What is corporate law?

Corporate law is a branch of law that deals with regulating businesses and corporations. In the United States, this law is traditionally divided into federal law and state law. In Europe, corporations are regulated by a single law at the European level, while individual member states continue to operate their own acts and laws within that framework.

In addition to company law, corporate law also deals with labor law and securities law. In a sense, this law seeks to create a balance between employees and employers, shareholders and companies by granting them certain rights without letting these rights be abused. Corporate law provides rules that protect investors and creditors and regulates the rights and obligations of corporations with respect to other organizations or individuals, as well as the duties our society imposes on these institutions.

What are the benefits of studying corporate law as a law student?

According to many law students, corporate law is a field of study that is very interesting and exciting. One of the main reasons for this is the variety of issues dealt with in this branch of law. These range from employment law to securities law and from commercial law to administrative law. In addition, corporate law students often find their skills in high demand for jobs after graduation.

What law careers are available to law students studying corporate law?

Law studies graduates can work as legal advisers for corporations or can practice corporate law as lawyers, judges or prosecutors. Corporate law graduates might also consider starting their own practices or teaching law at the university level.

Switzerland (German: Schweiz, French: Suisse, Italian: Svizzera, Romansch: Svizra. Switzerland has some of the world renown universites like ETH in Zurich, EPFL in Lausanne, IHEID in Geneva, University of Lausanne or the University of St. Gallen. Keep in mind, it's much better to speak the local language, so if you can't speak either French, German or Italian, better go for a language course first.