Banking and Finance Law LLM

You will study all aspects of the regulation of financial markets, and cover a wide variety of aspects of financial and banking law. You will consider aspects of corporate governance and responsibility and the laws of economic crime.

You will be offered a varied selection of taught modules from which you can choose, enabling you to gear your qualification to set you on your desired career trajectory.

Topics you can cover include regulatory and transactional areas, including monetary law, banking law, capital markets and securities regulation, corporate finance, restructuring and insolvency, central banking and international finance law including developments, such as ethics in business and finance, digitalization, regulation of crypto assets and FinTech, sustainability and climate change.

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You will have voluntary access to an excellent series of lectures in Critical Thinking and Writing in Law to help you to improve your writing and research in law skills.

We only allow one application from our range of LLM programmes so please ensure you apply for your main programme of interest. Please note you can request to change programme at offer stage via your MYSIS admissions portal and also request this after enrolment via the School of Law Taught Programme office.

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This programme will enhance your career options by allowing you to specialise in the highly sought after interdisciplinary areas of law, economics and finance. We have specialist career advisers who organise events and assist with finding internship opportunities at UK and international law firms and other employers.

Graduates of this LLM have gone on to work as:

• Lawyers in law firms such as Linklaters, Baker McKenzie, and Clifford Chance
• Policymakers at a wide variety of institutions such as the European Central Bank and the Financial Conduct Authority
• Legal officers and analysts at financial institutions such as Lloyds and Barclays

After graduating from Queen Mary, you join our network of alumni from over 100 countries, and get access to exclusive benefits and networking opportunities.