Top 10 LLMs in Corporate Law

LL.M. students at Columbia, a top ranked US law school, can specialize in Corporate, Business, and Transactional Law. Based in New York City, a financial capital, participants learn how to navigate the complex legal frameworks and challenges facing corporations. Columbia also offers a separate Executive LL.M. in Global Business Law for more experienced attorneys.

Harvard Law, one of the best-known schools, offers a Law and Business Program of Study, on which LL.M. participants learn basic analytics (accounting, finance, economics), an appreciation of transactions, and relevant fields of law such as Antitrust Law. Harvard Law also offers a joint JD/MBA program with Harvard Business School.

Stanford Law, in California, runs the LL.M. in Corporate Governance and Practice, designed for business and transactional lawyers who study areas such as accounting, bankruptcy, finance, mergers and acquisitions. The law school draws on the expertise of the Stanford Graduate School of Business to deliver the content.

The LL.M. in Corporation Law at NYU School of Law gives students the tools to understand the finance and accounting that underpin transactions, with classes taught by professors at the NYU Stern School of Business alongside experts in law and economics. The course covers areas including Securities Law, Tax Law and Intellectual Property.

The University of Cambridge puts on the Master of Corporate Law (MCL), a nine-month degree program that tackles subjects such as Corporate Finance, Corporate Governance and International Financial Law. Cambridge Faculty of Law is one of the UK’s leading academic institutions.

The LL.M. in Corporate Law at Edinburgh Law School in Scotland, UK, equips students with a critical understanding of the main legal, economic and financial matters spanning the entire life cycle of a corporation. Students also develop an international and interdisciplinary perspective of corporate law.

Singapore’s Yong Pung How School of Law offers a dual LL.M. in Commercial Law in partnership with Queen Mary University of London. The program provides a unique opportunity to study commercial law in two of the world’s major business and financial centerss, London and Singapore. The program focuses on international and comparative issues, as well as legal principles and commercial relationships.

At Duke Law School in North Carolina, LL.M. students can take semester-long transaction and corporate law courses, including in fields such as Securities Regulation, Negotiations, Bankruptcy, Structuring Venture Capital and Private Equity Funds, Corporate Finance, as well as Business Strategy for Lawyers.

Fordham University School of Law in New York City runs the LL.M. program in Banking, Corporate and Finance Law. Students develop their understanding of corporate structure, as well as the laws relating to capital markets and financial institutions, and insights into the goals and strategies of company executives.

The Dickson Poon School of Law offers the International Corporate and Commercial Law LL.M., as well as the International Financial and Commercial Law LL.M. Students explore issues including regulation of mergers and acquisitions, international corporate finance, as well as trade, shipping, finance, energy and investment transactions. The program is taught online.