Financial markets and financial institutions are extensively regulated to maintain public trust in fair and sustainable outcomes. Financial regulations pose a unique set of challenges related to economic and legal realities, which in turn affect the global financial sector, companies and investors. That is why legal and financial experts with specialised, advanced training are required at the crossroads between law and the regulatory environment in which financial institutions operate, including the new endeavours relating to sustainability and the digitalisation of financial services.

• Expert instructors: You will be taught by expert staff and guest lecturers who are internationally renowned in the field of financial law. Many of our staff are prominent contributors to or associated with organisations such as the European Banking Institute, the Florence School of Banking and Finance, ESMA, supervisory authorities, major international law firms, consultancy agencies and alternative dispute resolution bodies.
• Professional skills: You will receive training in professional skills, including drafting legal briefs and real-life simulations of legal advice. We will frequently challenge you in holding plenary oral presentations.
• Study trips: You will be able to visit financial market players and engage with legal professionals working in the financial sector. On previous study trips, we visited the European Central Bank, European Securities and Markets Authority (ESMA), European Insurance and Occupational Pensions Authority (EIOPA), the Single Resolution Board, the European Banking Federation, international law firms such as Jones Day, Ashurst and Clifford Chance, BNP Paribas and Deutsche Börse and the European stock exchange in Frankfurt.

This programme is optimally designed to suit requirements for both national and international professional positions.

When you graduate, you will be qualified to work in a wide range of organisations, including:

• financial institutions, such as bank asset managers and market intermediaries
• European and national financial supervisory authorities
• other governmental and intergovernmental bodies and public administration
• law firms
• judiciary and arbitration courts
• companies
• academic and research institutes