This Graduate Diploma from University College Dublin in partnership with the Law Society Finuas Network will focus on law and market practice in the provision of international financial services, which is a key component of the Irish economy. It is designed for lawyers and professionals working in the international financial services sector.
The programme will be highly practical in its emphasis and participants will have a unique opportunity to learn from and interact with an international panel of speakers with wide practical experience of the international financial services sector.
The sessions will focus on pervasive themes in international financial services law such as fiduciary duties in financial transactions, financial transactions and the conflict of laws, legal risk in international financial transactions, crossborder insolvency, set-off and netting in clearing and settlement systems, principles of Islamic finance, legal issues in financial collateral, repo instruments: legal and financial issues, cross-border offers of securities with the EU, debt securitisation, use and function of credit derivatives and credit derivatives legal and taxation perspectives, alternative investment funds in Ireland and capital requirements after CRD IV.
This Diploma will be a valuable qualification for financial services lawyers and professionals who wish to enhance and update their knowledge of legal principle and market practice and for financial services industry participants for whom a knowledge of legal practice is a necessary component of their professional expertise.
| Duration | Mid January 2019 - May 2019 |
| Starting | Mid January 2019 |
In the first instance applicants must apply to
Law Society Finuas Network
Law Society of Ireland
Blackhall Place
Dublin 7
Tel: +353 (0)1 881 5727
Fax: +353 (0)1 672 4890
Email: (opens in a new window)finuas@lawsociety.ie
(opens in a new window)www.lawsociety.ie/Lspt
Application forms to be returned to the Law Society Finuas Network.
Course delivery/Venue
The post-graduate diploma is provided by way of a blended-learning model and participants have the choice to attend lectures onsite in the Law Society at Blackhall Place or to watch live webcasts. Due to the interactive nature of the programme, attendance is however recommended. Compulsory attendance will be required for the first and eighth session of the course. Each session will take place from 6-8pm on Friday evenings.
Who should apply?
A legal qualification is not essential. Applications will be considered from:
The sessions will focus on pervasive themes in international financial services law such as fiduciary duties in financial transactions, financial transactions and the conflict of laws, legal risk in international financial transactions, crossborder insolvency, set-off and netting in clearing and settlement systems, principles of Islamic finance, legal issues in financial collateral, repo instruments: legal and financial issues, cross-border offers of securities with the EU, debt securitisation, use and function of credit derivatives and credit derivatives legal and taxation perspectives, alternative investment funds in Ireland and capital requirements after CRD IV.
The full brochure and schedule, including some faculty biographies will be available soon.
We have an excellent Careers Development Centre here at UCD, designed to help you with information regarding future employment or studies. UCD hold a number of graduate events throughout the year including a dedicated law fair at which at which many of the big Law firms will be in attendance. The School of Law has a dedicated careers advisor on it’s Academic staff, Dr. Oonagh Breen, and a staff member from the careers office will be in attendance at the School of law on a number of occasions throughout the academic year. To see the full range of services offered by the careers office go to http://www.ucd.ie/careers/