MSc Law and Finance

This bespoke new interdisciplinary programme aims to equip you with the skills and knowledge necessary for professionals in roles at the interface of law and the financial markets, allowing you to operate effectively in a globalised market and enhancing your adaptability and competence in a wide range of functions.

The programme offers a comprehensive and rigorous curriculum that delves into the intricate intersections between legal frameworks and financial markets, providing a comprehensive understanding of fundamental concepts and principles of finance and their relevance for both legal rules and legal practice.

Taught jointly by the LSE Law School and Department of Finance, you'll have the opportunity to study in two of the most highly rated departments in their subject areas in the world.

Central to this programme are how closely the core courses are integrated: these have been carefully designed by academics in both departments to ensure students can review common situations in companies from both a legal and financial perspective, and ensure a holistic understanding of how corporations raise capital and complete transactions.

Access to a range of courses, both from the Department of Finance and the LLM programme, will enable you to complement the core Law and Finance modules with a wide range of specialised legal and financial courses, adding additional depth to your knowledge in your chosen specialist areas.

In the first term, you'll take several courses, including "Corporate Finance: Law" and “Principles of Corporate Finance for MSc Law and Finance", two core courses unique to the programme. These courses have been carefully designed to ensure you can competently navigate complex transactions from both legal and financial perspectives. This includes a holistic understanding of how corporations finance their operations and how – and why – they acquire other businesses.

In the second term, you'll build upon this foundational knowledge. You'll transition to the bespoke “Corporate Transactions: Law" and “Corporate Transactions: Finance” courses, which will look at a variety of corporate transactions and offer practical insight into real-world transactions and their documentation. Designed specifically for the Law and Finance programme, this cutting-edge course is unique in its structure, interweaving faculty expertise from both the Law School and Department of Finance to provide students with a 360-degree perspective which encompasses an in-depth analysis of financial and legal factors, as well as the interplay between these two considerations. Exposure to practical, real-world scenarios and case studies is key here, with faculty leveraging their professional networks, bolstered by LSE’s position, close to the legal and financial hubs of London, to provide insight into how top firms assess and execute deals at the highest level.

You'll also take several other courses, as listed below.

By the end of the year, you'll have taken courses to the total value of four units.

We welcome applications from all suitably qualified prospective students. At LSE, we want to recruit students with the best academic merit, potential and motivation, irrespective of background.

We carefully consider each application and take into account all the information included on your application form, such as your:

• academic achievement (including predicted and achieved grades)
• statement of academic purpose
• two academic or professional references (ideally one of each)
• CV.

See further information on supporting documents.

You may need to provide evidence of your English language proficiency. See our English language requirements.

Applications for this programme are considered on a rolling basis. This means that applications will close once the programme is full.

There is no fixed deadline. However, if you’d like to be considered for any funding opportunities, you must submit your application (and all supporting documents) by the funding deadline. See the fees and funding section below for more details.

For this programme, all students pay the same tuition fees, regardless of their fee status.

Deposit

To secure a place on the programme offer holders will be required to pay a non-refundable deposit of 10% of the tuition fee.

For offers issued before May, the deposit will be due within 28 days of receiving the offer.

For offers issued from May onwards, the deadlines are as follows:

• May: within 21 days
• June: within 14 days
• July and August: within 7 days

For this programme, all students pay the same tuition fees, regardless of their fee status.

Deposit

To secure a place on the programme offer holders will be required to pay a non-refundable deposit of 10% of the tuition fee.

For offers issued before May, the deposit will be due within 28 days of receiving the offer.

For offers issued from May onwards, the deadlines are as follows:

• May: within 21 days
• June: within 14 days
• July and August: within 7 days

There are two types of course work at LSE, formative and summative.

Formative coursework doesn't count towards your final mark. Formative coursework enables students to develop a sense for how well they're doing in terms of understanding course material.

Summative assessment does count towards your final mark. This can take various forms, such as e-exams/digi-exams, in-class assessments under exam-style conditions., group presentations, individual or group projects, empirical or programming exercises, or class participation.

An indication of the formative coursework and summative assessment for each course can be found in the relevant course guide.

Exams will take place in both the January and Spring Term exam periods. Some courses do not involve a final exam.

Graduates of both the Law School and the Department of Finance have excellent career prospects relative to their peers. Our graduates take up demanding positions across a diversity of organisations spread around the globe.

We expect graduates of this degree to place into jobs in prestigious law and finance firms, as finance professionals or in-house counsel of private equity funds and investment banks, in M&A, consultancy, policy-making, risk management and regulation.