Queen Mary, University of London LLM in Paris

Queen Mary, University of London

LLM in Paris

UNIVERSITY

OF LONDON

INSTITUTE

IN PARIS

Centre for Commercial Law Studies

Contents

Introduction

4

Background

Queen Mary, University of London and University of London Institute in Paris

5

Aims of the Programme

6

•CCLS Academics

•Visiting Professors and Guest Speakers

Partnerships with French Institutions

7

•Partnership with Paris Bar School (EFB)

•Partnership with SciencesPo Law School

•Partnership with the French Association

of In-House Lawyers (AFJE)

Programme Structure

8

•LLM in International Business Law

•LLM in International Banking and Finance Law

•LLM in Intellectual Property Law

•LLM in International Dispute Resolution and Economic Law

•Learning Methods

•Assessment

•Critical Thinking and Writing in Law Programme

•Minimum Academic Entry Requirements

•Minimum English Language Entry

Requirements

•Tuition Fees and Funding

•Location

•Contact us

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Maximise your

professional

opportunities with

an international and

comparative focused

LLM from a leading UK

commercial law school

Queen Mary, University of London 5

Since its establishment in 1980, the CCLS has become one of the leading institutions for commercial law in the world. Building upon the success of the existing London based School of Law LLM Programmes, CCLS has created the Queen Mary Paris LLM, an innovative postgraduate programme offering students the opportunity to develop

academic and professional expertise in specialised areas of commercial law, including banking and finance, intellectual

property, international dispute resolution and economic law.

The programme will be taught by leading CCLS academics, who are experts in their fields, many of whom are qualified practitioners and maintain close links with leading law firms and regulatory authorities, with invaluable contributions from

experienced practitioners and academics from other prestigious schools and universities.

Queen Mary, part of the

prestigious University of

London, is one of the top

research universities in the

UK and is part of the

prestigious Russell group

of leading UK universities.

The Queen Mary School of

Law, consisting of the

Centre for Commercial Law

Studies (CCLS) and the

Department of Law, is

consistently ranked in the

top 10 law schools in the UK

for the quality of its research

and teaching, and many

of its internationally

recognised staff act as

advisors to governments,

industry and NGOs,

both nationally and

internationally.

Background

Queen Mary, University of London

and University of London Institute in Paris

Welcome to the new Queen

Mary Paris LLM.This innovative

programme has been developed

by experienced CCLS academics, many

of whom are also practitioners, to cater to

both students who are able to study

full-time, and to practitioners who would like

to enhance their professional knowledge

and career development on a part-time basis.

Leading to a prestigious University of London

qualification, this course will provide you with in-depth

immersion of commercial law from both comparative

and international perspectives, within a common law

framework. We appreciate that for many students,

improving their command of legal English is a vital

part of undertaking an LLM and we have therefore

incorporated legal English support throughout the

course.

We look forward to welcoming you to the Paris LLM

and hope that your time with us will be both rewarding

and enjoyable.

Dr Maxi Scherer

MA, PhD (Paris Sorbonne), LLM (Cologne)

Member of the Paris Bar, Solicitor in England and Wales Academic Programme Director

Introduction

4LLM in Paris

Queen Mary has a long standing

academic partnership with the

University of London Institute

in Paris (ULIP) and both institutions

are looking forward to this latest

collaboration, bringing the expertise of

Queen Mary’s Centre for Commercial

Law Studies (CCLS) within the School

of Law to the heart of Paris.

Professor Spyros Maniatis Director of CCLS

The Paris LLM includes a

wide variety of modules of

global legal relevance,

which will be taught by high profile

CCLS academics and prominent

guest lecturers. The students will

benefit from an in-depth immersion

in a common law environment

offered by an institution of outstanding international

reputation.

Lord Hoffmann

Former Judicial Member of the House of Lords and Honorary Professor at CCLS

Partnership with

SciencesPo Law School

We have an informal

partnership with

SciencesPo Law, a

leading law school in

Paris where many courses

are taught in English.

