The Master's Law & Finance has the ambition to set a new and higher standard for what may be expected of financial lawyers. It includes courses on financial and corporate law and regulation. The relevant subjects will be studied from a combined financial-legal perspective. Students will therefore be taught to think and practice in a thoroughly interdisciplinary manner.

Programme structure

• YEAR 1

COURSES SEM 1 SEM 2 SEMESTER 1 SEMESTER 2 EC

• Accounting and Financial Reporting
  Period 1
  3
• Business Organisations and Corporate Finance Law
  Period 1
  6
• Financial Economics and Quantitative Methods
  Period 1
  3
• Foundations of Finance and Corporate Governance
  Period 2
  6
• Securities and Markets Regulation
  Period 2
  6
• Insolvency Law and Corporate Finance
  Period 3
  3
• Institutional Aspects of EU Financial and Monetary Law and Regulation
  Period 3
  3
• Finance: Capital Structure and Corporate Reorganisation
  Period 4
  6
• Prudential Regulation of Banks and Shadow Banks
  Period 4
  6
• Financial Contracting
  Period 5
  6
• Master's thesis
  Period 1

  Period 2

  Period 3

  Period 4

  Period 5

  Period 6
  12

UvA Course Catalogue: Law & Finance

Semester 1

• Block 1 (8 weeks)
  • Accounting and Financial Reporting (3 EC)
  • Business Organisations and Corporate Finance Law (6 EC)
  • Financial Economics and Quantitative Methods (3 EC)
  • This block and next block: Introductory phase of the LLM thesis programme, which is followed by research for and writing of the thesis in blocks 3–6 (12 EC in total)
• Block 2 (8 weeks)
  • Foundations of Finance and Corporate Governance (6 EC)
  • Securities and Markets Regulation (6 EC)
  • This block and block 1: Introductory phase of the LLM thesis programme, which is followed by research for and writing of the thesis in blocks 3–6 (12 EC in total)
• Block 3 (4 weeks)
  • Insolvency Law and Corporate Finance (3 EC)
  • Institutional Aspects of EU Financial and Monetary Law and Regulation (3 EC)

Semester 2

• Block 4 (8 weeks)
  • Finance: Capital Structure and Corporate Reorganisation (6 EC)
  • Prudential Regulation of Banks and Shadow Banks (6 EC)
• Block 5 (8 weeks)
  • Financial Contracting (6 EC)
• Block 6 (4 weeks)
  • Master's thesis (continuation and completion) (12 EC in total; see above at Block 3)

The information on this website is valid for the current academic year and may change for next year. In May the Course Catalogue is updated for the following academic year.

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The programme’s challenging curriculum, combining law and finance, sets this Master’s programme apart from other programmes. It gives me a unique position and clear advantage on the job market. Jorrit Posthuma de Boer (Netherlands), Master’s student Law & Finance Read more stories from students

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Webinar Law and Finance

Watch the webinar we made of the admissions in 2019/2020 to learn more about the programme.