and business
knowledge in a real work environment.

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