This course offers an introduction to capital market and securities regulation. This course will be helpful for students who wish to become lawyers specialised in capital market transactions, including initial public offering (IPO) and mergers & acquisitions. Students will learn about relevant regulations on public offering, the liability regime, and the regulatory regime for takeovers and privitisation. We will learn relevant regulations from a comparative law perspective and discuss the policy rationale behind different regimes, including UK, US and China. To better prepare students for private practice, we will also read Harvard business cases and invite practitioners to give guest lectures to help students understand the business and practice of capital market transactions.