Queen Mary students will be able to attend select SciencesPo non-credit bearing seminars, whilst SciencesPo law students can attend select Queen Mary LLM in Paris modules.

Partnerships with French

Institutions

Dr Gabriel Gari

Senior Lecturer in International Economic Law

Dr Gail Evans

Reader in International Trade and Intellectual Property Law

Dr Maxi Scherer

LLM Paris Academic Programme Director, Lecturer in International Arbitration and Energy

Dr Rafael Leal Arcas

Senior Lecturer in Law

Dr Rodrigo Olivares-Caminal

Lecturer in Banking and Finance

Duncan Matthews

Professor of Intellectual Property Law

Guido Westkamp

Professor in Intellectual Property and Comparative Law

Janet Dine

Professor of International Economic Development Law

Julian Lew, QC

Professor and Honorary Fellow of the College, Head of School of International Arbitration

Lord Hoffmann

Honorary Professor of Intellectual Property Law

Loukas Mistelis

Clive M Schmitthoff Professor of Transnational Commercial Law and Arbitration

Dr Noam Shemtov

Lecturer in Intellectual Property and Technology Law

Philip Rawlings

Roy Goode Professor of Commercial Law

Remy Gerbay

PriceWaterhouseCoopers Research Fellow in Arbitration

Rosa Maria Lastra

Professor in International Financial and Monetary Law

Sypros Maniatis

Professor of Intellectual Property Law and Director of CCLS

Uma Sutheranen

Professor of International Intellectual Property Law

For full staff information, please visit:

www.ccls.qmul.ac.uk/people

Visiting Professors and

Guest Speakers include:

Dr Antoine Maffei

Partner, De Pardieu Brocas Maffei, Paris

Dr Dorit Samuel

Visiting Lecturer, Edinburgh University School of Law

Dr Eva Lein

Herbert Smith Senior Research Fellow, British Institute of International and Comparative Law, London

Dr Georges Affaki

Member of the Executive Committee and Head of Structured Finance, CIB Legal, BNP PARIBAS, Paris

Edward Flippen

Counsel, McGuirewoods LLP, USA

George A. Bermann

Gellhorn Professor of Law & Jean Monnet Professor of European Union Law, Columbia University School of Law, Visiting Professor, SciencesPo Law School

Isabelle Michou

Partner, Herbert Smith, Paris

Michael Young

Partner, Allen & Overy, Paris

Norah Gallagher

Visiting Senior Lecturer

Sir Roy Goode

Emeritus Professor of Law, Oxford University

The Queen Mary Paris

LLM provides in-depth

immersion in a common

law environment with an

exceptionally wide range

of modules taught in

English by distinguished

Queen Mary faculty

members.

One of the distinctive

features of the Paris LLM

is the flexible structure of

courses designed to enable

students with working or

other commitments to

complete the programme

on a part time basis without

having to interrupt their

professional career.

The programme also seeks to broaden and deepen students' understanding of their own legal systems by giving them the opportunity and the tools with which to explore current commercial law issues from an international and comparative perspective. Ultimately, the programme aims to better prepare contemporary lawyers for practicing the legal profession in an increasingly globalised world.

CCLS Academics include:

Dr Andromachi Georgosouli

Lecturer in Banking and Financial Law and Regulation

Dr Christiana HJI Panayi

Senior Lecturer in Tax Law

Dr Costanza Russo

Leverhulme Lecturer in Banking Law

Aims of the Programme

Partnership with Paris

Bar School (EFB)

We have arranged

with the Paris Bar

School to allow

their students to

validate the LLM as

part of their training (PPI).

