Have a knowledge and critical understanding of the legal aspects of raising finance in the international markets

LA7017 Law of International Finance

LA7017 Law of International Finance: MODULE DESCRIPTION

Law of International Finance (LIF) is designed to examine the legal issues arising from the operations of the largest commercial banks, merchant banks and investment banks on the international banking and capital markets. In so doing, it examines the detailed structure and content of the main international financial transactions and contracts.

Although primarily based on an examination and analysis of current City of London practice, reference is also made to other relevant laws, including the EU and the US. The module has strong international law content as well as being based on currentmarket and practitioner insight and best practice in each area.

The module would consider the following topics: the governing law in financial contracts, syndication, loan transfer and participation, international bond issues, special purpose finance, payment and settlement systems and derivatives.

This module acts as a perfect complement to the Regulation of Financial Markets module.

It is stressed that no previous knowledge of the law of international finance or background in economic theory is required for those wishing to follow this module. 

MODULE LEARNING OUTCOMES: LA7017 Law of International Finance

At the end of this module, students will be able to:

Knowledge

1. Have a knowledge and critical understanding of the legal aspects of raising finance in the international markets
2. Have a knowledge and understanding of recent developments in the field of international financial regulation
3. Have a detailed knowledge and critical understanding of international bond issues
4. Have a detailed knowledge and critical understanding of international loans

Thinking skills

5. Be able to analyse in detail the role of law in international financial transactions
6. Be able to evaluate and demonstrate a critical appreciation of relevant aspects of the topics studied

Subject-based practical skills

7. Be able to understand and use English language proficiently in relation to financial regulatory issues
8. Be able to identify and retrieve up-to-date legal information from reading the papers and relevant magazines such as the Financial Times and the economist and also through electronic means
9. Be able to apply principles studied to current occurrences on the international financial markets

Skills for life and work (general skills)

10. Have the ability to apply topics studied to real life international financial transactions occurring in the financial markets and which are reported in the financial press.
11.  Have analytical skills and be able to produce a reasoned argument on topical financial regulatory issues
12. Have the ability to engage in international financial law debates
13. Have an ability to use certain electronic information retrieval systems