International Financial Law

Course detail Description

The International Financial Law LLM focuses on the law, documentation and legal issues affecting major transactions in global financial markets (International loans and Bonds, International Project Finance, Derivatives and Securitisations), corporate mergers and acquisitions and their regulations under key legal regimes (EU, US and the UK), as well as international investment.

It will give you an in-depth understanding of many of the cutting edge transactions in this field (eg credit derivative structures and synthetic securitisations) as well as the volume of anticipated regulatory law now being enacted both in the EU and in the US in response to the financial market crisis of 2008. It will also cover allied legal disciplines strongly related to these topics such as Comparative Corporate Insolvency.

The LLM is strongly oriented towards a problem-solving approach, both as to legal rules and their practical use. It consequently has a clear practice orientation, but also employs critical analysis of the law and its development to the issues of the global financial market.

The leader of this pathway is Professor Ravi Tennekoon.

The LLM in International Financial Law consists of a strongly practice-oriented set of modules providing you with both the necessary legal knowledge and practical orientation necessary to practice in this field. While providing and expecting the highest level of academic rigour many of the modules will seek to train you to problem-solve and advise as practitioners in the global law firms or as investment banking counsel. The teaching in this area will be strongly international in outlook, in addition to being practice-oriented and intellectually challenging.

Aimed at recent law graduates (or graduates of joint degrees with a substantial legal content) as well as established legal or other professionals who may have graduated a number of years ago, the programme is rigorous and demanding.

International Finance Law LLM Brochure

In the first and second semester you study your selection of taught modules (half and full). These are in most cases assessed in the third semester (May/June) by written examination, or in some cases by the submission of an assessed essay.

Dissertation or research essays must be submitted in September, after the May/June examinations.

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Structure

Year 1 Required Modules

You will have to take one of the following writing projects:

• Dissertation (40 credits)

• Dissertation (60 credits)

• 10,000 word practice or research module (40 credits)

In order to meet the 180 credit requirement, students must select at least 120-140 credits from a range of optional modules. Students who wish to specialise within a certain pathway must ensure that at least 120 credits are taken within that pathway.

Examples of modules available with International Financial Law LLM:

• Law of International Finance 1 (40 credits)
• Law of International Finance 3 – Securitisations Derivatives & CDOS (20 credits) Prerequisite: Students must also take Law of International Finance 1
• EU Financial Regulation (40 credits)
• Banking Law (40 credits)
• Competition Law in Financial Services (20 credits)
• Transnational Bank Resolution (20 credits)
• Financial Risk Stability & Regulation (20 credits)
• Transnational & Comparative Commercial & Financial Law (20 credits)
• International Investment Law (20 credits)
• Transnational Corporate Restructuring (20 credits)
• International Private Equity Finance (20 credits)
• Legal Issues in Corporate Finance (20 credits)
• Regulation of The Conduct of Mergers & Acquisitions (20 credits)
• International & Comparative Oil & Gas Law (20 credits)
• Corporate Governance (20 credits)