Program Overview

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LLM International Business, Corporate and Finance Law | Part-time

About this course

LJMU's innovative part-time LLM in International Business Corporate and Finance Law examines legal issues affecting business organisations operating in a global environment.

• Work alongside those employed in the legal, banking and finance sectors
• Examine key legal issues affecting business organisations operating in a global context
• Learn from tutors who have extensive experience with a variety of backgrounds and research interests
• Generous funding scholarships available for home and overseas students
• Full-Time Study Options

This globally relevant field of law is the cornerstone for international business operations. Those developing their careers in business, law, banking and finance will benefit significantly from this dedicated postgraduate course of study.

Ideal for aspiring and developing financiers, lawyers, bankers and related corporate professionals, this programme aims to create a positive learning environment in which you can practice advanced scholarship and research. You will also gain academic and intellectual progression in a discrete area of international law.

The programme will give you the opportunity to critically analyse key themes of commercial and corporate law, set against an international backdrop and understand the complexities arising in this specialist field. It will challenge your thinking and stimulate your academic aspirations in the field of international business, corporate and finance law.

The programme is suited to graduates with backgrounds in different disciplines (Law and non-Law), as well as to new graduates and those returning to higher education.

The Rice-Jones Trust Scholarship

The Rice-Jones Charitable Trust was set by an individual who wanted to benefit postgraduate law students studying in the North West of England. The individual's late husband and father were both lawyers, and this inspired her to help students who show academic promise and a commitment to the legal profession, but who may not necessarily have the financial support to undertake their studies.

The Rice-Jones Charitable Trust is registered at the Charity Commission with registration number . The deadline for Rice-Jones applications is 31 March 2025.

The Rice-Jones Charitable Trust Scholarship is available to applicants who have accepted a place to study on a postgraduate law course, including but not limited to the Graduate Diploma in Law, the Legal Practice Course, the Solicitors Qualifying Examination, the Bar Professional Training Course or the Master's in Law.

The amount offered and purpose for which the Scholarship award is offered is at the absolute discretion of The Rice-Jones Charitable Trust and may vary per individual. A successful applicant may be in receipt of a grant of up to £20,000.

Course modules

Core modules

• Dissertation (60 credits)
  • This module will enable you to undertake a detailed study of a clearly defined legal or criminal justice topic, issue or problem.
  • It aims to increase knowledge of a selected subject area and develop a greater critical awareness, present findings in an appropriate form.
• Advanced Legal Research Methods (20 credits)
  • This module introduces research methodologies available for conducting research in law and criminal justice.
  • It aims to facilitate development of Masters-level technical legal and criminal justice research, encourage a Masters-level degree of independence and responsibility, introduce key research methodologies for researching law and criminal justice, develop the technical research requirements of a Masters dissertation.