For further details, please contact Maria Teresa Rechard, Responsable des Langues et des Relations Internationales EFB m.rechard@efb.fr

The

Paris

LLM

is an excellent

opportunity

for the Paris

bar, offering

students at the Paris Bar

School (EFB) and young

professionals during the

first years of their training

the possibility to obtain an

English LLM degree while

being in Paris. Such a

qualification is a great

added value to any

potential employer.

Yves Repiquet

Former Dean of the Paris Bar (Bâtonnier), Partner, Jeantet & Associés, Paris

The Paris LLM

is supported

by the French

Association

of In-House Lawyers

(AFJE), which promotes

the continued legal

education of over 4000

members across France.

As President

of the AFJE, I

welcome the

great opportunity offered

by Queen Mary's new

programme to study an

LLM in the heart of Paris.

The programme prepares

in-house lawyers for a

successful career in an

increasingly globalised

world, allowing them to

familiarize themselves with

common law issues and

improve their command of

legal English.

Hervé Delannoy,

President of the French Association of In-House Lawyers (AFJE)

The

Paris

LLM

programme is

conspicuously

well formulated

to equip students for

employment and service

in the specific professional

arena – commercial law –

that it targets. Another

source of strength is the

programme’s obvious

commitment to

a comparative as well as

international perspective.

Professor George A Bermann

Columbia University School of Law and SciencesPo Law School

Partnership with the French

Association of In-House

Lawyers (AFJE)

Queen Mary, University of London 9

General Principles of Insurance Law Licensing Intellectual Property

Personality, Publicity and Celebrity Rights Branding, Luxury Goods and Intellectual Property

Digital Intellectual Property Law

International and Comparative Design Law I International and Comparative Design Law II Global Policy and Economics of Intellectual Property Law I

Global Policy and Economics of Intellectual Property Law II

International and Comparative Law of Copyright and Related Rights I International and Comparative Law of Copyright and Related Rights II

International and Comparative Law of Trade Marks, Designs and Unfair Competition I International and Comparative Law of Trade Marks, Designs and Unfair Competition II

International and Comparative Law of Patents, Trade Secrets and Related Rights I International and Comparative Law of Patents, Trade Secrets and Related Rights II International Commercial Litigation European and Comparative Conflict of Laws International Commercial Arbitration (Regulation and Infrastructure) International Commercial Arbitration (Applicable Law and Procedures) International Commercial Arbitration (Skills and Advocacy)

International Investment Arbitration Negotiation Theory and Practice International Arbitration and Energy Energy Regulation and Policy Law of the World Trade Organization Preferential Trade Agreements: Law, Policy and Practice

EU External Economic Relations Law Globalisation and the Law

Programme Structure

8LLM in Paris

The programme has two

start dates in January

(Spring Term) and

September (Autumn

Term) and can be taken

on a full or part-time basis.

As a rule, students who enrol in the

programme on a full-time basis are expected to complete within one year and those who enrol part-time are expected to complete in two years. In exceptional circumstances, part time students can complete the programme in up to four years.

LLM in Banking and Finance Law LLM in International Business Law LLM in International Dispute Resolution and Economic Law

LLM in Intellectual Property Law

Students must take a total of 180 credits, consisting of either:

Six modules each worth 22.5 credits (total 135) + 15,000 word dissertation (45 credits); a minimum of four modules must be from the specialist grouping;

Or

Seven modules each worth 22.5 credits (total 157.5) + 7,500 word essay (22.5 credits); a minimum of five modules must be from the specialist grouping.

