Specialist Course in Business Law
Program director:
Urquiola de Palacio del Valle de Lersundi
Campus:
Madrid
Date:
September 2026
LANGUAGE:
English
Business Law enhances your global perspective and professional impact.
The ISDE Specialist Course in Business Law offers advanced training that combines a deep understanding of core legal areas with practical application focused on the business and commercial world. Designed and delivered by experts in corporate, contract, and competition law, this program enables you to develop key skills—such as legal analysis of transactions, contract negotiation, and solving commercial challenges—while gaining a strategic perspective essential for succeeding in complex, global business environments.
Through a practical approach based on real cases, up-to-date academic materials, and the opportunity to undertake professional internships, you will be prepared to handle everyday legal situations in law firms, consulting companies, and corporate legal departments. Move confidently toward your professional goals, supported by solid training from one of the leading institutions in Business Law.
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Introduction and objectives
There are goals that human beings cannot achieve alone. That is why we need to associate with others in increasingly large and complex organizations. These structures require rules to organize their internal functioning, as is the case with companies. In addition, companies establish relationships with society and with other businesses, giving rise to new rules—more complex as these relationships grow in scale and become more international.
This complexity requires specialists. Professionals who can help companies navigate challenges and achieve their objectives. In the legal field, this means lawyers specialized in business law, with in-depth knowledge of corporate law, contract law, international commercial contracting, and competition law.
And who can train you to become one of the best specialists of the future? The best specialists of today, using the most effective methods. That is exactly what this course offers.
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Structure, location and calendar
5 hours of classes in either in-person or streaming format, held on Friday afternoons (Spanish time).
On Mondays, students will have access to videos and study materials to both prepare for Friday’s sessions and deepen their understanding of previously covered topics. Sessions with international experts, who participate in the program remotely from outside Madrid, will also take place on Mondays.
Students will be required to complete a final project, as well as present and defend a practical case both orally and in writing.
Students who wish may also undertake internships lasting between 3 and 6 months.
From the moment of enrollment, students will be granted access to introductory course materials in accounting and corporate finance.
Career Opportunities
Commercial law area in law firms or corporate legal departments.
ACADEMIC PROGRAM
Block 1: Corporate Law
- THE CORPORATE AND BUSINESS PHENOMENON
- 1. What type of company should you choose to start a business?
- 2. The general company used in commercial practice.
- 3. The limited partnership as an investment vehicle.
- 4. Capitalist organizational structures.
- 5. Groups of companies.
- PRACTICAL WORKSHOP.
- CAPITAL COMPANIES
- How are they incorporated? Foreign shareholders.
- Irregularities in incorporation.
- How to draft the Articles of Association: flexibility and customization.
- Shareholders’ agreements and conflicts.
- Shares and ownership interests. Differences. Limitation or extension of rights. Transfer.
- Directors and their civil liability.
- Company Secretary.
- General Meeting. Challenging resolutions.
- Separation and exclusion of shareholders. Conflict and oppression situations.
- PRACTICAL WORKSHOP.
- CORPORATE OPERATIONS
- Amendments to the Articles of Association. Capital increases and reductions.
- M&A transactions.
- Transformation, dissolution, and liquidation.
- IPO (Initial Public Offering).
- PRACTICAL WORKSHOP.
Block 2: Contract Law
- Obligations and commercial contracts.
- Late payment in commercial transactions.
- Penalty clauses.
- Contractual modifications of liability.
- Formation of contracts. Vienna Convention and non-uniform law.
- General terms and conditions: unfair and void clauses, incorporation rules, content control.
- Domestic and international sale of goods.
- Collaboration agreements: commission, agency, distribution and exclusive purchasing, selective distribution, franchising, mediation.
- Transport, logistics, warehousing, and escrow. Uniform and non-uniform law.
- Payment methods and guarantees: fund transfers, payment cards, electronic money and virtual currencies, documentary credit, first-demand guarantees, surety, comfort letter.
- Electronic contracting.
- Business collaboration agreements.
- Lease agreements.
- Corporate financing agreements and banking contracts.
- Insurance contracts.
- Contracting in strategic sectors.
- Artificial Intelligence and contract law.
- PRACTICAL WORKSHOP.
Block 3: International Commercial Contracting
- Introduction. Uniform and non-uniform commercial law. Rules and structure. Principles of international commercial contracts.
- International sale of goods. Incoterms, construction of industrial plants, countertrade, international leasing.
- Financing and payment methods in international transactions. Documentary credits. International transfers.
- Independent guarantees.
- International transport of goods.
- PRACTICAL WORKSHOP.
Block 4: General Competition Law
- Protection of free competition.
- Unfair competition law: general clause and acts of unfair competition. Legal actions.
- Industrial and intellectual property: patents, trademarks, industrial designs, and copyright.
- PRACTICAL WORKSHOP.
FACULTY
- Clara Cerdán – General Counsel Director and Board Secretary at Grupo FerroAtlántica
- Marlen Estévez – Partner at Roca Junyent
- César Giner Parreño – Associate Professor of Commercial Law, Carlos III University of Madrid
- Álvaro Lobato – Partner in the Litigation Department at DLA Piper
- Santiago Martínez-Lage – Corporate Director at Día Group
- Áticus Ocaña – Partner at EY
- Irene Sánchez Román – Director of Legal Affairs and Procurement
- Francis Silván – Partner at EY
- Fátima Rodríguez – Associate at Lupicinio International Law Firm
- Marta Zárate – General Counsel at KPMG
ACCREDITED DEGREE
Once the corresponding Program has been completed and ISDE has verified that the STUDENT has successfully fulfilled all requirements, the STUDENT will receive the corresponding qualification for each PROGRAM.
In compliance with current legislation, and specifically with the provisions of Article 4.4 of Decree 84/2004, it is hereby stated that ISDE programs are professionally oriented and, unless explicitly indicated otherwise, do not lead to an official degree, but to an ISDE proprietary qualification.