1-Year Advanced Diploma in Corporate Law
Your Gateway to Corporate Law Excellence: Practical training for a thriving corporate law career.
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Aspiring to become a successful corporate lawyer?
In today's rapidly growing corporate sector, the demand for skilled corporate lawyers is surging. Corporate law consistently ranks as a top specialisation, with 70% of law firms actively seeking experts in mergers, acquisitions, compliance, and governance. The 1-Year Advanced Diploma in Corporate Law provides the essential, real-world skills you need to excel in this high-demand field. Covering core areas like governance, compliance, and transactions, this programme prepares you to advise corporations, protect their interests, and navigate complex legal landscapes. Take your corporate law career to new heights with this industry-focused advanced programme.
Skills you'll learn
This course is unique. The topics that I had been asked to teach were mainly practise oriented and the course problems were designed to give students an almost true-to-life experience of the legal challenges that corporate law practitioners can expect to face.
Nilanjan Sen
Delighted to participate in this as a faculty. As a practitioner of Insolvency Law, I was thrilled to learn about this program and its keen focus on helping lawyers and other professionals grasp concepts of corporate law including insolvency.
Abhishek Sharma
I hugely enjoyed teaching this course. The class conversations were enriching. There was a sense of camaraderie and zeal to learn. The support and advice from the organisers was brilliant.
Yugank Goyal
The programme's interactive and contemporary nature ensured that instructors were up to speed with current developments – both in the regulatory and market spaces. The dynamism and enthusiasm of the audience added to the joy of learning!
Ketan Mukhija
The programme is praiseworthy for its comprehensiveness and innovation. The variety of experts invited to teach made this course useful for a broad range of professionals.
Animesh Sinha
The programme is comprehensive in that it covers both the theoretical and practical aspects of corporate law. The focus on training those taking the course on corporate law-in-practice is clearly shown by its modules on contract drafting.
Badrinath Srinivasan
In the programme I taught Agency Problems in Company Law. Students comprised professionals from different fields of law practice. The sessions were designed with intensive corporate case studies and were highly interactive.
Ruby Panchal
EBC has done a commendable job of ticking all the right boxes by designing such an exhaustive course that touches upon all the essentials that a corporate professional in the present day needs to be aware of.
Victor Nayak
Overall the course was very rich & comprehensive. The teachers selected for the course were extremely knowledgeable, had practical experience, and were committed to delivering high-quality lectures.
Shamanna Balasubramanya
All the chapters covered in the course are handled by expert professionals in the respective area. The practical experiences shared by the teachers took us to the next level of understanding. I thoroughly enjoyed the course.
Shubha Hegde
The 'Advanced Corporate Law' course of EBC Learning is structured very meticulously. You are first educated through relevant videos, then those concepts are discussed in the online class and all your questions/doubts are taken care of.
Varun Pathania
EBC Learning has truly set a standard of excellence in its course. The combination of live classes and recorded videos featuring various experts added a dynamic dimension to the lectures, making the learning process incredibly insightful. The interactive nature of these lectures fostered an environment where I felt comfortable posing questions and receiving immediate, valuable feedback from the mentors.
Shruti Sharan
The course on M&A practice that I’m currently pursuing from EBC Learning, has proved to be an excellent opportunity for me to get the relevant exposure to the kind of work and craft expected from a lawyer working in the corporate sphere.
Payas Virmani
EBC Learning has been the most beneficial to me in my law school journey. Personally, it has helped me to understand my interests deeply through the various courses that I have attended. The best part about these courses is the clarity with which the instructors explain the topic. It genuinely feels that they put all their knowledge into a single course, and that is what makes these courses unique and interesting.
Naaz Bagga
The 1-Year Advanced Diploma in Corporate Law is an unparalleled programme in corporate law, meticulously curated by industry experts. This comprehensive programme blends theoretical foundations with critical and practical training, ensuring you gain not only knowledge but the skills needed for real-world corporate law challenges. Spanning across essential topics such as corporate governance and business entity selection to contract drafting, due diligence, M&A, and competition law, this programme covers it all. With live classes enhancing your learning experience, you'll have access to expert insights and hands-on guidance, making this programme a gateway to a thriving corporate law career. Whether you're just entering the field or seeking to elevate your expertise, this programme equips you with the toolkit to excel in the corporate law field. Embrace the opportunity to transform your career with minimal effort and maximum impact. Begin your journey today and unlock the potential of a thriving career in corporate law.
