The LLM International Business and Commercial Law offers you the opportunity to develop an advanced understanding of the law governing commerce and finance in today's international market. Multinational companies must regularly overcome a wide range of legal and governance issues in order to do business worldwide. This course will encourage you to explore the legal challenges faced by international business and analyse the fundamental legal framework for dealing with them, looking at areas such as corporate governance, international trade transactions and competition law. You will also be given the opportunity to explore topical issues, such as the implications of the global financial crisis, corporate social and environmental responsibility, the role of brands in globalisation, global economic governance, and the legal challenges of business operation and foreign investment in a development country context. On completion of this LLM course, you should have gained: a thorough knowledge of the legal fundamentals of international commerce and finance; deeper insight into specific problems and critical issues faced by international business today and the international legal frameworks in dealing with them; an understanding of the legal framework for business and commerce within regional economic blocs, such as the European Union and Familiarity with the relevant academic debates and new developments in law.