Corporate & Commercial Law LLM
Prepare or further your legal career. You will study a broad range of commercial modules. These will highlight issues of practical and contemporary relevance
Our corporate and commercial law course can help you learn the knowledge and skills to work with those areas of the law. This course takes into account that we live in an era of digital revolution, climate change, and global economic tensions. Core modules are:
- comparative corporate law and insolvency
- corporate governance
You can also choose from a variety of specialised modules, including:
- corporate sustainability and ESG Law
- international investment law
- World Trade Organisation law
- intellectual property law
- private international law of business transactions
- competition law
- international arbitration and adjudication
Expertise in corporate and commercial law is more important than ever. This area of law is essential for the smooth operation of businesses. It also ensures that they fulfil their obligations to stakeholders and society.
There is an increasing demand for lawyers who have a comprehensive, deep, and critical understanding of the field. When you graduate, you may find employment in legal practice.
You can also find employment in various established or emerging industrial sectors. This can include finance, as well as government and civil society organisations.
Core modules have a corporate law focus. When you do your dissertation, this will be on a related topic.
You will study Comparative Corporate Law and Insolvency. This will provide a strong foundation of knowledge and links to other modules. It focuses on the structure and development of company law in the United Kingdom in an international context.
Our Corporate Governance module addresses the distribution of power within companies. It will also cover methods of regulating governance, governance systems across the world, auditors, and internal control. It will cover the meaning and importance of good governance.
Alongside the corporate modules, you can also select options from the School’s broad commercial law portfolio.
On the LLM Corporate and Commercial Law you may also take modules from the wide range of specialist courses at the University of Dundee’s Centre for Energy, Petroleum and Mineral Law & Policy (CEPMLP) and the School of Business.
This provides opportunities for interdisciplinary learning. You can expand and develop a coherent body of knowledge and expertise in the wider field of corporate law.
Erik Vermeulen, former General Counsel of Philips Corporation
Course Coordinator
The Course Coordinator for this course is Dr Sufyan El Droubi. Sufyan is a corporate restructuring and insolvency expert and she has published work of International renown in these areas.
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