Master of Law 

Financial and Commercial Law

Overview

The School of Law of UCLan Cyprus is proud to offer the LLM Financial and Commercial law. Within finance and commerce, law is a fast-changing and increasingly complex area. The LLM Financial and Commercial Law will enable students to specialise in a range of exciting subjects within the area of Financial and Commercial Law, of use for their future professional career in law, business or in financial fields, both nationally and internationally.

This postgraduate course provides students with analytical and reflective skills and expertise in Financial and Commercial Law. It provides a learning experience which will enable students to strengthen their academic ability and enhance their performance in employment, as well as further develop their career opportunities. It provides the successful candidate with a recognised postgraduate qualification in Financial and Commercial Law.

The LLM Financial and Commercial Law is available to students from both a legal and non-legal background. Classes are taught during the late afternoon and evening. Emphasis is placed on private research and study, assisted by the University’s remarkable law resources and databases. Therefore, class contact time is limited; reflective of a desire to offer a world-class course of interest to the talented, serious and dedicated student only, whilst providing the necessary flexibility for those juggling other professional and personal commitments

CAREER

UCLan Cyprus graduates can gain or develop careers in multinational and domestic law firms, global and local corporations, banking institutions, the foreign exchange market, the shipping industry, government bodies and a variety of other organisations. As the School of Law recognises the importance of helping postgraduate students further develop and acquire additional skills including employability skills, various extra-curricular activities are available for all students including postgraduate students such as the Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot (Vienna), the Model United Nations events, as well as multiple networking activities, which have proved to be of great benefit to the students in gaining significant knowledge and understanding of the practical implications of the law. Professional activities are also available to postgraduate students who are active professionals, such as short courses in Compliance, Anti-Money Laundering and Terrorist Financing as well as in Dispute Resolution Methods (arbitration, mediation) for purposes of continuous professional development (CPD). By organising and/or participating in such activities/events, the School of Law aims to provide students with multiple professional and networking opportunities that could benefit their future career. Moreover, all students also have access to the social enterprise vehicle called ICLAIM (Interdisciplinary Centre for Law, Alternative and Innovative Methods) created by academics of the School of Law at UCLan Cyprus so that they can develop their practical and entrepreneurship skills and projects in collaboration with the industry. Visit https://www.iclaimcentre.org/ The School benefits from collaborations for certification and/or professional recognition for short courses or specialised modules, leading to academic or professional credits:

• The LLM module in International Commercial Mediation leads to the professional qualification of mediator recognised by the UK Civil Mediation Council (through the course provider) and the Ministry of Justice and Public Order of the Republic of Cyprus, subject to applicable requirements.
• The LLM module International Commercial Arbitration is yet another specialised module recognised professionally by the UK Chartered Institute of Arbitrators at Associate level, allowing successful participants to use the post-nominal letters ACIArb.
• UCLan Cyprus is a CISI University Partner. Specific LLM modules lay the ground for certification by the Chartered Institute for Securities and Investments (CISI).

 Since 2018, the School of Law is duly accredited by the Cyprus Bar Association and issues CPD units directly to professionals for short courses and events attended. A range of professional courses at the School are offered to professionals, practising lawyers, accountants and professional service providers, management and senior employees at small and medium sized businesses but also advanced students in law, finance and business, accountancy, and cognate academic disciplines. Visit the Law Academy https://www.uclancyprus.ac.cy/short-course/law-academy/ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=3Q8zz5deTCU Some examples of School of Law activities/events of relevance to the LLM are:

• Annual Willem C. Vis International Commercial Arbitration Moot, Vienna
• CPD training and professional courses (arbitration, mediation, anti-money laundering (AML) and compliance, law and technology)
• Guest Lecture Series on various areas of law (EU law, Cyprus law, public international law and security)
• Field trips to local institutions and international organisations
• Shipping Symposium and Intellectual Property Symposium
• UCLan Cyprus Law Blog
• Annual Law School Dinners with prestigious professionals as keynote speakers
• Law Society membership and activities
• Public outreach activities such as public lectures as well as symposia with the industry
• Roundtables of experts with the judiciary in Cyprus as well as European judges for the promotion of fundamental principles of the law
• Biannual UCLan Cyprus Model United Nations in association with the Cyprus UN Association
• Jean Monnet Modules (under the Erasmus+ programme 2014-2020) and other EU funded programmes
• ICLAIM Human Rights, Entrepreneurship and social mediation trainings
• ICLAIM resources on Well-being for professionals