APTPUO-Hiver 2027-DRC4590 -BB00-Droit de l’entreprise II: La société par actions
About The Position
This is a new regular part-time professor position in the Civil Law Section at the University of Ottawa for the 2027 Winter Semester. The course, DRC4590 Section BB00, is titled 'Droit de l’entreprise II: La société par actions' and will be taught in French at Fauteux Hall. The course has an expected enrolment of 80 students and is worth 3 credits, requiring 39 work hours. The hourly teaching rate for 2024-2025 is $239.47, with retro pay after collective agreement ratification. The course schedule is Tuesday from 19:00 to 22:00. The University of Ottawa is the largest bilingual (English-French) university in the world, located in Canada’s capital, and is committed to diversity, inclusion, employment equity, and providing an accessible, barrier-free work environment. The course covers the legal framework of the share company in Quebec, including its constitution and organization, legal personality, shares and associated rights, capital structure, introduction to corporate finance, comparison between private and public companies, roles and responsibilities of directors and officers, shareholder intervention and oversight powers, voluntary dissolution, oblique and abuse redress actions, civil and criminal liability of the share company, and corporate governance standards and socially responsible management.
Requirements
- Expertise in the legal framework of the share company in Quebec.
- Knowledge of constitution and organization of share companies.
- Understanding of legal personality: limits and third-party protection.
- Knowledge of the notion of shares and rights attached to shares.
- Expertise in the structure and maintenance of share capital.
- Familiarity with corporate finance.
- Ability to contrast between private companies and reporting issuers.
- Knowledge of the role, duties, and responsibilities of directors and officers.
- Understanding of the role of shareholders and their powers of intervention and oversight.
- Knowledge of voluntary dissolution.
- Expertise in oblique and abuse redress actions.
- Understanding of the imputation of civil and criminal liability to the share company.
- Knowledge of corporate governance standards and socially responsible management.
- Passive competence in a second language (English, given French is the language of instruction).
- An acceptable level of education and/or experience equivalent to the educational required and/or demonstrated experience.
Responsibilities
- Teach the legal framework of the share company in Quebec.
- Teach constitution and organization of share companies.
- Teach legal personality: limits and third-party protection.
- Teach the notion of shares and rights attached to shares.
- Teach the structure and maintenance of share capital.
- Provide an initiation to corporate finance.
- Teach the contrast between private companies and reporting issuers.
- Teach the role, duties, and responsibilities of directors and officers.
- Teach the role of shareholders and their powers of intervention and oversight.
- Teach voluntary dissolution.
- Teach oblique and abuse redress actions.
- Teach the imputation of civil and criminal liability to the share company.
- Teach corporate governance standards and socially responsible management.
Benefits
- a competitive salary
- a defined benefit pension plan
- group insurance coverage
- an employee and family assistance program
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What This Job Offers
Job Type
Part-time
Career Level
Senior
Education Level
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