International Business Law

The LLM in International Business Law is a flagship programme for students seeking to specialise in the international legal aspects of business practice in our globalising world. While allowing a degree of personal choice, it steers students towards the key legal building blocks of international business law, guaranteeing an advanced degree with real added value for a business-oriented career.

The Ghent LLM in International Business Law allows students to gain in-depth knowledge about various practice areas and is aimed at future or already experienced lawyers and in-house counsels dealing with commercial, corporate, securities and banking legal issues, as well as international economic law.

Built around the renowned Financial Law Institute, the programme combines the expertise of its professors with that of experienced practitioners in areas like M&A, Intellectual Property and Arbitration.

All courses in this LLM focus either on EU-wide regulation or use a comparative law approach. The programme is ideally suited for students from outside the EU who need a thorough background in EU regulation and for those from within the EU who want to escape the provincial study of national law.

General Courses (28 Credits)

1. Advanced EU Internal Market Law (6 Credits)
2. European Banking and Capital Market Law (4 Credits)
3. European Company Law and Corporate Governance (4 Credits)
4. International Commercial Arbitration (4 Credits)
5. International Business Transactions (4 Credits)
6. Seminar: Foreign Chair (3 Credits)
7. Skills for Lawyers (3 Credits)

Elective Courses (17 Credits)

• European Law: The Basics (3 Credits)
• International and European Environmental Law (6 Credits)
• Advanced EU Competition Law (6 Credits)
• Advanced EU External Relations Law (6 Credits)
• Advanced EU Institutional Law (6 Credits)
• The Autonomous EU Legal Order (6 Credits)
• Contemporary Issues in International Business Law: Intellectual Property Law (3 Credits)
  Hans De Wulf / Eric De Gryse
• European Contract Law (4 Credits)
• EU Labour Law (4 Credits)
• European Media Law (4 Credits)
• EU Social Law and International Employment (4 Credits)
• EU Trade Policy (4 Credits)
• International Economic Law (4 Credits)
• Maritime Transport Law (4 Credits)
• EU Mergers and Acquisitions (4 Credits)
• Transport Insurance Law (4 Credits)
• Transport Law (4 Credits)
• European Private Law (ius commune) (4 Credits)
• Moot Court: International Commercial Arbitration (12 Credits)
• Moot Court: Public International Law (12 Credits)

Master Dissertation (15 Credits)

Requirements

• To have a law degree, i.e. the degree that in its country of origin makes one eligible to exercise the legal professions. Students in their final year of undergraduate studies may apply and may be conditionally admitted, subject to the successful completion of their degree.
• Exceptionally, after an examination of their curricula and in view of their acquired competences, candidates who do not have a law degree may also be admitted. In such an event, the admission may be made subject to limitations with respect to the courses to be followed.
• To present proof of sufficient English proficiency (Applicable only to all non-native English speakers. We require a minimum score of 560 for paper TOEFL, 95 for Internet based TOEFL or 6.5 for IELTS, or C1 score for ITACE (for Belgian applicants). However, there is a possibility to obtain an exemption for prospective candidates who have completed a study course of minimum one year (equal to 60 ECTS credits) at an English-speaking higher education institution (upon presentation of a respective document proving completion of such a programme).
• To have sufficient financial support, as indicated in the application form, either through personal financial means or via financial aid. Please note that the tuition fee for the LLM programmes is 5000 Euro.
• CV
• Motivation letter
• Transcript of records
• Enrollment fee of Ghent University for academic year 2016-2017 is 890 € for EER-students and students from OESO-DAC-list (developing countries), all other students pay an enrollment fee of 5330 €

Scholarships

• Master Grants