School of Social Sciences

International Business and Commercial Law LLM

Year of entry: 2025

Course length: 12 months Full-Time

About the course

Multinational companies are increasingly faced with legal and governance challenges that threaten their productivity and efficiency.

With an LLM in International Business and Commercial Law, you'll be in demand as someone with the unique combination of skills, knowledge and expertise that these companies need to ensure business runs smoothly.

You'll be taught by leading experts, encouraging you to develop a thorough understanding of the issues through the exploration of the legal challenges faced by international business and the analysis of the fundamental legal framework for dealing with them.

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Benefit from our first-class facilities, including a purpose-built moot court where you can practically develop your skills

Join a university with a strong heritage of providing legal education since 1872, including graduates such as Dame Christabel Pankhurst

Our graduates are among the most targeted by top UK employers

(High Fliers 2024)

Compulsory Units

LL.M Dissertation

Optional Units

Academic Skills for Legal Studies
Postgraduate Competition Law in an International Context
International Sale of Goods
International Banking Law
Global Economic and World Trade Law
Transnational Corporate & Capital Markets Law
Intellectual Property Law
Trade Mark Law and Policy
Patent Law and Policy
Copyright Law and Policy

These are examples of units offered in 2023/24 and are subject to change.

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Where will your degree take you?

The demand for business-minded graduates continues to grow worldwide. Our degrees allow you to develop a variety of both subject-specific and transferable skills suited to a wide variety of roles, such as critical thinking, legal analysis, research, problem-solving and communication.

Most of our recent graduates have gone on to work with leading organisations in trade, investment, financial, or regulatory legal interest, international organisations, government, charities, or industry, and at top universities, with job titles such as Senior Legal Counsel, Commercial Property Solicitor, Policy Analyst, Manager, and Researcher.

Many of our graduates choose to go on to research degrees (PhD), either at Manchester or at another leading university, where they expand the boundaries of our knowledge and pursue careers in research or academia.

Shenali Jashani

International Business and Commercial Law LLM Graduate

“I loved studying at Manchester and particularly enjoyed studying Law. Other law grads thought to pursue a legal career as a commercial/corporate solicitor working for a big City firm. I wanted a career with more variety perhaps with the ability to work on a range of projects across departments, sectors and countries.

I applied for the graduate scheme at Fujitsu, one of the largest ICT companies in the world, which offers a huge range of opportunities to graduates from all disciplines, whether it is STEM or Humanities and I couldn’t help but be quite excited by the potential projects I could be part of.“

Ishita Chelawat

International Business and Commercial Law LLM

“The University of Manchester has the prestige and reputation I wanted for studying an LLM. I gained experience facing real legal challenges. I used my ability to critically analyse and understand people, their stories and perspectives.

In Manchester I have found my second home."