Optional modules

• International Trade and Finance Law (20 credits)
  • This module allows you to critically analyse contemporary legal issues regarding international trade.
• International Corporate Governance (20 credits)
  • This module seeks to introduce you to the intellectual and practical background of corporate governance in the UK and beyond.
  • It aims to provide an awareness and understanding of corporate governance through the critical examination of appropriate theoretical perspectives, models and practices, examine critically the intellectual, practical and theoretical background to the concept of corporate governance in the UK and other international jurisdictions, gain an understanding of the legal nature of corporations, their operations and global corporate governance failures and the reasons for such failures, demonstrate legal and extra-legal solutions to perceived problems with past and present corporate governance regimes, critically examine proposed future developments in and monitoring of corporate governance.
• International Financial Crime (20 credits)
  • The module allows you to undertake an analysis of the law as it relates to a range of contemporary issues in financial crime.
  • It aims to provide knowledge and understanding of the impact of a range of financial crimes, plus analysis of attempts to curb financial crime and its impact.
• International Dispute Resolution (20 credits)
  • This module provides a detailed understanding and analysis of the various laws, regulations and systems applicable to the dispute resolution process.
  • It aims to provide a detailed understanding and analysis of the various laws, regulations and systems applicable to the dispute resolution process, identify potential risk areas of conflict and develop effective processes, procedures and strategies to limit exposure to disputes arising notably within business, corporate or commercial situations, increase the ability to create and implement action, highlight practices and manage disputes in both a national and international environment.
• International Labour Law (20 credits)
  • This module aims to review the global nature of international labour regimes and the regulatory mechanism, investigate the link between international labour law; corporate governance and international trade, describe each of the rights encompassed by the term international labour and to consider the main legal elements pertinent to each right, review the operation of international labour regimes through specific industries, place your study within the broader setting of economic policy and commercial application, consider the importance of the law, policies and strategies regarding equality.
• International Maritime Law (20 credits)
  • This module aims to introduce the basics of International Maritime Law, develop a critical understanding of commercial maritime issues and adequacy of the published material in maritime law, help students consider the adequacy of the current legal structure of the modern maritime contract, facilitate critical assessment of contemporary issues surrounding the commercial vessel in law.
• International Corporate Finance Law (20 credits)
  • As a business vehicle, the limited company is widely used. One of the reasons for its popularity is its ability to successfully raise business finance and diversify financial risk.
  • All companies need to raise money to function successfully. And it is these issues of money which are the gravamen of international corporate finance law.
  • An understanding of the ways in which companies can raise money, and the manner in which their money-raising activities are regulated, is central to an understanding of how companies function.
  • Students taking this module have the opportunity to participate in wide-ranging but analytically precise discussions of international corporate finance law.
• International Investment Law (20 credits)
  • This module aims to introduce students to the core substantive, institutional and conceptual foundations of Foreign Investment Law, as well as the broader economic, political and social implications of international investment Law.
  • It also aims to provide a critical appreciation of the competing interests within the sphere of Investment Law and an introduction to the contemporary issues and debates within Investment Law.
• International Mergers and Acquisitions Law (20 credits)
  • The impact of mergers and acquisition activities affects every corporate constituent, namely shareholders of target and acquiring companies, employees, creditors, directors and managers.
  • In addition, it has an impact on the community, suppliers and national economy.
  • This module exposes students to the role of acquisitions in promoting corporate value, and looks at how the interests of different stakeholders and national economic development can be affected by acquisitions.
  • Importantly, students benefit from an understanding of how legal regulations can promote mergers and acquisitions activities without stifling market functions relative to the role of managers who pursue acquisitions as investment decisions in business entities.

Your Learning Experience

Teaching

• The LLM is delivered by academics highly involved in research within their specific subject area, a blend of career young research active lecturers, qualified and former practitioners of law and internationally established experts in their field.

Assessment

• All modules are assessed via coursework, with a final dissertation of 10-12,000 words.

Study hours

• Your study hours depend on the optional modules you choose. Typically your study pattern will include two study days, Mondays and Wednesdays.

Career paths

• Further your career prospects
• LJMU has an excellent employability record with 94% (HESA 2022) of our postgraduates in work or further study fifteen months after graduation.
• Our applied learning techniques and strong industry connections ensure our students are fully prepared for the workplace on graduation and understand how to apply their knowledge in a real world context.
• On graduation from this course you will be well placed to enter the job market with an international strategic focus.
• You will be able to apply for roles that consider risk, financial transactions and structures, markets and how businesses interact with the multiplicity of policies and procedures in a range of global contexts.

Tuition fees and funding

Fees

• Home: Part-time per year: £4,385

Financial Support

• There are many ways to fund postgraduate study for home and international students.
• From loans to International Scholarships and subject-specific funding, you’ll find all of the information you need on our specialist postgraduate funding pages.
• The University offers a range of financial support for students.
• You'll find all the information you need on our specialist financial support pages including details of the Student Support Fund and other activities to support with the cost of living.

Additional Costs

• In addition to fees, students should also keep in mind the cost of:
  • Accommodation
  • Travel costs and field trips unless paid for by LJMU
  • Stationery, IT equipment, professional body membership and graduation gown hire

Entry requirements

Qualification requirements

• A minimum 2:2 in a subject such as Law, Finance, Banking or Accounting
• An equivalent professional qualification
• Equivalent previous work experience

International requirements

• IELTS 6.0 (minimum 5.5 in each component)
• International students applying to study a full-time taught Masters, MRes, MPhil or PhD at LJMU should check if they require an Academic Technology Approval Scheme or ATAS certificate.
• International students entering on a Student visa cannot study part-time

Extra Requirements

• Although most applicants will not be interviewed, we reserve the right to interview an applicant in exceptional circumstances where necessary to obtain further information to evaluate an application.
• RPL is accepted on this programme

Find your country

• Please Note: All international qualifications are subject to a qualification equivalency check.