International Commercial Law

Continual developments in e-commerce and a shift towards global trading mean that new legal skills and knowledge are constantly needed in many jobs. The LLM in International Commercial Law will prepare you for a career focused in these key international areas.

WHY THIS PROGRAMME

- Commercial law has been a strength of the School of Law for many years, and this programme reflects the considerable expertise of the staff involved.

- You will benefit from our excellent facilities including the dedicated School of Law library; our main University library also contains our extensive collection of legal materials and official publications and is a European Documentation Centre.

- We promote a series of lectures featuring talks from highly successful lawyers and judges.

- We have a very vibrant mooting programme and a dedicated Moot Courtroom. We have an outstanding record of success and you can participate in internal, national and international mooting competitions.

- The use of international sources, such as conventions, means you learn about the law in the UK while also developing a broader international perspective.

PROGRAMME STRUCTURE

You are required to take at least five courses from the following list (plus one other) and to submit a dissertation as falling within the area. Courses are delivered through a blend of lectures and seminar style teaching.

Courses
Advanced Competition Law and Society
Business Strategies and Competition Policy
Climate Change Law and Governance
Commercial Insurance Law
Comparative Corporate Law (LLM)
Competition, Innovation and Digital Markets
Corporate Governance
Finance and Social Justice Project
International Capital Markets Law
International and Comparative Intellectual Property Law
International Commercial Arbitration
International Competition Law
International Financial Regulation
International Insolvency Law
International Investment Law
Intellectual Property Law And The Market
International Merger Control
International Sales and Finance
International Trade Law
The Law of Secured Finance
Law and Sustainable Finance

One additional course may be chosen from other subjects within the School of Law's LLM portfolio.