Business Law in an International Context

First semester
Corporate Management and Governance deals in detail with selected issues of Company Law (International Company Law, cross-border company formation and the principles of good company management).
International Contract Law and Contract Design comprises German and an International Debt Contract Law, the United Nations Convention
on Contracts for the International Sale of Goods and questions of prospective conflict management (with a focus on contract design).
Corporate Employment Law (taught in English) focuses on Labour Law
issues in international companies including personnel decisions, CSR and Equalities legislation. The seminar Collective Labour Law extends students’ understanding of Labour Management Regulation, Employee Participation and Collective Bargaining Law.
The project and research module provides students with the opportunity
to work together with companies to resolve practical problems or conduct research projects.

Second semester
Corporate Transactions (English-language, elective) focusses on Mergers and Acquisitions, Initial Public Offering, Securitization, Take-Overs, Leveraged Buyouts and Project Financing.
Restructuring and Risk Management focusses on Risk Management, Insolvency Law, Capital Measures in Company Law and Restructuring Loans.
Contract Design in Labour Law concentrates on the design of employment contracts and working time and remuneration models.
European Competition and Intellectual Property focuses on questions of competition control, Public Procurement Law and the protection of Intellectual Property.

Students can also specialize in Human Resources or Financing in the first two semesters:
Human Resources:
Students take one of the modules Performance and Reward Management or Training and Development and drop one of the three modules not related to Labour Law in the second semester.
Financing:
Students take the module International Corporate Finance and Financial Analysis and drop the modules pertaining to Labour Law in the first semester or one of the four modules of the second semester.

• an undergraduate law degree (Bachelor or German Diploma degree) or the first State Examination in Law or a comparable qualification from a recognized university,
• at least 210 credit points. Applicants with 180 credits will be required to obtain the additional 30 credits by completing a placement in the third semester (the programme will then last four semesters),
• evidence on having completed undergraduate courses in  BGB, Law of Obligation, Labor Law, Corporate Law, Constitutional Law and Insolvency Law (or equivalent topics),
• English language skills on a high B2 level proved by a standardised test, e.g. TOEFL (iBT minimum score 83), IELTS (minimum score 6.0), TOEIC Four Skills (minimum score 1200), PTE Academic (minimum score 67), Cambridge English Scale (minimum score 170), Oxford Test of English (minimum score 126), UNIcert II
  If you have studied in the higher education system a minimum of two semesters entirely in English, this can be accepted as equivalent (please provide proof with your application). You do not need to provide further English certificates if you hold a GMAT.
• excellent German language skills (for applicants who do not have German as a first language) on a high B2 level on the CERF (Common European Reference Framework),
• letter of motivation and CV in English

• How to apply for this programme
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Applicants with a degree from a German university:
15.04.-15.06.
Please, apply through our platform (which for technical reasons is only available in German)

Applicants with a degree from an university abroad:
15.03.-15.05.
Students with a Non-German Bachelor degree apply at uni-assist e. V.

Programmakkreditiert durch den Akkreditierungsrat

Students who acquire less than 210 European Credit Transfer System [ECTS] points in their basic course of studies must obtain the missing credit points by way of an integrated period of practical training, for which 30 ECTS points are available, at the end of the theoretical phase and before completion of studies. Students who have obtained 210 ECTS points in their basic course of studies and have already concluded a period of practical training can undertake a (further) period of practical training on a voluntary basis. Students who obtain no ECTS points during their basic course of studies (mostly non-EU applicants) need not complete a period of practical training.

• study plan

All information on the offered modules and lectures can be found on the online campus management system S.A.M. (Study Administration Management).

All regulations, forms and documents can be found in your faculty site.