LLM International Business and Commercial Law

For entry in the academic year beginning September 2027, the tuition fees are as follows:

• LLM (full-time)
  UK students (per annum): £17,600
  International, including EU, students (per annum): £32,600

The fees quoted above are fully inclusive of tuition, administration and computational costs.

Fees for entry are subject to yearly review. The University reserves the right to increase your tuition fee by up to 7% each year for courses lasting more than one year, including to reflect rising costs associated with delivering our educational and wider student experience. Postgraduate fees information .

Always contact the admissions team if you are unsure which fee applies to your qualification award and method of attendance.

All students should normally be able to complete their programme of study without incurring additional study costs over and above the tuition fee for that programme. Any unavoidable additional compulsory costs totalling more than 1% of the annual home undergraduate fee per annum, regardless of whether the programme in question is undergraduate or postgraduate taught, will be made clear to you at the point of application. Further information can be found in the University's Policy on additional costs incurred by students on undergraduate and postgraduate taught programmes (PDF document, 91KB).

We know that student finance can be complicated. The links below provide further information to help guide you.

• Learn more about - student finance options for UK students .
• Learn more about - fees and finance for international students .
• Graduates of The University of Manchester and Manchester Metropolitan University can receive a 10% discount on their master's degree tuition fees as part of our Manchester Alumni Loyalty Discount scheme.

• Economic and social context - why the problems of company law are similar in most developed countries.
• The economic and business significance of company law.
• Limited Liability and Corporate Personality (incl. corporate groups)
• The corporate power structure (Directors vs Shareholders)
• Corporate objective - shareholder value theories versus stakeholder theories
• Corporate finance & secured credit
• National company laws and forum shopping
• Key concepts of capital markets law (market abuse and the role of gatekeepers)

In all cases examples will be taken from more than one jurisdiction, though all learning material will be in English. The aim is not to ensure that students know what answers a particular system adopts, but to ensure that they understand the problems which arise and can critically discuss the ranges of possible solutions, using solutions actually adopted as a basis for critical discussion.

PGT Induction Session in Company Law

To examine fundamental concepts in corporate and capital markets law in a way which is effective across different systems and legal cultures.

Students will be familiar with the major problems commonly encountered in company law systems and will have been exposed to a range of possible solutions to them.

Ability to critically reflect on complex issues

Development of presentation skills

Ability to work independently and as a team member

Cahn & Donald, Comparative Company Law, CUP 2018

Lowry & Reisberg, Pettet’s Company Law, 5th edition, Pearson 2018