Master`s Degree in International Business Law

1. Master`s Degree in International Business Law

Kutafin Moscow State Law University (MSAL)
Master`s Degree in
International Business Law

2. Head of the Program

Vladislav L. Tolstykh
Doctor of Law, Professor, member of the Editorial Boards of the Russian Law
Journal, Kazan Journal of International Law, Moscow Journal of International Law,
Laureate of the award F. Martens (2016), author of 10 monographs and more
than 180 articles in Russian and foreign journals, including peer-reviewed
Russian and international journals (Higher Attestation Commission, Scopus,
Web of Science), regularly presents at international conferences.
Scientific consultant of the Program:
Olesia F. Zasemkova,
Associate Professor of the Private International Law Department, lawyer, expert of the
Agency for Quality Assurance in Higher Education and Career Development (AKKORK)

3. About the Program

Program name
Master`s Degree in International Business Law Program
Degree awarded
Master`s Degree in International Business Law
Projected study time 2 years, 120 СP
and number of ECTS
points assigned to
the study program
Mode of study
Didactic approach
Full-time study, part-time study
Study program with mandatory class attendance
(during coronavirus period – distance learning)
Double/Joint Degree No
program
Study language
English
Program
semester September 2021
starts in
Initial start of the Summer 2021
program

4. About the Program

The Program is aimed at
training foreign specialists,
willing to solve complex legal
issues that arise in the field of
international commerce
The program focuses on
the most important areas
of regulation of
international commercial
relations
Special attention is paid to
preparing students for
consulting, business writing,
and establishing effective
professional communication

5. Advantages of the Program

enhancement of knowledge about Russian and foreign legal systems
unique list of disciplines (modules)
special attention to the formation of students` skills in legal writing, professional communication,
consultation and public speaking, conflict resolution in the process of professional activity
a variety of electives (modules) gives a student an opportunity to design individual learning
program
combination of active and interactive teaching methods
highly qualified academic staff

6. What you will learn

international commercial and corporate contracts, pre-trial,
judicial and non-judicial (ADR, mediation, international
commercial arbitration) dispute resolution
Private International Law aspects including family law matters,
torts, recognition of judgments etc.

7. Program structure

8. The Program consists of 3 blocks

Block 1 Disciplines
(Modules) (60
Credit Units) (the
basic part 18 C.U.,
the variable part –
42 C.U.)
Block 3 State Final
Examination - 9
C.U.
Block 2 Practical
Trainings,
including research
work - 51 C.U.

9. Block 1: Mandatory (core) part

Philosophy of
Law
History and
Methodology
of Law
History of
Political and
Legal
Doctrines
Comparative
Law
Research
Current
Issues of
International
Business Law

10. Block 1: Variable part

Fundamentals of
International Tax Law
International Business
Transactions
English Contract Law
International
Commercial Arbitration
and ADR
International Business
Litigation
International Investment
Law and Arbitration
International Trade
Finance
International Economic
Law

11. Block 1: Optional part

Private International Law
Seminar and Workshop
Mergers & Acquisitions
and Corporate Law
Integration Law
International Intellectual
Property Law
Offshore and Trust Legal
Regulation
Russian Contract Law
Private International Law
of IT & Data Protection
Antitrust Business
Regulation
Legal English
Cyberlaw
International Economic
Sanctions and Restrictive
Measures
Russian as Foreign
Language
International Transport
Law
Drafting International
Business Arrangements
Soft Skills for Lawyers

12. Training takes places in the form of

Master classes
Round tables
Case studies
Debates
Business games
Moot-courts

13. Block 2 and 3

Block 2: Practical Trainings,
including research work – 51 C.U.
Block 3: State Final
Examination - 9 C.U.

14. Our lecturers

Highly qualified specialists with deep knowledge in the field of legal sciences and
extensive practical experience in various fields of law, including
Kanashevsky Vladimir A.
Tolstykh Vladislav L.
Victorova Natalia N.
Doctor of Law, Professor,
Head of the Private
International Law
Department
Doctor of Law, Professor of
the Private International
Law Department
PhD in Law, Associate
Professor of the Private
International Law
Department
Terentieva Luidmila V.
Sokolov Michail N.
PhD in Law, Associate
Professor of the Private
International Law
Department
Advocate (Russia), solicitor
(UK)

15. Tuition Fees

Full-time study
450 000 RUB per year
Part-time study
250 000 RUB per year

16.

Contacts
+7 499 244 88 88 (838)
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