English and Comparative Contract Law International Commercial Law Banking Law

Advanced Issues on Banking Law (*) Corporate Finance Law

Advanced Issues of Corporate Finance Law (*)

Legal Aspects of International Finance Advanced Legal Aspects of International Finance (*)

Regulation of Financial Markets

Advances Issues on Regulation of Financial Markets (*)

Ethics in Business and Finance

Financial Models and Derivatives in a Legal Context I

Financial Models and Derivatives in a Legal Context II

EU Corporate Tax Law

International Insolvency and Debt Restructuring

LLM in International Business Law

English and Comparative Contract Law International Commercial Law Banking Law

Advanced Issues on Banking Law (*) Corporate Finance Law

Advanced Issues of Corporate Finance Law (*) Legal Aspects of International Finance

Advanced Legal Aspects of International Finance (*)

Regulation of Financial Markets

Advanced Issues on Regulation of Financial Markets (*)

Ethics in Business and Finance

Financial Models and Derivatives in a Legal Context I

Financial Models and Derivatives in a Legal Context II

EU Corporate Tax Law

International Insolvency and Debt Restructuring

General Principles of Insurance Law

LLM in International Banking and Finance Law

Depending on module availability, it is possible to attend the necessary number of modules within the Spring term, followed by exams in July. For instance, students from the Paris Bar School (EFB) can validate the LLM as part of their training (PPI) from January to June.

All courses are taught in the evening or as intensive block course over five consecutive days.

Spring Term– January – June

Exams Session 1 – one week at the end of July

Autumn Term– September – December Exam Session 2 – first week of January Students can choose one of the following four LLM programmes:

Distance Learning Option –

Computer and

Communications Law

In addition to completing your degree by attending taught modules in Paris, students will have the option, if they wish, to gain credit towards their Paris LLM by taking three distance learning (DL) LLM modules, from the existing well established CCLS Distance Learning LLM in Computer and Communications Law, covering topics such as cloud computing, e-commerce, data protection, cyber crime,

communications law, media law. The DL modules are taught using a virtual learning environment (QMPlus), where students obtain a course guide, reading materials and take part in interactive teaching through blog postings and live chats, with feedback provided online.

Students on the Paris LLM wishing to incorporate computer and

communications DL modules must choose three DL modules of their choice, offered during their period of study, worth a total of 45 credits, which can also include the presentation module which forms part of the Annual Distance Learning Weekend at Cumberland Lodge, Great Windsor Park. Further information about the Distance Learning LLM in Computer and Communications Law:

www.law.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/distance learning/computer_communication/index. html

Further details about the selection process of DL modules for the Paris Programme:

www.law.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/llmparis

Global Policy and Economics of Intellectual Property Law II

International and Comparative Law of Copyright and Related Rights I International and Comparative Law of Copyright and Related Rights II

International and Comparative Law of Trade Marks, Designs and Unfair Competition I International and Comparative Law of Trade Marks, Designs and Unfair Competition II International and Comparative Law of Patents, Trade Secrets and Related Rights I International and Comparative Law of Patents, Trade Secrets and Related Rights II

Learning Methods

You will learn through direct interaction with lecturers using a variety of teaching and learning strategies, including traditional and interactive lectures, small group teaching, seminar sessions, tutorials and e-learning. You will also be expected to invest a significant amount of time on independent learning including reading materials in advance of lectures/seminars, preparing class presentations or doing assignments. You will also have to carry out research to complete your dissertation. For this purpose, you will be provided with a variety of legal resources and you will receive training on how to use them for your dissertation. An individual dissertation supervisor will be allocated for each student. English and Comparative Contract Law

International Commercial Law Licensing Intellectual Property

Personality, Publicity and Celebrity Rights Branding, Luxury Goods and Intellectual Property

Digital Intellectual Property Law

International and Comparative Design Law I International and Comparative Design Law II Global Policy and Economics of Intellectual Property Law I

LLM in Intellectual Property Law

English and Comparative Contract Law International Commercial Law International Commercial Litigation European and Comparative Conflict of Laws International Commercial Arbitration (Regulation and Infrastructure) International Commercial Arbitration (Applicable Law and Procedures) International Commercial Arbitration (Skills and Advocacy)

International Investment Arbitration Negotiation Theory and Practice International Arbitration and Energy Energy Regulation and Policy Law of the World Trade Organization Preferential Trade Agreements: Law, Policy and Practice

EU External Economic Relations Law Globalisation and the Law

LLM in International

Dispute Resolution

and Economic Law

Programme Structure

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Assessment

A variety of assessment strategies will be used. Taught modules are usually assessed by unseen written examinations, but in certain cases other assessment methods may be used, such as in class presentations, take home assignments, a combination of short essays and written examination or assessment entirely based on course essays. This is in addition to the compulsory dissertation or 7,500 word essay.

