Career prospects
With an LL.M. in Business, Corporate and Maritime Law you are well placed to pursue career opportunities in business, international government, the legal profession and academia. You will have a firm background on essentials of business and trade law, combined with specialized knowledge and you will be able to negotiate and structure business transactions across countries. Furthermore, you will have acquired practical skills necessary to deal with business problems and disputes in an (inter) national context and good debating and analyzing skills.
Career opportunities for students with a specialisation in Business Transactions can be found in business consultancy as company lawyers, as legal advisors and as attorneys in commercial practice.
Students of this specialisation will find their career as a lawyer in financial markets and international institutions as well as company lawyers and consultants in these fields. The job perspectives are very good.
The Maritime Law specialisation is structured to equip graduates who wish to pursue careers in international transportation with the ability to serve in advisory positions to governments, in legal departments of shipping companies, ports authorities, as well as in the specialised field of maritime law litigation and arbitration.
