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OHADA company law
Choosing a company form commits directors' liability, required capital, governance and taxation. OHADA law provides a framework common to seventeen countries, which makes this skill directly transferable.
What the company form commits
The chosen form determines four things at once: how far shareholder liability extends, what capital is required, how decisions are taken and to whom directors answer. These four effects apply from incorporation and are changed afterwards only through a procedure. That is why the choice is made in calm, on the real project: number of partners, capital to raise, planned investor involvement, regulated activity.
- The extent of partner liability, according to the chosen form
- The capital required and how it is paid up
- The decision-making bodies and the majorities required
- Publication and financial statement filing obligations
- The director's civil and criminal liability in office
The steps of an incorporation
- 01
Settle the project
Partners, contributions, activity, desired governance. These four elements point to the suitable form.
- 02
Draft the articles
The articles organise power and anticipate a partner's exit. It is the document that will be re-read in ten years.
- 03
Raise and pay up the capital
Cash and in-kind contributions, valuation, deposit: each mode produces its own legal effects.
- 04
Register and publish
Registration confers legal personality. Publication makes the company enforceable against third parties.
The business law programme, block by block
From company law to insolvency proceedings, by way of security interests, compliance and taxation. The final workshop produces a complete compliance file for a real company.
| Teaching block | Year | Hours | Credits |
|---|---|---|---|
| OHADA company law | 1 | 280 h | 28 |
| Contracts and obligations | 1 | 260 h | 26 |
| Security interests and recovery | 2 | 260 h | 26 |
| Insolvency and arbitration | 2 | 240 h | 24 |
| Compliance and anti-money-laundering | 3 | 280 h | 28 |
| Corporate taxation | 3 | 200 h | 20 |
| Cross-curricular base | 1-3 | 160 h | 16 |
| Workshop and placement | 3 | 120 h | 12 |
Common legal questions
Does OHADA law apply identically everywhere?
The uniform acts form a base common to member states, which makes the skill transferable. National provisions complete that base on specific points, and the programme teaches how to identify which ones to consult.
Does this programme lead to a regulated profession?
It trains for legal and compliance roles held within companies: legal assistant, compliance officer, head of compliance. The corresponding titles appear in the catalogue with their level and volume.
Is prior legal knowledge required?
The programme builds legal reasoning from first principles and devotes a cross-cutting block to consultation methodology and documentary research. The real prerequisite is stated on the programme page.
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