WHU – Otto Beisheim School of Management
The Master of Law and Business programme is taught entirely in English.
The one-year, English-language Master of Law and Business programme starts at the end of August each year. Due to its practice-oriented, interdisciplinary and international approach, on-site learning is required.
Early bird deadline (2,000 EUR discount on tuition): 15 January
Students applying for the Bucerius Global Scholarship: 15 January
Students with a visa requirement: 31 March
Students without a visa requirement: 15 May
Please confirm with your local German embassy or consulate which visa regulations apply to you.
The tuition fees include all study materials.
Students have the opportunity to take tailored German language courses on different levels in addition to the regular curriculum. These small-sized classes are offered at a substantially subsidised price of 400 EUR.
Building bridges between disciplines and across cultures
An interdisciplinary, practice-oriented programme for talented young professionals from around the globe.
The MLB prepares young professionals for international careers in which an understanding of both legal and business concepts as well as intercultural skills are essential. Unlike an LLM in Business/Commercial Law, the MLB programme links legal and management elements, combining the best of an MBA and an LLM. Business courses are taught by our co-operating partner WHU - Otto Beisheim School of Business, Germany's premier business school.
Aim of the programme
In today's global economy, lawyers and business people alike are regularly confronted with international issues that involve both legal and business aspects. The one-year curriculum of the Master of Law and Business (LLM/MLB) is designed exclusively for young professionals who strive to be at the forefront of these legal and business developments.
Graduates of the Master of Law and Business programme understand complex legal situations, grasp their economic dimensions, and perform effectively in an intercultural environment. They meet the increasing demands of corporations, law firms, and non-profit organisations for interdisciplinarily educated and internationally oriented young professionals.
A unique programme structure
The LLM/MLB curriculum is unique in its structure. Throughout the entire academic year, all modules relate to one overarching theme: the founding and development of a business enterprise, from both the business and the legal perspective. Thus, the curriculum follows the enterprise through various phases, including the founding of the enterprise, transforming the firm into a publicly-held enterprise, going international and merging with or acquiring another firm.
By using the development of an enterprise as its structural backbone, the programme creates synergies among its various modules. As a result, students study more efficiently and obtain a better overall understanding of the interrelationship between law and business.
An interdisciplinary approach
The programme links law and business within its individual modules. For example, the module examining the founding of an enterprise considers both entrepreneurship and the question of which legal form to use for the enterprise and how to finance the start-up company. Students analyse these topics not from the perspective of any one national system, but rather from a comparative perspective. This approach allows students to analyse various national approaches to the issues that arise in every business and legal culture. The MLB programme is one of the most international programmes in Germany.
Elective modules
In the second half of the programme, students have a choice of various elective modules, e.g. Arbitration, Entrepreneurship, Logistics and Supply Chain Management, M&A, Legal Technology, and Corporate Governance Compliance.
Specialisations
The Bucerius Master of Law and Business offers a total of three specialisations:
- International commercial arbitration
- Entrepreneurship
- Legal technology and operations