MERGERS AND TAKEOVERS FROM ECONOMIC AND LEGAL VIEW

LAW535

Course Code: LAW535
Semester: -
Theory+Practice: 3 + 0
ECTS: 10

Course Type

Elective Course

Course Level

Master's Degree Without Thesis

Year of Study

Semester

ECTS

Name of Lecturer(s)

Learning Outcomes

At the end of this course, the students;

ssets out the legal and economic consequences of mergers and acquisitions and explains how they are regulated from a legal perspective.

Mode of Delivery

Face to face

Prerequisites

Recommended Optional Programme Components

absent

Course Description

This course aims at studying and evaluating of economic and financial analysis of marriages and overtakings and the results the cases of marriages and overtakings, the control of marriages and overtakings within competition law, the investigation of the institution of competition and duration of permission, the study of the releated judgements of the Institution of Competition and Council of State.

Course Contents

WEEK	TOPICS
1^st Week	General Introduction
2^nd Week	The Place of Competition Law in Legal System
3^rd Week	Economic and Financial Analysis of Marriages and Overtakings and The Results
4^th Week	Marriages and Overtakings within Commercial Law
5^th Week	Marriages and Overtakings within Commercial Law
6^th Week	Marriages and Overtakings within Competition Law
7^th Week	Marginals Limitations
8^th Week	Midterm exam
9^th Week	Privatisation and Competition
10^th Week	The Control of Marriages and Overtakings within Competition Law, The Investigation of The Institution of Competition and Duration of Permission
11^th Week	The Study of The Judgements of The Institution of Competition and Council of State
12^th Week	The Study of the Judgements of the Institution of Competition and Councıl of State
13^th Week	Council of State
14^th Week	An Overall Evaluation
15^th Week	Final

Recommended or Required Reading

Ercüment Erdem: Türk ve AT Rekabet Hukukunda Birleşme ve Devralmalar, İstanbul 2003.
Pelin Güven: Türk Rekabet Hukuku ve Avrupa Birliği Rekabet Hukukunda Birleşme ve Devralmaların Denetlenmesi, 2. Bası, Ankara 2003.
İ. Yılmaz Arslan: Rekabet Hukuku Dersleri, Bursa 2006.
İ. Yılmaz Arslan: Rekabet Hukuku, 4. Bası, Bursa 2007.
Gamze Öz: Avrupa Topluluğu ve Türk Rekabet Hukukunda Hakim Durumun Kötüye Kullanılması, Ankara 2000.
Arslan / Berk: Rekabet Kurumu'nun Oluşumu, Görev ve Yetkileri ile Yargısal Denetimi, İstanbul 2000.
Tekinalp / Tekinalp: Avrupa Birliği Hukuku, 2. Bası, İstanbul 2000.
Gönenç Gürkaynak: Türk Rekabet Hukuku Uygulaması İçin "Hukuk ve İktisat" Perspektifinden "Amaç" Tartışması, Ankara 2003 (RK yayınları).
İbrahim Gül: Ekonominin Anayasallaştırılması: Alman Neo-Liberalizmi, Rekabet Hukuku ve "Yeni" Avrupa, FMR 2002/3, s. 45 vd.
Coşkun Can Aktan: Yeni İktisat Okulları, Ankara 2004.
Hamdi Pınar: Uluslararası Rekabette Fikri Mülkiyet Haklarının Önemi ve Türkiye, İstanbul Ticaret Odası Yayın No: 2004-71, İstanbul 2004.
Hamdi Pınar: Fikri Mülkiyet Hakları ve Rekabet Hukuku, Rekabet Dergisi 2005, Sayı 23, s. 30-86.

Planned Learning Activities and Teaching Methods

Lecture
Case Study
Presentation
Other

Assessment Methods and Criteria

	Quantity	Percentage (%)
Mid-term	1	40
Total(%)		40
Contribution of In-term Studies to Overall Grade(%)		40
Contribution of Final Examination to Overall Grade(%)		60
Total(%)		100

ECTS Allocated Based on Student Workload

Activities	Quantity	Duration (Hour)	Total Workload (Hour)
Midterm exam	1	2	2
Preparation for Quiz
Individual or group work	14	5	70
Preparation for Final exam	14	8	112
Course hours	14	4	56
Preparation for Midterm exam	7	5	35
Laboratory (including preparation)	14	1	14
Final exam	1	2	2
Homework	1	3	3
Total Work Load			294
Total Work Load / 30 (h)			9.8
ECTS Credit of the Course			10

Language of Instruction

Turkish

Work Placement(s)

Programme Qualifications / Learning Outcomes

	LO1
K1	X
K2	X
K3
K4
K5	X
K6
K7	X
K8	X