LL.M. Finance Program
The ILF at Goethe University in Frankfurt am Main offers a unique one-year postgraduate program leading to a LL.M. in Finance (LL.M. Finance) for graduate students with a Bachelor's degree in law, business, or economics. German is not a requirement for admission since all courses are conducted in English. Goethe-University in Frankfurt am Main is one of Germany’s most prominent higher education institutions.
About 50 highly qualified graduates will be admitted for study. The program is aimed at students with a prior degree in law or business/economics and who have an interest in combining theoretical knowledge with practical training in law and international finance. Previous professional experience is not a requirement, but would be an advantage. The emphasis is on international diversity, with over 20 different countries represented among the students. The program builds on the role of Frankfurt am Main as a leading banking, central banking and financial center of the European Union.
The curriculum is interdisciplinary covering all aspects of international financial law with emphasis on the EU and the US, along with parallel developments in the field of international finance. Among the courses from which the students can choose are Law of Corporate Finance, Capital Markets and Securities Law, Financial Intermediation and Risk Management, Financial Markets and Institutions, Corporate Taxation as well as Effective Negotiations. Additionally, the program features a comprehensive variety of courses in Insurance Law and Risk Management as well as Law of Investment Banking and Project Finance.
Since 2008, together with the Universities of Deusto, Tilburg, and Strasbourg, the ILF also offers the Erasmus Mundus „Master in Transnational Trade Law and Finance“, a Master’s program which has received the approval of the European Union.
ILF students are fully enrolled members of Goethe University Frankfurt am Main, which confers the LL.M. Finance degree.
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