Dual LL.M. in Comparative
Corporate & Financial Law
Centre for Economic Law
Vrije Universiteit Brussel
&
Centre for Business Law & Practice
University of Leeds
7-4-2015
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Why?
- Legal practice, esp. business law is increasingly
international
- in business law firms, an Anglo-Saxon (UK or US)
educational experience is expected.
- Brussels is a major centre for business law
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Overview
1. Presentation of Partners
University of Brussels VUB
University of Leeds
2. Presentation of Dual LL.M.
Comparative Corporate & Financial
Law
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University of Leeds
Member of the Russell
Group (20 leading
universities in the UK)
School of Law
established in 1899
Research Rating (law):
5A (top rating)
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University of Leeds
Centre for Business Law & Practice
Seeks to foster study in all areas of Business Law and
Practice, understood as the legal rules which regulate any
form of business activity.
It seeks to promote all forms of research, including,
doctrinal, theoretical (including socio-legal) and applied
(including empirical) research and to develop contacts
between the academic world and the worlds of business
and legal practice in order to enhance mutual
understanding and awareness.
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University of Brussels VUB
Centre for Economic Law &
Governance
Its members are experts in their respective fields often
combining a strong academic profile with a high profile
professional career.
Members of the Centre are actively involved in the
progressive development of economic law through their
research, by advising governments or through their roles
in leading law firms and regulatory bodies.
The Centre’s members are highly research active and
currently supervise 14 PhD students.
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Dual LL.M. in Comparative Corporate
and Financial Law
• Core: corporate and financial law (national,
European and international)
• Comparative perspective
• Dual LL.M. with one semester in Brussels, one
Semester in Leeds and the dissertation under joint
supervision.
• Degree: VUB Master in Law and Leeds LLM
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Dual LLM - Methodology
• Emphasis on methodology with a module
‘methodology of law’ and in light of the comparative
perspectice.
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Extension of methodological skills:
explaining national law to foreign client/colleague
problem-solving in international context
Internationalisation of written/verbal presentation
skills
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Structure of the Programme
Semester 1: VUB
Semester 2: Leeds
Dissertation: Joint Supervision and
submitting in both institutions
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Semester One: VUB
International & Comparative Financial Law
Company & Association Law
International & Comparative Economic Law
Research Seminar on Economic & Financial Law
Dissertation
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Semester One: VUB
Core teaching staff:
Prof. Dr. Koen Byttebier
Specialisation: corporate and financial law
Partner at Everest
Prof. Dr. Alain François
Specialisation: corporate law
Partner at EUBELIUS
Prof. Dr. Kim Van der Borght
Specialisation: international economic law
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Semester Two: Leeds (4 courses)
* Advanced Insolvency Law, Prof. Andrew Keay
* Corporate Law, Joan Loughrey
* International Banking Law: The Regulatory Framework, Prof.
Andy Campbell
* International Banking Law: Capital Markets and Loans, Prof.
Andy Campbell
*International Corporate Governance, Prof. Andrew Keay
* International Corporate Rescue, Prof. G. McCormack
* European Competition Law, Prof. Oliver Gerstenberg
* International and European Business Taxation, Dr. Luca Cerioni
* Law of Foreign Investment - Professor Surya Subedi
* World Trade Organisation Law - Professor Surya Subedi
* Copyright and File-sharing - Juliet Pearce
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Semester Two: Leeds
Core teaching staff:
Professor Andy Campbell
Specialisation: banking and financial law
Advisor to the World Bank
Professor Surya Subedi
Specialisation: economic and investment law
Special Rapporteur to the United Nations
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Semester Two: Leeds
Joan Loughrey
Company and business law
Published the leading work on corporate lawyers
(Cambridge University Press)
Professor Gerard McCormack
Leading scholar on corporate rescue
Professor Andrew Keay
Specialises in corporate law and insolvency law,
including insider dealing, corporate rescue, minority
shareholder protection and directors' duties.
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Time & Money
Money
The new rules have increased the tuition fees in England
from £3000 to £9000 a year.
Tuition fees for an LLM in the US starts at $30000.
Time
The Leeds LLM is a Manama. A Manama takes 1 year of
study after graduating in the Master in de Rechten.
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Time & Money: Dual Master
Win one year: Obtain an LLM as part
of the Master in de Rechten
programme
Get 2 degrees: Master in de Rechten
(VUB) and LLM (Leeds)
Save money: Tuition fee in Leeds for
Dual Master programme is £4650
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Enrolment conditions
- completed 1ste Master (or 2de Master)
- language: TOEFL or IELTS or minimum 14/20 for
Introduction to Common Law and English Legal Terminology
TOEFL (paper-based test): at least, 600 with 4.0 on the Test of Written
English (TWE).
TOEFL (computer-based test): at least, 250 with 4.0 on essay rating.
TOEFL (internet-based test): at least 100 with, at least, 22 in listening, 24
in reading, 24 in speaking and 25 in writing.
A minimum IELTS (academic) score of 6.5 with at least 6.5 in listening and
reading and at least 6.0 in writing and speaking.
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