Master of Laws (LL.M) in Business Law

Master of Laws (LLM) | in Business Law

This programme is designed to provide participants with in-depth knowledge of business law in the broader context of commercial, accounting, finance and corporate environments. Participants of the programme will be able to enhance the requisite knowledge that will place them in the vantage position to provide legal advice and perform the tasks as a specialist in the field of commercial/business law either in the legal, accounting or other business-related practice. This programme is also suitable for non-lawyers in-charge of business operations at the managerial level who need a good understanding of the legal aspects of those operations. Up-to-date discussion on regulation of capital markets, corporate governance, bankruptcy and restructuring, and deal-making is the prominent feature of this programme.

Programme Requirements: a) 4 Core Courses b) 6 Elective Courses

The courses are taught in a tri semester-based academic calendar with 3 trimesters of 12 teaching weeks per academic year

Core Courses

• Law Research Methodology

• Foundation of International Law

• Project Paper (I & II)

Elective Courses

• Corporate Finance Law

• Revenue Law

• Advanced Contract Law

• Competition and Consumer Protection Law

• Islamic Law of Transactions

• Risk Management and Assurance

• Capital Market Law

• International Trade Law

• Takeover and Merger

• Property Law

• Intellectual Property Law

• Islamic Finance Contract

• Financial Intelligence

             *General Principles of Malaysian Law (For Non-Law Students)

Duration Study

• Part  Time : 1 year 8 months (5 semester) + Except for LLM. IL – 2 years (6 semester)

• Full time : 1 year ( 3 semester)

Intake:

  September, January, May (application is open throughout the year)

Entry Requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in the field of related fields with minimum CGPA of 2.50 or equivalent; or

• CGPA of 2.00 can be support with relevant working experience in the fields; or

• Fulfill the necessary requirements and have obtained a certificate of APEL issued by the Malaysian Qualification Agency (MQA)

• Proficiency in English language evidence by one of the following:

      Band 6.5 on IIUM’s English Placement Test;

      Or 

      Band 6.0 IELTS; or

      Score of 550 on TOEFL (Paper-based), 213 (Computer-based),          

      or 79 (Internet-based)