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The LLM in Banking and Finance Law offers comprehensive training in international finance and financial services law, examining both domestic and global advancements through practical, theoretical, and policy lenses. Students can select from diverse modules spanning banking, financial regulation, corporate finance, mergers and acquisitions, FinTech, international financial institutions, and ethics. Explore various regulatory and transactional domains, such as monetary law, banking legislation, securities regulation, corporate finance, restructuring and insolvency, central banking, and international financial law. Learn from faculty actively involved in shaping banking policies, legal reforms, and high-profile transactional work alongside judges, practitioners, and industry leaders. Engage with cutting-edge course content reflecting contemporary developments like business ethics, digital transformation, crypto asset regulation, FinTech, sustainability, and climate change initiatives. Participate in exclusive seminar series featuring distinguished experts from legal practice, industry, international organizations, and academia. Join a diverse cohort of students hailing from the UK and over 80 countries worldwide, bringing rich academic and professional perspectives from multiple legal systems. Program Focus The curriculum encompasses comprehensive financial market regulation and explores various dimensions of banking and financial law, including corporate governance, economic crime legislation, and social responsibility. Students can customize their degree through flexible module options tailored to their career aspirations. Key study areas include regulatory frameworks and transactional practices covering monetary policy, banking regulations, capital markets, securities laws, corporate financing, insolvency proceedings, central banking operations, and evolving fields like ethical finance, digital innovation, cryptocurrency oversight, FinTech advancements, and environmental sustainability in finance.
A 2:1 or above at undergraduate level in Law or a degree with substantial law content.
Law graduates with a 2:2 honours degree who also have other legal qualifications and/or substantial professional legal experience may also qualify.
 
Non-law graduates with a minimum second class honours degree, that have also obtained a Merit (or 60 per cent) in the Common Professional Examination (CPE) or Graduate Diploma in Law (GDL) recognised by the UK professional bodies, may also qualify. Non-law graduates may also be considered on the basis of exceptional professional experience (of at least five years) in a legal area or an area directly related to their programme of study.
 
IELTS Academic, IELTS Online, IELTS Indicator: minimum score 7.0 overall with 6.5 in Writing and 6.0 in Listening, Reading and Speaking
TOEFL iBT, TOEFL iBT Home Edition: minimum score 100 overall with 24 in Writing, 19 in Reading, 18 in Listening and 21 in Speaking.
PTE Academic, PTE Academic UKVI, PTE Academic Online: minimum score 76 overall with 71 in Writing, and 65 in Listening, Reading and Speaking.