The path contains 27 courses given below.
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Course List
Orientation—How to Navigate the Course, LMS and Reader?
Provides an introduction to the learning path, its contents and features, and shows you how to access the resources of the programme.
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This course is part of a program and cannot be purchased individually.
4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Introduction and Corporate Law Method
The course explains the legal method, familiarises you with the sources of corporate law and provides a systematic approach to reading corporate law.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Forms of Business Organisations
The course introduces various forms of business entities, such as sole proprietorship, LLP, partnership, cooperative society and company.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Agency Problems
The course examines various types of conflicts and agency problems in various forms of business organisations. This will include understanding of the problems, and regulatory, governance and enforcement strategies.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Choosing an Entity
Learn various other forms of business organisation existing in India. It covers essential features and distinctions from one another. The course aims to help students appreciate the points that are taken into consideration while choosing an entity for a particular business model.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Introduction to Contract Drafting
The course will enable you to draft, vet, or examine agreements to safeguard your or your client's interests. This course is designed to introduce various types of agreements leading to the incorporation or registration of entities.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Incorporation, Registration and Conversion
This course runs you through the incorporation of various types of companies. It also deals with the incorporation of an LLP and registration of a partnership. The course also upskills one on practical things such as converting one form of business into another.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Accounting and Financial Statements
The course is an introduction to understanding account books. It gives you a basic understanding of looking at various corporate financial documents. The objective is to provide fundamental financial and accounting literacy.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Promoters, Directors & Key Managerial Personnel
The course shall look into the rights, duties, obligations and liabilities and immunities of Directors and Key Managerial Persons (KMP). The course will also familiarise students with concepts like disputes related to appointment, disqualification, defaults and resignations.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Shareholders and Meetings
Learn about the various compliance requirements for meetings under the Companies Act. The course offers detailed insight into the various aspects of regulations that are the core of running a business.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Filing Class Action and Shareholder Litigation
The Companies Act, 2013 introduced Section 245—Class Action, to prevent oppression and mismanagement. Here we look at how to file a suit before a tribunal under the said provision and other remedies to shareholders.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Corporate Social Responsibility
Learn all about CSR, including the mandate and framing of the policy. The course will help you to draft a CSR policy and become a specialised CSR professional.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Winding Up
The course covers the winding-up process for a company under the Companies Act, 2013. In particular, the reasons for winding up, petitions for winding up, summary procedure, liquidator, and dissolution.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Introducing Due Diligence
Conducting due diligence is the bread and butter for a transactional lawyer. This course will provide you with an introduction to the process and you will learn to prepare a due diligence report.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Securities
The knowledge of what a security is and what are the different types of securities is the starting point of becoming a transactional lawyer. This course will empower you to think like a transactional lawyer and appreciate the legal complexities while dealing with different kinds of securities.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Deal Process
The course looks at the deal process for raising funds for a company. It introduces the students to concepts like the valuation of a company, how to prepare a pitch book, what are the different kinds of funds and from whom can funds be raised.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Private Equity and Venture Capital
The course is a transactions guide to raising capital with Private Equity and Venture Capital. The course will also look at how a private company raises money, borrows funds and also FDI.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Capital Markets
You will learn A-Z about going public. The course will cover working on DRHP from the side of all stakeholders. The course also looks at varieties of issues and the restructuring of listed companies.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Mergers and Amalgamations
This course covers various aspects of M&A including structuring of an M&A transaction, emerging trends and associated tax implications.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Competition Economics
Learn about the different nuances of economics in relation to competition law.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Competition Law
By regulating corporate anti-competitive behaviour, competition law aims to maintain market competition. In this course, we study the Competition Act, 2002 in light of building anti-trust practice of your own.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Insolvency Law
Often business entities find it difficult to file an insolvency application before the NCLT. This intense course on IBC Practice covers various aspects of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016, including the filing procedure of insolvency applications before the NCLT.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Corporate Assets Valuation under the IBC
Learn how to conduct corporate valuations in an IBC scenario. The course covers several valuation approaches like Market Approach, Income Approach, Asset Approach, etc.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Corporate Fraud
The Companies Act, 2013 imposes a specific statutory criminal liability with regard to fraud. You will engage yourself in a simulation of a case file to identify red flags and remedies.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Insider Trading
Learn all about insider trading with industry experts. The course comprehensively looks at the subject matter and the nuances and litigations involved in the domain.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Mastering Legal Writing and Research
In the course learn how to write articles, research papers and get published.
