Doing Business in Emerging Markets

This course explores the legal and regulatory structures affecting foreign investors seeking to participate in the development of so-called "emerging markets." Topics include: corruption and money laundering, sanctions compliance, liability for human rights abuses, forms of foreign investment and commercial transactions, local accreditation, taxation, the privatization process, intellectual property protection, import-export regulations, currency controls, project and conventional financing, banking, the development and regulation of capital markets, securities and commodities exchanges, financing, labor issues, and environmental protection.