Global Professional Master of laws (GPLLM)

enhance your value accelerate your career focus your thinkinG

sPeciaLization in business Law

aPPlications now availableclasses startinG sePteMber 2012

www.law.utoronto.ca/programs/GPLLM.html

12-Months • eveninGs and weekends • executive styLe

R Be better prepared to ask the right questions when leading both cross-border and domestic transactions.

R Identify issues and challenges effectively and in collaboration with local and foreign counsel, auditors, and other parties.

R Add immediate value to your clients, businesses, and organizations.

Gain the coMPetitive edGe that today’s clients deMand, businesses need, and leaders exPect.

what is the GPLLM?The GPLLM in Business Law offers an intensive experience like no other available in Canada. It combines the best of U of T’s reputation for academic rigor with the pragmatic real-world expertise that is the standard in today’s competitive business environment.

A 12-month Master of Laws offered during evenings and weekends, the GPLLM in Business Law offers six core courses and three electives taught by a winning combination of distinguished law and business faculty and leading experts in the field.

Focused on Canadian business law from a global perspective, the GPLLM in Business Law challenges lawyers, business leaders, and policymakers to think differently. Through comparative examples, case studies and real business deals, you will gain a solid understanding of the constructs of Canadian business law and add immediate value to your career.

why take the GPLLM?Learn important legal and business concepts that can be immediately applied to better serve your clients.

R The GPLLM will help you excel in the practice of business and law within the context of today’s important global influences and forces.

Explore the implications of real-life cases and global regulatory events.

R Whether you are working on a cross-border acquisition, raising capital for a client in Canada or foreign markets, or evaluating offshore operations, this degree will help you navigate an increasingly complex business environment.

Acquire thorough knowledge about how the law interacts with both the private and public sectors.

R As a corporate counsel, practicing lawyer, business leader, or government professional, learn how to structure public-private partnerships, master the regulatory environment, and better serve the public good.

what makes the GPLLM unique?R Combines U of T’s renowned academic rigor with the best of the legal profession’s

practical expertise.

R Can be completed in one year during evenings and weekends, allowing students to continue to work while enrolled in the program.

R Case-study methodology that offers a pragmatic focus and provides immediate real-world value to legal practitioners and business professionals.

R No thesis requirement—evaluation will be based on a mix of take-home exams, short writing assignments, and other assessment tools.

R Internationally renowned faculty and adjunct faculty from leading institutions, law firms and companies around the world.

R Access to the unparalleled alumni network of the University of Toronto Faculty of Law.

who should take the GPLLM?R Corporate counsel

R Practicing lawyers

R Sole and small firm practitioners

R Government lawyers

R Policy advisors in the public sector

R Business professionals with management experience

R Business leaders in regulatory, compliance and risk management

R Finance professionals

R Executives who want a career edge

FacultyEngage with top legal minds from U of T’s faculty and some of the most experienced legal and business leaders in the world today.

U of T has an academic reputation that is second to none. The GPLLM in Business Law maintains the academic excellence and intellectual depth that are hallmarks of the U of T Faculty of Law.

Academic Advisor, Professor Michael Trebilcock

“A true combination of the best thinking from our faculty, alumni and other colleagues in the community, the GPLLM addresses the need for further professional

education around the globalization of the legal profession, particularly in the area of transactional law. I am confident that the curriculum will offer students a new way to think about their own professional paths and the situations they face on the job.”

ProfessorJacob Cohen, Dean, MBA Programme, INSEAD Business School

Cohen is a lawyer by training and brings a keen sense of both the business world and the global economy to the GPLLM program, where he will be teaching the elective

course, Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics & the Law.

U of T Faculty of Law Professors:

R Ben Alarie

R Anita Anand

R Tony Duggan

R Mohammed Fadel

R Ed Iacobucci

R Ian Lee

R Jeff MacIntosh

R Michael Trebilcock

Additional faculty include:

R Chris Bennett, McMillan

R Prof. Jacob Cohen, INSEAD Business School

R Patricia Koval, Torys LLP

R Bruce Leonard, Cassels Brock

R Tim Murphy, McMillan

R David Ward, Cassels Brock

2011-12 GPLLM Faculty

curriculumGPLLM students must take the following six compulsory courses:

1. Law and Business in a Global Economy (Foundational Course) This course will explore the effects of the global economy on transactional, litigation and regulatory legal practice, and on businesses operating locally and internationally.

2. Comparative Corporate Governance Focused on Canada, U.S., U.K., and the European Union, this course will examine the role of the director, the BCE case, and the impact of common vs. civil law on corporate governance rules.

3. Securities Regulation and Corporate Finance Topics include the regulation of Canadian capital markets, equity and debt financings, public offerings, insider trading and enforcement issues, corporate restructuring, venture capital, and valuation.

4. Mergers and Acquisitions Learning through real cases and examples, the purpose of this course is to examine the principal legal issues and considerations involved in key M&A transactions for public and private corporations, including cross-border deals.

5. Canadian and Cross-Border Issues in Corporate Tax The central features of Canada’s corporate income taxation regime will be examined from a broader international taxation context. The objective is to familiarize students with the complex, multi-jurisdictional legal environment in which corporations that are active internationally operate.

6. Commercial Arbitration and Dispute Resolution Through practical exercises, the course focuses on understanding the structure of cross-border contracts with a view to understanding the techniques required in negotiating and drafting domestic and international contracts, and managing and avoiding commercial and economic disputes.

GPLLM students must also choose three weekend seminar courses from the following options*:

R Law and Policy of Public Private Partnerships

R Intellectual Property Law

R Regulated Industries and Competition Law

R International Insolvency Law

R Organization of Transactional Legal Practice

R Corporate Social Responsibility, Ethics and the Law

tuitionTuition for the 2011–12 GPLLM was $25,800 for a one-year course of study for domestic students.** This includes most program materials, meals and other fees. Tuition for 2012-13 has not yet been set, and may reflect a slight increase. For the latest information about the 2012-13 tuition, please visit the GPLLM website.

*Elective options may vary from year to year.

**Tuition and fees for international students was $37,350 in 2011-12.

The GPLLM does not qualify graduates to practice law in Canada.

Developed in partnership with the Association of Corporate Counsel – Ontario.

Global Professional Master of Laws c/o Graduate Programme

University of Toronto Faculty of Law 84 Queen’s Park

Toronto, Ontario, Canada M5S 2C5

416.978.1400

natasha.kovacic@utoronto.ca

www.law.utoronto.ca/programs/GPLLM.html

GPLLM Information Sessions

you are invited to attend one of our drop-in GPLLM information sessions offered every month from november to april at

different times of the day for your convenience.

For dates and times, please refer to the GPLLM website.

all information sessions are drop-in and take place at the u of t Faculty of Law, Faculty Lounge, 78 Queen’s Park, toronto.

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