LL.M. Finance Program in English – Frankfurt, Germany

The Institute for Law and Finance (ILF) at Frankfurt University offers a unique one-year postgraduate program leading to a Master of Laws in Finance (LL.M. Finance). German is not a requirement for admission since all courses are conducted in English.No more than 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 as a leading banking, central banking and financial center of the European Union.

News…News…News Three ILF students of 2008/2009 will be sponsored an intensive German language beginners’ course at the Goethe Institute in Frankfurt!

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.

The faculty consists of both leading academics as well as experienced practitioners from Europe’s financial world, leading law firms and the European Central Bank, the German Bundesbank and BAFin (German Financial Supervisory Authority). ILF students are fully-enrolled members of Frankfurt University, which confers the LL.M. Finance degree. Tuition costs are set at 15,000 Euros. It is possible to apply for financial assistance. For students seeking to combine study with work (i.e. studying on a part-time basis), it is also possible to arrange for the courses to be taken over a period of two years. ILF has both full-time as well as part-time students.

The LL.M. Finance program incorporates a special two-month internship with public and private institutions which support the ILF. These institutions typically include leading international law firms, banks, international accounting firms, the European Central Bank, Deutsche Bundesbank, BAFin and others. The ILF internship program offers a valuable opportunity to acquire relevant working experience and to create a network of professional contacts.Thanks to the sponsorships of the law firm Mayer Brown LLP and the Goethe Institute, Frankfurt, three ILF students from the academic year 2008/2009 will be selected and sponsored to attend a four-week intensive German language course for beginners (which usually costs €3,560 per course) conducted in Frankfurt just before the start of the LL.M. Finance program at the ILF.

Johann Wolfgang Goethe University in Frankfurt is one of Germany’s most prominent higher education institutions. The university ranks among the German universities as having one of the highest proportions of foreign students among its 37,000 enrolled students. Frankfurt University is a center of excellence in international finance.

The ILF is now inviting applications for admission to its LL.M. Finance Program 2008/2009 which commences in October 2008. Applications are dealt with on a “rolling” basis, i.e. they will be considered as soon as the submitted documents are complete. No application fee is required.

For more on the ILF: www.ilf-frankfurt.de or write to us at:Institute for Law and Finance
Johann Wolfgang Goethe-Universität
Senckenberganlage 31, D-60325 Frankfurt a.M.
Tel: +49 69 798 28448
Fax: +49 69 798 29018
Email: llm@ilf.uni-frankfurt.de