Capitalization and Corporate Financing

6 ECTS / Semester / Portuguese

Learning outcomes

Students are expected to understand the capital structures of companies and be able to reflect and debate the various financing methods
available, their legal framework, costs, and benefits. The goal is to equip students with knowledge to understand the legal and financial
factors influencing the choice of financial instruments and funding methods by commercial companies.


Programmatic contents

Law Section:

  • Distinction between liabilities and equity, and between self and external financing.
  • Instruments of equity, liabilities, and hybrids.
  • Financing operations.
  • Undercapitalization.
  • Operations on share capital and corporate restructuring.

Management Section:

  • Corporate funding sources.
  • Optimal financing structures.
  • Capital markets and short-term funding sources.
  • Financial reorganization.

Faculty

MBA em Finanças pela Universidade Católica Portuguesa. Diretor Geral da 3anglecapital, sociedade especializada em M&A e consultoria financeira.
Professor of Law
Diogo Pessoa is an Assistant Professor at FD-UCP, where he also obtained his master’s (2018) and doctoral (2024) degrees. His research focusses on…