LL.M. in Franco-German & European
Business Law (2d year in work/study programme)

This Master’s programme covers all areas of business law in France, Germany and at the European level: commercial law, European antitrust law, company law, European competition law, security law, contract law, international and European merger and acquisition law, etc.

Preparation for legal work in large companies, public institutions and French-German and European law firms (internship in M1 and work-study programme in M2).

Required courses module
+ Handelsrecht (business law)
+ Europe and Franco-German relations
+ Recht der Kapitalgesellschaften mit europarechtlichen Bezügen (corporate law + EU regulation)

European Law module
(choose 2 courses)
+ VHB: European trade and investment policy & external trade law
+ Europäisches Wirtschaftsrecht (European Business Law)
+ EU Anti-Trust Law
+ European Business Law
+ Vertiefung des Rechts der Personen und Kapitalgesellschaften mit europarechtlichen Bezügen (Etude approf. du dt des sociétés + règlementation europ.)
+ EU State aid law
+ Europäisches und internationales Arbeitsrecht (dt du travail européen et internat.)

International Law module
(choose 1 course)
+ Recht der internationalen Handelsgeschäfte I : Kollisionsrechtliche Grundlagen und CISG (dt des transactions internat. I : principes des conflits de loi et CVIM) ***
+ European and international monetary law ***
+ World trade law – Welthandelsrecht
+ Internationales und Europäisches Steuerrecht (dt fisc I&E)
+ Recht der internationalen Handelsgeschäfte II &III: Besondere Geschäftstypen (dt des transactions internat II&III: / contrats particulières)
+ Internationales privates Wirtschaftsrecht (dt internat privé des affaires)
+ European and international monetary law

National Rights Module
+ Contract law
+ VHB : Wirtschaftsverfassungs- und Wirtschaftsverfassungsrecht (dt administratif éco & dt constit éco) ***
+ Arbeitsrecht (Individualarbeitsrecht) (labour law – individual)
+ Personengesellschaftrecht und Grundzüge des GmbH-Rechts (partnership law and the main principles of SAs)
+ Kapitalmarktrecht (capital markets law)
+ Lauterkeitsrecht (competition law)
+ Wirtschaftsrechtliche Verfahren (procédure/ dt commercial)
+ Alternative Streitbeilegung (règlement alternatif des conflits)
+ Kartellrecht (dt des monopoles / dt antitrust)
+ Wirtschaftsstrafrecht (criminalité col blanc)

Languages
(2 to be chosen)
+ Legal German and oral expression (foreign language)
+ French legal and oral expression (foreign language)
+ Legal English

Work assignment in a company
(2 months)
+ Evaluation / professionnalisation

Languages and legal knowledge
(2 to be chosen)
+ German (+ legal culture) as a foreign language
+ French (+ legal culture) as a foreign language
+ English (+ legal culture)

Fundamental courses module
+ European Competition Law + TD
+ French Security Law
+ French Law of Obligations
+ Europe and Franco-German relations
+ Schuldrecht (German law of obligations)

European Law module
+ European Business Litigation
+ European social law
+ Applicability of European private law
+ International and European Mergers & Acquisitions Law

Comparative French/German Law
+ Comparative criminal business law
+ Business Litigation
+ Gesellschaftsrecht – French Company Law
+ Comparative Intellectual Property
+ Comparative Business Tax Law
+ International arbitration

National Rights Module
+ Private international law
+ Choice of :
• Competition law
• International arbitration ***
+ Bürgschaftsrecht (German security law)
+ Collective proceedings

Languages
(2 to be chosen)
+ Legal German and oral expression (foreign language)
+ French legal and oral expression (foreign language)
+ Legal English

Work assignment in a company
+ Evaluation / professionnalisation

Pedagogy

One year of legal training in each country:
> 1st year at the Faculty of Law in Passau, Germany
> 2nd year at the Faculty of Law at UCL (Issy-les-Moulineaux campus in France)
Language and legal culture improvement courses
Certificate of recognition of studies (‘Leistungsanerkennung’) by the Faculty of Law in Passau at the end of the 1st year of the Master’s programme
Prospect of obtaining an LL.M from the Faculty of Law in Passau at the end of the M2 (currently under accreditation)
Theoretical training supplemented by professional experience in a company, law firm or institution (internship in M1 and work-study programme in M2)
Courses taught in French, German and English by faculty members or visiting professors

Professionnalisation

Internationalisation of work-study programmes (work experience takes place in the country where the academic year is spent) supported by the School of Work-Study Law and the Career Centers of both law faculties.
Professional activities that prepare students to enter the international professional world and increase their placement rates.
Meetings with legal practitioners, with certain particularly technical courses also taught by practitioners
Meetings with legal professionals in the second year of the Master’s programme as part of the Job Fair organized by the IELS or visits to institutions
Individual assistance for your professional projects and studies

German students who have passed the first state examination (“Erste juristische Staatsprüfung”) in law may directly enter the second year of the Master’s programme at the Law Faculty campus in Issy-les-Moulineaux.

Further studies:

Access to the French Bar examination at the end of the Master’s programme
Careers: Corporate lawyer, solicitor, employee of Franco-German, European or international institutions.