LLM Corporate Law at Durham University

Develop the skills and confidence to enter the complex and fast-moving world of companies and corporations and help ensure their management and conduct is legal and correct. Our LLM in Corporate Law brings together the complex and fast-moving worlds of business and law. The course will provide you with the opportunity to learn and develop the skills and confidence to play a key role in the management and conduct of companies and corporations, helping to ensure they operate in a legal and correct way against a backdrop of ever-changing business legislation.

Faculty: Faculty of Social Sciences  |  Department: Law  |  Duration: 1 year full-time  |  Study mode: full-time  |  Intake: September 2027  |  Location: Durham, England, United Kingdom

What you will study

You will gain a comprehensive knowledge of both the fundamental and the more advanced areas of corporate law, the latter being studied in-depth from a theoretical research perspective. The course will cover a wide range of topics that are relevant in the ever-evolving corporate landscape, such as corporate compliance, mergers and acquisitions and environmental regulation. Compulsory modules include Fundamentals of Corporate Law, Advanced Issues in Corporate Law, Applied Research Methods in Law.

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