LL.M. - Master of Laws

Study Center Hohe Warte is an affiliated college of Woolf - a global collegiate higher education institution, accredited for recognition in Europe by Malta (MFHEA).

KEY FACTS
• Total scope: 90 ECTS
• Duration of study: 18 months
• Start of study: rolling admission
• Tuition fees: EUR 12,900
• Learning format: Online study with one-on-one academic supervision, and live group sessions
• Language: English

ADMISSION REQUIREMENTS

• Completed Bachelor's degree
or
• Performance- Based- Admission (PBA):

PBA is an alternative admission route that allows students to enrol and begin learning without meeting the academic entry qualifications.

PBA students are given an oppertunity to demonstrate their academic ability through coursework by meeting specific academic performance and workload criteria.

Please get in touch with our study advisors for further details.

COURSE STRUCTURE
The programme follows the principle of guided self-study:
Each unit entails
• Required reading (textbooks & peer-reviewed articles)

• Online Live - Lectures

• Assignments

- Two regular assignments (800 and 1,200 words each)
- One summative assignment (approx. 3,000 words)

Our lecturers provide academic supervision and one-on-one online support.

This enables students to develop the ability to independently apply theoretical knowledge to professional situations and make scientifically sound decisions.

Programme Profile and Academic Orientation

The Master of Laws is designed as a specialised legal master's degree that enables in-depth academic engagement with key areas of commercial and corporate law. The programme is aimed at lawyers and individuals with relevant professional qualifications who wish to systematically expand their legal expertise at master's level while also deepening their practical application. The focus is on the ability to analyse complex legal issues precisely, argue in a structured manner and classify legal solutions in economic, institutional and regulatory contexts.

In terms of content, the LL.M. combines a solid methodological foundation with targeted specialisation. A compulsory methodology module introduces students to legal research methodology, academic work and the analysis and structuring of legal arguments. Building on this, the programme provides in-depth knowledge in key areas of European and national commercial law, in particular contract and liability law, corporate law and EU law. This core is supplemented by freely selectable specialisation modules that allow students to develop their own individual professional profile in areas such as competition law, intellectual property law, labour law, tax law or capital market law.

The LL.M. is explicitly designed as an academic degree with a clear practical focus. Legal issues are not dealt with in isolation and in the abstract, but are always analysed in the context of real case scenarios, economic decision-making processes and regulatory frameworks. This enables students to acquire the ability to make informed assessments of legal risks, scope for action and compliance requirements, and to prepare legal arguments tailored to the target audience.

The Master's thesis forms the academic conclusion of the programme and is designed as an independent piece of legal research. It enables students to engage in an in-depth examination of a clearly defined legal issue using the methodological tools they have learned during their studies. With the appropriate choice of topic, the Master's thesis can already be designed as a conceptual or analytical foundation paper, which can be further developed and deepened when entering a DBA or PhD programme at a later date. The LL.M. thus not only opens up a qualified legal specialisation at Master's level, but can also be used specifically as a preparatory stage for further academic qualification.

The LLM study program is structured in the following 3 Tiers:

TIER 1 (30 ECTS)
Students must complete 2 compulsory units à 3 ECTS and select further units to accumulate 30 ECTS in total.

COMPULSORY

• Foundations of International Law 3 ECTS

• Introduction to Legal Thought and Legal Theory 3 ECTS

CHOOSE FROM THE FOLLOWING A TOTAL OF 34 ECTS
• Introduction to Legal Writing and Advocacy 3 ECTS
• Leadership and Personal Development: Building Vision and Inspiring Others 3 ECTS
• Introduction to International Business Law 6 ECTS
• Mergers, Acquisitions, and Corporate Restructuring 6 ECTS
• VAT and Indirect Taxes 6 ECTS
• International Sanctions and Anti-Corruption Law 6 ECTS

TIER 2 (45 ECTS)
Students must select units to accumulate a total of 45 ECTS.
• Comparative Legal Systems 5 ECTS
• Ethics, Governance and Legal Philosophy 5 ECTS
• Law and Society 5 ECTS
• Legal Research and Writing 5 ECTS
• Taxation of Financial Instruments and Transactions 6 ECTS
• Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive (CSDDD): Legal Frameworks and Global Implications 6 ECTS
• Corporate Social Responsibility and International Tax Law 6 ECTS
• International Tax Law and Policy 9 ECTS
• Transfer Pricing 9 ECTS
• Tax and Technology 9 ECTS
• International Commercial Arbitration 9 ECTS
• Comparative Corporate Law and International Corporate Governance 9 ECTS

TIER 3 (15 ECTS)
• Dissertation 15 ECTS with individual academic supervision

LL.M. - Master of Laws

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