The HEC Department of Business Law and Taxation was established
when the need emerged for law and taxation to be considered as
management-related disciplines. Future decision-makers should
have access to key information so that they can take legal and
fiscal aspects into account when making decisions. With this
goal in mind, law has become an integral part of students' training
at all levels.
The
departments' main areas of research
and development include:
- French and international taxation (in particular transfer
costs),
- corporate penal law,
- European competition law,
- labor law,
- corporate law,
- the Law and Economics approach.
The
department has eight permanent and two affiliated professors,
assisted by more than thirty associate professors and lecturers,
all of whom are top-ranking professionals.
The departmental professors publish many books, some of which
have won awards, such as La Responsabilité Pénale
Dans Le Monde Des Affaires ("Penal Responsibility In The
World Of Business"), which won The Montesquieu Prize in
1997 for the best book on corporate law. They also have articles
published in legal journals such as the J.C.P., and a number
of articles in the press.
The department's professors are also invited to many foreign
universities and schools such as the Szkola Glowna Handlowa and
the Warsaw University of Technology, the Bocconi university in
Milan, the Higher Institute of Business in Beirut, and to international
science conferences.
Courses have
been designed in association with French universities (Paris
I, Paris II, Sceaux) - 48 students follow an MS in International
Management and Law in conjunction with the ESCP (Paris business
school). Created 15 years ago, the "International Taxation
and Legal Strategy" major trains HEC student in the various
subjects taught by the department. Many former Major students
go on to work for international law firms.
