The document introduces the International Business Law (IBL) LL.M. program at Tilburg University in the Netherlands. It discusses that the IBL program is ranked first in the Netherlands and provides an overview of the curriculum, courses, faculty, and goals of preparing students to be innovative business lawyers and legal negotiators. The program takes a comparative approach studying different jurisdictions and uses law and economics theory to understand business rationales and transactions from a practical perspective.
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Presentation master International Business Law - 2013
1. FROM LAWYERS TO INNOVATORS
An Introduction to the
International Business Law LL.M. Program
2. The Good News!
Compared to other business law
programs, the program of
International Business Law
ranked the 1st place in the
Netherlands (four similar
programs).
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3. Meet the IBL Team!
Prof. Dr. Erik Vermeulen
Coordinator IBL
Jing Li, MPhil
I. Skultetyova LLM
P. Priydershini, LL.M.
Miranda Kappé
PhD Candidate/Lecturer
PhD Candidate/Lecturer
PhD Candidate/Lecturer
Management Assistant
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4. Prospective Students
• Bachelor in law
• Bachelors-before-Masters rule as of September 2013
• http://www.tilburguniversity.edu/students/study/bachelors-beforemasters-rule/faq/
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5. Okay… So what is it with International
Business Law (IBL)?
• What is “International Business
Law”?
• What am I going to study?
• What is the program all about?
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6. THE WORLD OF LAWYERING IS CHANGING!
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
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7. If innovation is good for a
client’s business, it is also
good for law firm profits!
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8. What is international business law?
• Study of the: (1) Laws; (2) Contracts; and, (3) NonLegally Enforceable Rules and Standards (NLERS)
that apply to and regulate international business
transactions.
International Business
Transactions
Non-Legally
Contracts
Laws and
Enforceable
and
Mandatory
Rules and
Contractual
Standards
Regulations
Practices
(NLERS)
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9. What do you study in IBL?
Venture Capital Financing and Contracting
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10. What do you study in IBL?
International Joint Ventures
Toyota Aygo
Citroen C1
Peugeot 107
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12. What do you study in IBL?
All other issues related with Business Law
Securities and Financial Law
Corporate Governance
European Competition Law
International Company Law
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13. 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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14. 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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15. The “Law and Economics” method
Meet “new” words and concepts such as…
Information
Asymmetries
Moral Hazard
Adverse
Selection
Agency
Problems
• 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.
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16. 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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17. The Program’s Curriculum
• 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).
FALL SEMESTER (2014)
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
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18. The Program’s Curriculum
SPRING SEMESTER (2015)
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
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19. 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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20. IBL’s Extracurricular Activities
Summer School in European Business Law - Düsseldorf
IBL Christmas Dinner – Restaurant “De Karpendonkse Hoeve”, Eindhoven
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21. 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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22. 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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23. Our goal and our vision
And as such, we aspire to…
Train you to be the best
Business Lawyers of
tomorrow!
Make of you the best experts
in legal negotiation and dealmaking!
Are you ready to take this challenge?
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24. This will be your ultimate goal…
The Graduation Day – July 2015!
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25. IBL Student Stories
• 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?
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