5 modules, each module of 10 weeks duration, 40 credits. (Total 12 months including assessment);

Online; sessions and instruction material on LMS/ Google Enterprise/ Meet: -

Saturdays: 6:00 pm to 9:00 pm

INR 1,00,000/-
Individual Modules: INR 25,000/-

Email: ibt@nludelhi.ac.in
Address: Room 207, Academic Block, National Law University Delhi, Sector 14 Dwarka, New Delhi-110078.

Candidates must be a Graduate in any discipline; In case of candidates enrolled in an integrated undergraduate course of 4/5 years Degree, they must be in the 4th or 5th year of the Degree course.

Start-ups are not vital to the growth of the economy of our country. Governmental policies in the last few years aim to promote, entrepreneurship and innovations in all fields. While there is no dearth of fertile, innovative, and dedicated minds in our country, many startups often remain unable to take off or crash soon after take-off due to a lack of adequate knowledge about key legal issues. This course aims to address the latter by equipping the participants with practical insights into the what, how, and why of Law for Entrepreneurs.

The course covers comprehensively all the major aspects applicable to a start-up to operate in India including how to raise external funding to scale your business.

This course provides the basics of entrepreneurs' laws and some key practice aspects which will be very useful for non-lawyers and start-ups ecosystem. The course is divided into five modules, where the first two modules will make participants acquainted with foundational principles of commercial transactions and business entities. The course covers comprehensively all the major aspects applicable to a start up to operate in India including how to raise external funding to scale your business.

After completion of the course, students will be able to

• To know about the key legal steps of moving from an idea to an operating business
• To develop an understanding of the legal issues involved in starting an entrepreneurial venture
• To make informed decisions about the legal entity best suitable to their business model
• To know about key law-sensitive junctures in launching and growing a startup
• To provide adequate legal advice that gives an overview of the main issues facing a startup and gives suitable emphasis to the most relevant issues.

Online Live Lectures and Reading Material

Module 1: Introduction to Commercial Contracts, Business Law, Basics of Entrepreneurship
Module 2: Business Transactions and Regulations
Module 3: Dispute Resolution
Module 4: Emerging Technology: Law & Policy
Module 5: Venture Capital, Securities Regulation, Human Resources

• Introduction to Commercial Contracts, Business Law, Legal System, Basics of Entrepreneurship
  • Key principles and clauses in Formation of contracts
  • Information Technology Act and e-contracts
  • Basics of Entrepreneurship
  • Emerging Technology: Law & Policy
• Business Transactions and Regulations
  • Different Types of Business Entities/ Structuring a Business
  • Taxation
  • Basic accounting for legal experts
  • Drafting Documents Involving Structuring Transactions
• Dispute Resolution, Negotiating Dispute Resolution Clauses
  • Effective Negotiation Techniques
  • Arbitration
  • Mediation
  • Litigation
• Human Resources, Intellectual Property, Compliances, Policy
  • Labour Codes: Essentials
  • FEMA
  • Intellectual Property Law and IP Monetisation
  • E-commerce and Consumer Protection
  • Litigation Funding, Legal Tech
• Venture Capital, Securities Regulation, Corporate Governance
  • Corporate Governance
  • Insolvency and Bankruptcy
  • Securities Regulation
  • Venture Capital / Private equity investment

• Entrepreneurs: Specially designed for those who are willing to start or work in startups/new ventures; this is a comprehensive self-help course for entrepreneurs.
• Litigators: Clients often approach litigators for commercial consultancy work. Learning practical aspects of business law is helpful in upgrading skill-sets.
• In house-counsels: This course will enable you to acquire highly specialized skill sets such as negotiating and drafting shareholder investment transactions, business structuring, import-export, tax compliance, internal policy frameworks, legal risk management, etc.
• Lawyers who want to work in commercial law firms or become independent legal consultants for SMEs: This course will help you to understand your work and client expectations better and give you an edge over peers.
• Lawyers applying for or pursuing LLM: Having a sense of the legal environment for businesses (especially the practical aspects) in India will give you a better perspective for pursuing an LLM in commercial laws.
• Law Students: Will learn practical skill sets that are not usually taught in law schools and universities but highly valued at law firms. This is likely to enhance prospects during the early stages of law firm career, at internships, and also the chances of converting internships into job offers.
• Working Professionals/ Industry Executives: Understanding of India business law can help in building better business, India being considered to be a high growth market and India specific business law skills are in high demand.
• Handle regulatory litigation effectively
• Develop persuasive arguments pertaining to commercial litigation matters in courts, with sectoral regulators, arbitral tribunals, mediations.