Master of Laws in International and European Law (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 in a business-oriented career.

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1 year 60 credits

Faculty of Law and Criminology

English

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1 General Courses 10

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
The EU and the US Constitutional Orders Compared	1	year	en	Stanislas Adam	4

LLM Lecture Series	1	year	en	Peter Van Elsuwege	3

Seminar: Foreign Chair	1	year	en	Peter Van Elsuwege	3

2 Courses Related to the Main Subject 31

Course	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
EU Banking and Capital Market Law	1	sem 2	en	Michel Tison	4

European and Comparative Company Law and Corporate Governance	1	sem 1	en	Hans De Wulf	4

International Commercial Arbitration	1	sem 2	en	Maud Piers	4

Mergers and Acquisitions	1	sem 2	en	Hans De Wulf	4

2.1 Master's Dissertation

15

Course	Ref	MT1	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
Master's Dissertation		1	year	en		15

3 Elective Courses 19

Subscribe to 19 credit units from the following list, with no more than 1 cours with reference a. Subject to approval by the faculty.

Course	Ref	Semester	Language	Instructor	Crdt
EU Internal Market Law		sem 1	en	Inge Govaere	6

International Business Transactions		sem 1	en	Hans De Wulf	4

International and European Environmental Law		sem 1	en	An Cliquet	6

EU Competition Law		sem 2	en	Stanislas Adam	6

EU External Relations Law		sem 1	en	Inge Govaere	6

EU Institutional Law		sem 1	en	Erwoan Lannon	6

The Autonomous EU Legal Order		sem 1	en	Peter Van Elsuwege	6

Contemporary Issues of IP Law		year	en	Simon Geiregat	3

European Labour and Employment Law					4

European Media Law		sem 1	en	Eva Lievens	4

EU Social Law and International Employment		sem 2	en	Yves Jorens	4

EU Trade Policy		sem 1	en	Guillaume Van der Loo	4

International Economic Law		sem 2	en	Diederik Bruloot	4

Transport Insurance Law		sem 2	en	Thomas Verheyen	3

Transport Law		sem 2	en	Klaas Willaert	4

European Law & ICT		sem 2	en	Eva Lievens	4

Selected Issues: European and International Migration Law and Policy		sem 2	en	Ellen Desmet	6

Moot Court International Commercial Arbitration	a	year	en	Maud Piers	12

Moot Court European Law	a	year	en	Inge Govaere	12

Moot Court International Law	a	year	en	Hendrik Schoukens	12

Moot Court Private International Law	a	year	en	Laura Deschuyteneer	6

Data Ethics					4

Industrial Relations and Fundamental Rights in Companies		sem 1	en	Marc De Vos	6

Contemporary Issues of International and European Law		year	en	Inge Govaere	3

Learning outcomes

Possess an advanced knowledge of international business law, its rules, concepts, and core principles as well as the central institutions.

Have, where appropriate, a basic knowledge of the relevant parts of other scientific domains such as economics, finance and politics.

Have special and applied knowledge about disciplines of dispute resolution with an international dimension, such as international commercial arbitration and some familiarity with negotiation techniques.

Have knowledge of the interplay between national, EU and international legal rules and institutions as relevant for the business context.

Have knowledge of political, economic, cultural… background to issues of the regulation and organization of international business.

The ability to use, with scientific rigor, legal texts in English in the process of analysing and solving complex problems.

Formulating a defensible legal reasoning in order to analyse and solve complex legal problems.

The ability to formulate independently and to answer a scientific research question, or to operationalize and answer a given research question.

Identifying and qualifying relevant legal facts and to adequately and critically formulate legal issues in complex cases.

Having knowledge and insight into the comparative study of law.

Being able to assess correctly the value of legal sources and an analysis of these sources.

Being able to make comparative analysis of legal concepts originating from different legal systems.

Having the courage to formulate a creative legal opinion based on analysis and logical reasoning.

Assimilating new and/or evolving legal rules through self-study and an being open towards permanent innovation of legal knowledge and thinking.

Having the attitude of independent study, lifelong learning and professional growth.

Reflecting critically on legal rules de lega lata and to formulate proposals de lega ferenda.

The ability to write a clear scientific legal text or a clear text intended for legal practice, adapted to the target public.

The ability to give an oral presentation and a legally reasoned defence of an assigned or a personal opinion, adapted to the target public.

The ability to work, individually or in team, on the scientific analysis and synthesis of a complex legal question with a sense of responsibility and deontology.

Having an open attitude towards insights of colleagues, also from other areas of expertise, in the approach of legal and multidisciplinary questions.

Participation in academic activities in the field of international and European law and its complementary sciences.

Having an open attitude towards and knowledge of the basic techniques of alternative dispute resolution, such as negotiation, mediation and arbitration.

Awareness of the social responsibility of lawyers, also with regard to sustainable development issues.

Ability to assess the legal implications of new social and technological evolutions for the practice and science of law.

Respect for integrity, deontology, and the competence to integrate these norms in scientific work and in the functioning as a starting legal professional.

Creative integration of social engagement in scientific work and in the functioning as a starting legal professional.

Integration of cultural sensitivity and respect for diversity, pluralism and tolerance in scientific work and in the functioning as a starting legal professional.