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4 February 2025 - 4 February 2026
Complimentary Optional Course
CV Writing, Cracking Interviews and Applications
In this course, you'll learn how to write a compelling CV, ace your interview, and land your dream internship or placement.
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Who Should Enrol?
This programme is designed to meet the needs of those who are serious about excelling in corporate law, whether starting out or advancing their careers.The 1-Year Advanced Diploma in Corporate Law is ideal for:
- Aspiring Corporate Lawyers: Build a strong foundation in corporate law, gaining practical skills and confidence to enter the field and stand out from the competition.
- Law Students and Graduates: Specialise in corporate law with hands-on learning that enhances your employability and prepares you for high-impact roles right after graduation.
- Corporate Legal Professionals: Deepen your expertise in corporate governance, M&A, and other advanced areas, making you more effective and valuable in your current role.
- In-House Counsel: Navigate the complexities of corporate operations, enhancing your ability to manage risks and provide strategic legal guidance within your organisation.
- Law Firm Lawyers Building a Corporate Practice: Equip yourself with essential corporate law skills for establishing a successful corporate law practice.
Why Choose This Programme?
The 1-Year Advanced Diploma in Corporate Law offers practical, career-enhancing skills that are essential in today’s legal and business environments. Here’s why you should choose this programme:
- Career Boost: Acquire specialised skills that set you apart, positioning you for top roles in corporate law.
- Practical Focus: Gain hands-on experience with drafting contracts, conducting due diligence, and managing corporate litigation.
- Industry-Recognized: Learn from a curriculum designed by industry experts to meet the demands of today’s legal challenges.
- Comprehensive Coverage: Master corporate law, including governance, M&A, securities, competition, insolvency, and other key areas.
- Real-World Application: Apply your knowledge through practical exercises, case studies, and expert-led live sessions.
- Results-Oriented: Focused on delivering practical skills and real-world applications, this programme is designed to equip you with the tools needed to excel and stand out in the corporate law field.
Career Paths After Specialising in Corporate Law
Upon completing the 1-Year Advanced Diploma in Corporate Law, you'll open doors to numerous career opportunities across the corporate legal sectors:
- Corporate Lawyer: Specialise in high-stakes areas like mergers, acquisitions, contracts, and compliance. Represent top clients, ensuring they adhere to corporate laws while navigating complex legal landscapes.
- In-House Counsel: Become a key legal advisor within a corporation, handling everything from internal legal matters to strategic decision-making, contract management, and risk mitigation.
- M&A Specialist: Lead mergers and acquisitions, guiding companies through complex transactions, due diligence, negotiations, and drafting critical documents, ensuring successful and compliant deals.
- Compliance Officer: Safeguard a company’s integrity by ensuring adherence to laws and regulations. Develop policies, conduct audits, and manage regulatory risks to keep the company on track.
- Corporate Governance Advisor: Shape the leadership of corporations by advising on best practices in corporate governance, board structuring, shareholder relations, and adherence to governance standards.
- Securities Law Expert: Navigate the intricacies of securities law, from public offerings to private placements. Advise on investments, capital markets, and compliance with securities regulations.
- Legal Consultant: Provide specialised corporate law consulting, advising on business entity formation, contract drafting, regulatory compliance, and corporate restructuring.
- Litigation Specialist: Represent corporations in high-profile legal disputes, including shareholder litigation, class action suits, and issues arising from mergers and acquisitions.