Critical Thinking and

Writing in Law Programme

Students will also benefit from English language support, as writing within a specific discipline at postgraduate level is a skill that needs acquiring. The Critical Thinking and Writing in Law Programme has designed a series of tailor-made, hands-on workshops and online support that will allow students to deepen their understanding of the learning strategies required at postgraduate level. They will help them improve their research and writing skills, and provide them with the confidence necessary to successfully meet the requirements and demands of the LLM. Students will be given the opportunity to practise the skills required at LLM level, receive feedback on their performance, and critically reflect on their own practice.

Minimum Academic

Entry Requirements

Our standard entry requirement is a law degree equivalent to a UK 2.1 honours LLB degree. We will consider every application on a case by case basis and anticipate that some applicants will be practising lawyers who have qualified either in France or their home jurisdiction and will have legal work experience, which will also be taken into account. Further details on specific overseas entry requirements can be found

here: www.qmul.ac.uk/international

Minimum English

Language Entry

Requirements

Non-native English speakers are required to obtain our minimum English language entry requirements through a recognised English language qualification, for example IELTS, IBTOEFL, PTE, ILEC or Cambridge proficiency.

Full details: www.qmul.ac.uk/international/ englishlanguagerequirements/

Tuition Fees and Funding

For details of fees and bursaries, please visit:

www.law.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/llmparis

Location

The LLM Paris is taught in the University of London Institute in Paris’s central offices, shared with the British Council, in premises overlooking the Esplanade des Invalides in the 7th arrondissement in Paris, a five minute walk from the Place de la Concorde and the Champs Elysées.

Contact us

Samantha Webb

Programme Administrator

LLM Paris

Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) Queen Mary, University of London Lincoln's Inn Fields Campus Postgraduate Law Centre 67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields London WC2A 3JB

Telephone: +44 (0)20 7882 7282 email: llm-paris@qmul.ac.uk

www.law.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/llmparis/

Teaching Location

University of London Institute in Paris 9-11 rue Constantine

75007 Paris

Tel: +33 (0) 1 44 11 73 83 www.ulip.london.ac.uk

A global rule of law is essential for

today's international economy. The

common law is a pillar of this global

system. It is a tribute to the vision of Queen

Mary, University of London that it has

brought the common law to the heart of the

civil law in Paris.

Multinational banks and companies expect their

internal and external lawyers to navigate comfortably

between the main legal traditions. With its impressively

varied syllabi, taught by a distinguished faculty, the

Queen Mary Paris LLM represents a new and unique

learning experience which offers an indisputable asset

for the next generation of lawyers and business

professionals.

Dr Georges Affaki

Member of the Executive Committee and Head of Structured Finance, CIB Legal, BNP Paribas, Paris

A programme

particularly

well tailored to

Paris-based

students and

professionals who are

looking to focus their legal

expertise on international

dispute resolution.

Isabelle Michou, Partner, Herbert Smith Paris LLP

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For further information contact: Samantha Webb

Centre for Commercial Law Studies (CCLS) Queen Mary, University of London, Lincoln's Inn Fields Campus Postgraduate Law Centre 67-69 Lincoln's Inn Fields, London WC2A 3JB Tel: +44 (0)20 7882 7282 email: llm-paris@qmul.ac.uk

www.law.qmul.ac.uk/postgraduate/llmparis/

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UNIVERSITY

OF LONDON

INSTITUTE

IN PARIS

Centre for Commercial Law Studies

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