International Business Law – (LL.M.)

The programme will examine the corporate legal form and the problems surrounding management and accountability of large, powerful multinational companies, their managers and owners. Alternative structures for doing business and raising finance for commercial enterprise will also be assessed. Contractual dynamics of international trade and how best to manage contractual risk when selling and buying in different countries and different currencies as well as dispute resolution techniques when problems arise will be examined in the programme. In addition, you will study the legal framework for global trade established by the World Trade Organisation.

You take compulsory modules (140 credits) including a dissertation (60 credits) which will be submitted at the end of the summer semester, and optional modules (40 credits).

Compulsory modules include: legal research skills and methods; World Trade Organisation law; law of international sales of goods; corporate governance and corporate finance; and dissertation.

Optional modules may, subject to availability, include: international credit and security; competition law; international intellectual property law; legal and regulatory aspects of banking supervision; legal and regulatory aspects of money laundering and financial crime; Islamic finance and economics; foundations of public international law.

You are assessed by course work essays and written examinations, plus your dissertation. Most modules are taught by means of seminar groups.