- Private Equity & Venture Capital Lawyer: Guide startups and investors through fundraising, investment strategies, and the legal intricacies of private equity and venture capital transactions.
- Academic/Trainer: Become an expert in teaching corporate law at universities or conducting specialised training programs for legal professionals.
- Law Firm Opportunities in Corporate Practice: For those seeking roles in law firm teams focused on M&A, Private Equity, Capital Markets, or Banking and Finance, expertise in corporate law will be invaluable for your daily work and career advancement.
Placement Assistance
Our dedicated team of experts is here to support you in your legal career journey. With strong industry connections and an in-depth understanding of corporate law, we provide valuable guidance on potential job and career opportunities. While we focus on equipping you with the essential knowledge, practical skills, and insights needed to succeed in the legal field, we also offer assistance aimed at enhancing your career prospects. Our guidance ensures that you are well-prepared to navigate various professional paths, whether in law firms, corporate legal departments, or independent practice, in this competitive and evolving legal landscape.
What else is included?
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Instructors
Abhinandan Malik
Editor Publications & Director, EBC Learning
Abhinandan Malik is Editor (Publications) & Director at EBC, India's top law publisher. He is a graduate of NALSAR University of Law with an LLM from the University of Toronto. He has 10+ years of editorial experience, conceptualising, guiding and editing publications at EBC.
Dr Pratima Narayan
Advocate & Mediator, Co-founder, Techlawlogi Consulting LLP
Dr Pratima Narayan has served the legal academia for over 20 years as a visiting faculty at various reputed law schools and business schools. Her expertise lies in areas of commercial contracts, consumer law, e-commerce and Intellectual Property Rights.
Dr Charu Mathur
Instructor, EBC Learning & AOR, Supreme Court
Dr Charu Mathur is an Advocate on Record with the Supreme Court of India. She has over 20+ years of rich and diverse expertise in corporate, commercial, civil, criminal and constitutional law matters.
Juhi Roy
Partner, Petkar Legal
Juhi Roy has previously worked as a Senior Associate in the General Corporate team of Argus Partners, Kolkata. She has also worked with Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas, Mumbai; Network 18 Media and Investments Limited, Mumbai; Wadia Ghandy & Co., Mumbai; and SA Partners, Mumbai.
Pradyumna Anil Purohit
Instructor & Editor, EBC Learning
Pradyumna is a Course Author, Instructional Designer, and Innovator at EBC Learning. He is also the Chief Academic Consultant at Mahatma Gandhi Centre for Peace Studies, O.P. Jindal Global University. He was formerly an Assistant Professor at Jindal Global Law School.
Badrinath Srinivasan
Senior Manager (Legal), Directorate General of Hydrocarbons under MOPNG
Badrinath Srinivasan has over 15 years experience in contract-related issues and handling high-stakes international arbitrations and litigations in the petroleum exploration and production sector.
Hemant Batra
Senior Legal Consultant, Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Hemant Batra is also the founder of Kaden Boriss, an international business law firm, and holds the position of vice-president at SAARCLAW. As a due diligence expert, he has written articles and authored books on the subject.
Victor Nayak
Assistant Professor of Law, University of Engineering and Management
Victor started his academic career with the Institute of Law, Nirma University as an Assistant Professor in 2012 followed by the School of Law, Galgotias University in 2015.
Animesh Sinha
Partner, Animesh Sinha & Partners
Animesh Sinha has over 15 years of experience and has previously worked at Karanjawala & Co. He specialises in insurance law and his services have been retained by several insurers, top companies and other insurance intermediaries in India.
Amrish Garg
Co-Founder, Finvox Analytics
Amrish is a CA, CFA and a Registered Valuer with 12+ years of experience in fundraising, transaction support services, business valuations, purchase price allocation and complex instruments valuations.
Dr Yugank Goyal
Associate Professor, FLAME University
Dr Yugank Goyal is an Associate Professor of Public Policy. Earlier he taught at Jindal Global Law School. His tryst with the Economics of Competition Law began while studying Masters at Erasmus University Rotterdam, where later, he also pursued his PhD in law and economics.
