294.14 sec. 001 - Structuring and Negotiating Complex Financial Transactions (Fall 2026)
Instructor: Allan T Marks (view instructor's teaching evaluations - degree students only | profile)
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Units: 1
Grading Designation: Credit Only
Mode of Instruction: In-Person
Meetings:
F 3:10 PM - 6:10 PM
Location: Law 140
From August 21, 2026
To August 28, 2026
Sa 09:00 AM - 12:30 PM
Location: Law 140
From August 22, 2026
To August 29, 2026
Course End: August 29, 2026
Class Number: 32541
Enrollment info:
Enrolled: 41
Waitlisted: 0
Enroll Limit: 60
As of: 08/03 08:49 AM
This course explores key issues in structuring, negotiating and documenting complex financial transactions within their broader commercial, economic and regulatory contexts. The course introduces students pragmatically to basic legal and financial concepts and then applies them to a range of transactions. The course balances the theory, policy and practice of financial transactions and explores how sophisticated contracts and legal structures can be used to manage risk, align investor goals, and create value.
The format is mainly a conversational lecture, with in-class student participation expected, plus a practical take-home drafting exercise.
Because this is a one-unit course taught on a condensed schedule, attendance at ALL class sessions is mandatory for course credit.
The course is taught by Allan Marks, a lawyer who was for many years a partner at Milbank LLP. He now serves as President of the Los Angeles Department of Water and Power, as a director on various other boards, and as a strategic advisor. His law practice encompassed project finance and development, private equity, mergers & acquisitions, acquisition finance, capital markets and private placements, international and cross-border business transactions, public-private partnerships, joint ventures, restructurings, banking and regulatory matters. He also teaches at the UCLA and George Washington University law schools, is a senior fellow at Columbia University and NYU, and previously taught at the Haas School of Business at UC Berkeley for over ten years.
We also have special academic rules for these condensed courses:
-Students must attend each course session and cannot attend any course session remotely (even for illness or emergency situations).
-The Registrar’s Office will drop a student who does not attend each course session.
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.
Exam Notes: (None) Series of papers or assignments throughout the semester
(Subject to change by faculty member only through the first two weeks of instruction)
Course Category: Business Law
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