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4th Year in a Row! ILF again in "Top 10 LL.M. Programs for Banking/Finance/Securities Law 2021!

For the 4th consecutive year, the Institute for Law and Finance is once again, in 2021, recognized as a Top 10 academic institution offering an LL.M. Program in Banking, Finance and Securities Law (...)

1st Virtual Alumni Global Networking Event on 21 May 2021

On Friday, 21 May 2021, the ILF hosted our first Virtual Alumni Global Networking event. The event began with a welcome address from Professor Andreas Cahn, ILF Founder and Executive Director. He (...)

Virtual Wine-Tasting with ILF Students and Staff on 7 May 2021

A Virtual Wine-Tasting evening with the Winery Jakob Jung was held on Friday, 7 May 2021, for all our ILF students. The wine for this event was supplied from the local vineyard Jakob Jung from the (...)

Hybrid Summer Semester 2021 started on 12 April 2021 - Successful First Week of In-Person and Online Classes!

We are extremely happy to welcome our LL.M. Finance and LL.M. International Finance students back to classes after a 5-week break. The ILF Summer Semester started on Monday, 12 April 2021 on a hybrid (...)

Conference on "Green Banking and Green Central Banking: What are the right concepts?" held on 25 January 2021

On the 25 January 2021, the ILF hosted the online conference “Green Banking and Green Central Banking: What are the right concepts?” with more than 1000 participants signing up for the event. View (...)

ILF Yearbook 2019-2020 is now available

We are happy to announce that the ILF Yearbook 2019-2020 is now availlable in print as well as online! It reports on all events and activities which took place during the academic year 2019-2020.

LL.M. Finance

The LL.M. Finance degree program will train you not only to deal with but also to excel in this increasingly important area where the worlds of international law and global finance meet. Up to about 50 students will be admitted in order to ensure academic excellence and direct, personal contact between students and the faculty. The LL.M. Finance program may be done part-time by completing the regular one-year program in 2 years.

LL.M. International Finance

Graduates from Asia holding a first degree in law, business or economics and who have good academic records are eligible to apply to join our Master of Laws in International Banking, Securities and Finance program. We offer excellent interdisciplinary and practice-oriented training specially focused on the needs of Asian students. A special Legal and Management Training program is also held during the semester break.

ILF News

21 July 2021

LL.M. Finance and LL.M. International Finance Programs Re-accredited until 2029!

The ILF is proud to announce that in summer 2021, both our LL.M. Finance and LL.M. International Finance programs have been officially re-accredited until 2029! This award of an 8-year re-accreditation period until 2029 builds on our almost 20 (...)

16 July 2021

Graduation Ceremony of the ILF Class of 2021 on 15 July 2021 on Campus Westend

The Summer Semester and the academic year of teaching have drawn to a close at the Institute for Law and Finance. The Class of 2021 has completed a challenging yet successful 10 months in Frankfurt studying for their LL.M. Finance or LL.M. (...)

16 July 2021

Lecturers of the Year 2021

We are happy to announce the four lecturers, two from the winter semester and two from the summer semester, who have been nominated by the LL.M. Finance and LL.M. International Finance students for the Lecturer of the Year 2021 Awards: Winter (...)

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Events & Conferences

8th Annual Conference on the Banking Union on 23 September 2021 - Save the Date!

We are happy to announce the new date for our Banking Union Conference. We will be holding the 8th Annual Conference on the Banking Union together with Freshfiekds Bruckhaus Deringer and the Center for Financial Studies (CFS) on 23 September (...)