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Corporate nance law is essential or lawyers, bankersand nanciers
who are keen to develop proessionalskills in und raising, deal
structures and transactionalmanagement. You will gain an enhanced
and pre-eminentqualication or proessionals working or planning to
beengaged in a technically demanding and dynamic globalindustry.
This course will appeal to both recent graduatesand to
practitioners planning to work in various eldsincluding law,
investment banking, corporate nance,
private equity, securities and investments. The emphasisis to
learn how the nancial markets work, rom theprimary markets
involving the issuance o equity, debt andderivatives, to the
secondary markets involving the tradingand investments as well as
very large nancial transactionsin the international capital
markets.
Course content
This course aims to develop a comprehensiveunderstanding o the
practical processes and innovativeproducts o the international
corporate nance market,including equity and debt capital,
derivatives, structurednance, risk management and investment
portolio
products. It also seeks to develop the sot skills relevant
tothis area o practice, including negotiations and networkbuilding
with meetings with senior lawyers and directors
o major companies. Two 18 hour executive residentialweekend
programs are taught by 12 proessionals andUniversity academics.
Core modules
Investment Banking Principles and PracticesLegal Aspects o
Corporate FinanceProject or Dissertation
Option modules include:
Corporate Strategy and Competition LawDeal Mechanics, Financial
Markets and OperationsDerivatives and Structured Finance
LawInternational Corporate GovernanceInternational Energy Finance
LawInternational Finance Law and EconomicsInternational Project
Finance LawInternational TaxationInvestments or Managers, Theory,
Regulations andSocial ResponsibilityIslamic Finance and
SecuritisationLegal Aspects o International FinanceMoney Laundering
and Corporate FraudMultinational Corporate EntitiesPayment and
Trade Finance
lCentral London (Regent)l1 year full-time or 2 year
part-timel
Fees for 2009/10:Full time: 12,375Part time: 6,190 (year
fee)
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LLM Corporate Finance Law
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Tel: +44 (0)20 7911 5000 Fax: +44 (0)20 7911 5788 Email:
[email protected]
educating for professional lifewww.westminster.ac.uk/law
Facilities
The learning resources at the School are rst class ast IT
accessto legal and academic materials, a comprehensively stocked
lawlibrary (three foors o studying space), research support
andwell-trained library sta. Our IT resources are not conned tothe
University premises; our subscription to online materialsallows you
to access these materials remotely, rom your homeor student
accommodation. A common room or LLM studentsis exclusively set
aside or social and academic purposes.
There is also a sports and tness centre on-site.Most course
materials are provided through an online learningmanagement system.
You also have access to over 25 legaldatabases including LexisNexis
and Westlaw.
Teaching
The small size and interactive nature o our classesprovide a
supportive and participatory approach tolearning and
scholarship.
Teaching sta
Roberta Adami, Senior Lecturer in Investments
Dr. Fahad Al-ZumaiFlorin Coseraru, Fellow Investment
BankingEdmond Curtin, Fellow in Securities and Structured Finance
LawDiana FatkullinaPaul Hughes, Reader in LawJoseph Tanega, Course
DirectorGillian Tett, Fellow in Finance and SocietyDeltcho Vitchev,
Fellow International Project FinanceProessor Mark Watson-Gandy,
Visiting Proessor
Assessment
Assessment methods vary among the dierent modules andare
predominantly based on written coursework with exams in
some modules.
Research
The School has a strong research base and a vibrant
researchculture. In the national Research Assessment Exercise
2008the School entered nearly 30 sta and 85 percent o the
worksubmitted was judged to be o international standard. There
arecurrently eight proessors and seven Readers on sta. There
isparticular strength in business, corporate and commercial law,led
by proessors Jason Chuah and John Flood and Joe Tanega.
Associated careers
The course will be o benet to those who seek to work in anyo the
range o disciplines involved in corporate nance lawincluding
corporate nance, corporate law, investment banking,private equity,
venture capital, corporate banking, accountancy,as well as in
related elds.
Entry requirements
A 2.1 or 2.2 Honours degree, or equivalent rom a
non-UKinstitution, with an average o 55 percent or above in lawor
related discipline/subject. Consideration will be given tomature
applicants who lack standard qualications but havesignicant
proessional or managerial experience in a relevanteld (eg banking,
corporate nance, investments, insurance,management consulting, und
management, securities, privateequity, venture capital, commercial
property development and
project nance). You will need fuent written and spoken Englishto
study at postgraduate level. I your rst language is notEnglish, an
attainment o at least IELTS 6.5 or equivalent mustbe demonstrated.
The University oers pre-sessional summerprogrammes i you need to
improve your English beore startingyour course.
Mature students with industry experience are encouraged toapply
as part time or occasional students.
How to apply
Applications may be made in two ways:Through UKPass the new
postgraduate application service.This is a ree national service
which will allow you to
apply, track and make changes to your application onlineat
www.ukpass.ac.uk
Directly to the University, either online via the
Universitywebsite at www.westminster.ac.uk or by using a
paperapplication orm. Your completed application shouldbe sent
to:Regent Admissions and Marketing Oce,University o Westminster,
32-38 Wells Street,London W1T 3UWEmail:
[email protected]
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