FROM LAWYERS TO INNOVATORS

An Introduction to the

International Business Law LL.M. Program

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Compared to other business law programs, the program of International Business Law ranked the 1st place in the Netherlands (four similar programs).

The Good News!

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Meet the IBL Team!

Prof. Dr. Erik VermeulenCoordinator IBL

P. Priydershini, LL.M.PhD Candidate/Lecturer

Jing Li, MPhilPhD Candidate/Lecturer

I. Skultetyova LLMPhD Candidate/Lecturer

Miranda KappéManagement Assistant

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• Bachelor in law

• Bachelors-before-Masters rule as of September 2013

• http://www.tilburguniversity.edu/students/study/bachelors-before-masters-rule/faq/

Prospective Students

• What is “International Business Law”?

• What am I going to study?

• What is the program all about?

Okay… So what is it with International Business Law (IBL)?

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Competition to offer legal services is intensifying!!

• Segmentation of legal work

• Legal information market

• Rise of in-house counsel

Process-driven transactions are increasingly outsourced or executed by offshore or by non-traditional firms

THE WORLD OF LAWYERING IS CHANGING!

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If innovation is good for a client’s business, it is also good for law firm profits!

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• Study of the: (1) Laws; (2) Contracts; and, (3) Non-Legally Enforceable Rules and Standards (NLERS) that apply to and regulate international business transactions.

What is international business law?

International Business Transactions

Laws and Mandatory

Regulations

Contracts and

Contractual Practices

Non-Legally Enforceable Rules and Standards (NLERS)

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What do you study in IBL?

Venture Capital Financing and Contracting

Toyota Aygo

What do you study in IBL?

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International Joint Ventures

Citroen C1 Peugeot 107

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What do you study in IBL?

All other issues related with Business Law

Corporate GovernanceSecurities and Financial Law

European Competition Law International Company Law

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Our Approach to the Study of Law

• Theory meets practice method: first, learn the theory behind these realities; then apply the learned knowledge into practical situations.

• Examples: Case Study assignments, take-home exams with drafting exercises, Legal Negotiation Workshop course (mandatory).

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Our Approach to the Study of Law

• There is no single, unified body of International Law on business transactions. As such, the study of the legal theory is not focused on a single jurisdiction.

• Rather, we study the business rationales and business principles on examples and case studies from various jurisdictions

• Examples: USA, UK, The Netherlands, Germany, France.

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The “Law and Economics” method

• At the IBL Master, we go much further than just learning the “Law in the Books” or “Black Letter Law”.

• We use basic Economic theory to understand: (1) what are the effects of (new) rules and regulations; (2) what is the reason behind the current legal provisions; (3) should the current legal provisions be changed and how.

• Our goal: to reach an efficient legal framework for Businesses.

Information Asymmetries Moral Hazard Adverse

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Problems

Meet “new” words and concepts such as…

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A Comparative Perspective in Your Study

• We assess Business Law from two different approaches: Common Law jurisdictions and Civil Law jurisdictions and try to see which one is more efficient, through a Law & Economics perspective.

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The Program’s Curriculum

Course Credits Mandatory?

Primer on International Business Law 6 ECTS Yes

International Business Law I 6 ECTS Yes

International Company Law 6 ECTS Yes

Banking and Securities Regulation 6 ECTS Yes

European Competition Law 6 ECTS Yes

FALL SEMESTER (2014)

• Students get their Masters’ grade if they obtain in total 60 ECTS, including a successfully defended Master Thesis (12 ECTS).

• That includes the completion of 7 mandatory courses (42 ECTS), the Master Thesis IBL (12 ECTS) and the completion of at least one (1) optional course of 6 ECTS (total of 60 ECTS).

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The Program’s Curriculum

Course Credits Mandatory?

International Business Law II 6 ECTS Yes

Legal Negotiation Workshop 6 ECTS Yes

Master Thesis International Business Law 12 ECTS Yes

Comparative Corporate Governance 6 ECTS No

Law, Entrepreneurship and Finance 6 ECTS No

International Commercial Law 6 ECTS No

State Aid and Public Procurement 6 ECTS No

Trade and WTO Law 6 ECTS No

Advanced Competition Law and Economic Regulation

6 ECTS No

European Law and Industrial Property Rights 6 ECTS No

SPRING SEMESTER (2015)

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More advantages of studying IBL

Several lectures and courses lectured by high-ranking Visiting Professors from our network of partner Universities, such as:

(1) Kyushu University (Fukuoka, Japan),

(2) Aarhus Business School (Aarhus, Denmark),

(3) Heinrich-Heine Universität Düsseldorf (Düsseldorf, Germany),

(4) Pontificia Universidad Javeriana (Bogota, Colombia),

(5) Interdisciplinary Center – IDC (Herzliya, Israel) and

(6) Universität Liechtenstein (Vaduz, Liechtenstein).

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IBL’s Extracurricular Activities

Summer School in European Business Law - Düsseldorf

IBL Christmas Dinner – Restaurant “De Karpendonkse Hoeve”, Eindhoven

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Our distinct and unique feature

• Our theory meets practice method gives IBL students a competitive advantage against their peers from other Universities in the legal professions’ market.

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Our goal and our vision

To give you the knowledge that you need in a Business world

that is both complex, multidisciplinary and in constant

change.

To prepare you for the legal job market by giving you insights on the workings of the most important

business transactions.

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Our goal and our vision

Train you to be the best Business Lawyers of

tomorrow!

Make of you the best experts in legal negotiation and deal-

making!

And as such, we aspire to…

Are you ready to take this challenge?

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This will be your ultimate goal…

The Graduation Day – July 2015!

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• Dimitra Stefoudi (Greece)

• Anastasia Kryuchkova(Russia)

• Why did we decide for IBL?

• What is life of IBL student like?

• How do the courses look like?

• What did we learn so far?

IBL Student Stories

Questions?

• M.kappe@uvt.nl

• j.li_3@uvt.nl

• p.priydershini@uvt.nl

• i.skultetyova@uvt.nl

Thank you!

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