Gandharv Jain
Co-Founder, Finvox Analytics
Gandharv Jain is a CA, CPA (USA), Registered Valuer and an Investment Banker with 15+ years of experience in conducting business valuations, raising funds for clients and structuring corporate transactions in compliance with foreign exchange laws.
Ketan Mukhija
Partner, Dentons LinkLegal
Ketan has over 17 years of extensive experience in corporate restructurings, investment transactions, private equity, banking and finance, energy and infrastructure, real estate, telecommunications, and capital markets.
Madhuri V. Vyas
Senior Compliance Manager, Anand Rathi Shares and Stock Brokers Ltd.
Madhuri is a CS and a Law Graduate with primary expertise in securities market compliances, SEBI laws, corporate law and secretarial compliances. She has previously worked as a CS with Pine Labs Group and as Head CS for Aeroflex Industries Limited, Mumbai.
Tarun Mathur
Counsel, Huntsman Corporation & Director (Legal Department), PwC
Tarun Mathur has 10+ years of law firm, regulatory and consulting experience. He has worked with SEBI (Corporate Restructuring and Corporate Issues and Listing), in Cyril Amarchand Mangaldas and in Trilegal.
Aishwarya Abhijit
Senior Associate (KM), Shardul Amarchand Mangaldas & Co
Aishwarya has previously worked as a Senior Associate in the capital markets team at Khaitan & Co. Before her stint at Khaitan, she was an associate in the M&A and capital markets team at JSA. She has doner her LLM from LSE.
Bijetri Roy
Managing Director, Ins-PIRE
Bijetri Roy is the Managing Director at Ins-PIRE, with expertise in developmental economics, policy, and climate change law. She also serves as an Advisor at Securus Trusteeship Services Pvt. Ltd. and as a Panel Member at Konproz. Additionally, she mentors law students at Queen Mary University of London, helping them with career advancement and guidance.
Advanced Diploma Certificate
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Upon successful completion of this programme, you will be awarded an Advanced Diploma Certificate from EBC Learning. This certification is endorsed by the EBC Group, a name synonymous with excellence and integrity in the legal domain, widely regarded as one of the most esteemed institutions in the country.
FAQs
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How is this programme different from other legal education programmes?
The 1-Year Advanced Diploma in Corporate Law is uniquely practical, offering real-world skills through expert-led live classes, hands-on training, and EBC’s trusted legal resources. Unlike other programmes, it’s designed to make you job-ready, with comprehensive coverage of high-demand corporate law areas like M&A, compliance, and governance. -
Who is eligible to apply for this programme?
Applicants must have an undergraduate degree, with at least 45% marks in aggregate in either their senior school or undergraduate degree. -
What is the duration of the programme?
The programme is designed for one-year completion, students have up to two years from the admission date, providing flexibility for those with other commitments. -
Are the classes and evaluations online or offline?
All classes and evaluations will be held online. Students will be notified in advance regarding the schedule. -
What are the technical requirements for taking the online classes?
Students must install Zoom or another advised video conferencing software for classes. -
Are there any attendance requirements?
Yes, a minimum 70% attendance is required for live online classes. -
How will I be evaluated? Will there be an exam at the end of the programme?
There will be no end examination. You will be evaluated on a continual basis throughout the programme. You will be evaluated on pre-class assignments, class participation and final assignments for each module. As the last assignment of the course, you will have the option to appear for a viva or submit a substantial piece of writing for evaluation. -
What is the minimum score to obtain a certificate?
One must score a minimum of 65% to receive a certificate in the programme. -
What happens if I don’t score 65%?
The EBC Learning programmes stand for academic excellence and mastery of the subject. Our team is dedicated to helping the student achieve that mastery. Therefore in order to successfully complete the programme one must score a minimum of 65%. However, in case one does not score a minimum of 65%, students can, upon payment of a fee, be admitted to the next cohort of the programme. In limited cases, students can also re-submit their select assignments for re-evaluation. -
How do I apply for this programme?
To apply, click on the provided link to access the EBC Learning Programme Page. Select “Take This Programme” to be redirected to the EBC Webstore, where completing the purchase enrols you in the programme.
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