The Handbook „Corporate and Financial Law“ has been published and is now available for students from the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEBA) and other interested individuals. The subject-matter of the “Corporate and Financial Law Handbook” is complex and multifaceted, proving that there is a need for joint studies, involving both lawyers and economists. The present Handbook is a good example of such a collaboration.
Why this book? The information provided in the Handbook will be useful to students in the Bachelor and Master programmes of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration (FEBA) at the Sofia University “St. Kliment Ohridski” in the field of Business Administration and Economics. The Handbook is based on the content of different legal, economic and management courses, but its foundation is the accredited course in Corporate and Financial Law which is part of FEBA’s Bachelor programme in Accounting, Finance and Digital Applications, taught in English. The programme offers the internationally recognised Certificate in Finance, Accounting and Business (CFAB) of the Institute of Chartered Accountants in England and Wales (ICAEW). The Corporate and Financial Law course is a mandatory module toward obtaining the ICAEW Certificate in Finance, Accounting and Business (ICAEW CFAB).
In addition, FEBA has officially received accreditation from the Association of MBAs (AMBA), one of the world’s leading authorities on post-graduate business education, demonstrating its continuing commitment to excellence in management education, and the Handbook will be a useful tool for achieving the aims of AMBA’s membership.
Last but not least, the Handbook will be useful for graduates and will be incorporated into the content of various programmes of the Professional School for Computer Programming and Innovations in the city of Burgas, which holds the status of an associated school of the University of Sofia, the first school outside Sofia and the third in the country associated with the University.
The authors of the different chapters of the Handbook are experienced professionals in their field. In their analysis of the various topics, they demonstrate that Bulgaria has itsown traditions in the different fields of legal and economic doctrine but upholds EU values and their legal foundations along its path toward European integration. The contents of the different chapters of the Handbook allow for quick and easy access to important information on the following topics: introduction to legal theory; brief overview of contracts and contract lifecycle; null and voidable contracts under Bulgarian civil and commercial law; the fundamentals of secured obligations; time limits and limitation periods in civil and commercial law; agency in civil and commercial law; types of companies; corporate governance and ESG standards; basics of commercial transactions; Bulgarian property law; Bulgarian competition law; legal foundations of intellectual property; data protection legislation in the European Union and Bulgaria; constitutional principles of economics and finance; contemporary financial law; basic concepts of budget law and budget process in Bulgaria and the European Union; legal foundations of sustainable finance; trends in the field of financial control and audit in the public sector; protection of the financial interests of the European Union; public procurement issues; the Eurozone and Bulgaria; strategic documents in the field of circular economy; shared management of EU-backed financial instruments in Cohesion Policy; penal law; greenwashing in sustainable finance, anti-money laundering and contemporary issues of artificial intelligence. An integral part of the Handbook is a book containing “Train Yourself“ questions for students.
The subject matter of the Handbook is interdisciplinary, complex and varied. Hence, an interdisciplinary method is used, with view of the specifics and diversity of the reviewed topics thanks to the scientific editor Assoc. Prof. Savina Mihaylova-Goleminova.
This is a book for lawyers and non-lawyers written by lawyers and economists. Internet content has been used freely, with proper identification of sources. The work is based on Bulgarian and European law valid as of January 2024.