Become a business lawyer with the know-how you can use worldwide MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW. Contracting & International Relations

Become a business lawyer with the know-how you can use worldwide

MASTER IN INTERNATIONAL BUSINESS LAW Contracting & International Relations

The main purpose of the foundation of ISDE was to complete the education of the law graduates, with the aim to contribute to the society with lawyers with an excellent education and capable to respond with professionalism and integrity to the demands required by this profession in its different specialties.

ISDE has grown and developed, as well as its offer in Master Programmes and its commitment on preparing lawyers who will assume important responsibilities in the present society.

ISDE

Message from the Chancellor of Mr. José Juan Pintó Ruiz

Board of Governors

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SENIOR MANAGEMENT TEAM Mr. Jorge Pinto Sala President

Mr. Juan Jose Sanchez Puig Executive Director

Mr. Manuel Garayo de Orbe Secretary of the Senior Management Team. Public prosecutor

Mr. Rafael Abadia Jordana Member of the Senior Management Team. Lawyer

Mr. Vicente Sierra Rocafort Member of the Senior Management Team. Lawyer

Mr. Jorge Pinto Sala President

Mr. Juan Jose Sanchez Puig Executive Director

Governing Bodies

ACADEMIC BOARD Mr José Luis Risco HR Director Ernst & Young

Mr Francisco Javier Silván Partner Ernst & Young

Mr Pablo Paisán Ruiz Lawyer at Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira

Professor Alegría Borrás, PhD Professor of Private International Law Mr Gianpaolo Monteneri President, Monteneri Sports

Mr David Jiménez Mouriz Tax Consultant/Lawyer

Mr Javier Hervás Partner at KPMG Sports Advisory Mr David Jiménez Mouriz Partner. Dutilh Tax Department

Mr David Pérez García Director of Tax and Estate Planning at Popular Banca Privada, Grupo Banco Popular

Mr Efraim Barak Senior Partner, D. Mirkin & Co. Advocates and Notaries

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Mr Patricia Vidal Martínez Counsel, Uría Menéndez, Madrid office

Mr Plácido Molina Barrister. Director of Collection, Cuatrecasas Gonçalves Pereira Ms Marta Iglesias Doctor of Law. Professor of International Law, Complutense University of Madrid

Mr Emilio Ramírez Lawyer. Director and owner of Ramírez y Asociados.

Mr José Luis Pérez Benítez Partner-Consultant, Pérez & Partners Consultants

Mr Ramón Terol Professor of Administrative Law. Secretary of the Electoral Guarantees Board, the Higher Sports Council. Member of the Sports Lawyers Association.

Ms Diane Stephenson Solicitor in England and Wales. Lawyer.

Mr Javier Rodríguez Ten Phd. in Law. Member of the Board of Directors of the Spanish Sports Law Association.

Ms Anabel Campo Blanco Master in Human Resources. Secretarial Manager of Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira.

Letter from the Director of ISDE Mr. Juan José Sánchez Puig

The ver y etymology of the word Master embodies the philosophy underpinning ISDE’s educational objective, where the student is the focal point and the absolute protagonist. All of our resources and effor ts are focused on achieving this objective, which is to ensure that the student has mastered the subject matter by the end of the programme. Par tnerships with the leading figures in the world of law and business, a proven training method, the personal attention of the teaching and coordination team, and all of our technical and human resources are placed at the disposal of our students in our quest to ensure that the programmes achieve their utmost educational goals and make the time and effor t devoted to them wor th the while. Throughout the years, we have striven and succeeded in ensuring that our students not only acquire the most upto-date knowledge, but that they also accomplish their personal and professional development goals through the acquisition of skills and competencies that lay the foundation for a new stage in their careers.

The sum of the effor ts of the ISDE and its students –without whose commitment the most qualified staff or technical resources would ser ve no purpose- has made us proud to see how those who trusted us with their training needs have gone on to enjoy highly successful careers and to occupy the senior positions they so brilliantly and so efficiently prepared themselves for.

Loyalty to the spirit and methods that have earned us the trust of thousands of students, and continuous upgrading and improvement of our training methods, have placed us at the forefront of our field, as evidenced by our performance in independent rankings. The accomplishment of these objectives in recent years has driven us to never lose sight of the fact that our goal is the success of our students.

Mr. Juan José Sánchez Puig Executive Director

Introduction Following the main law firms and international institutions’ requirements, this Master program is designed for graduated interested in legal practice within the international field.

Business and contracting rules are developing homogeneously worldwide due to the main role played by the principle of party autonomy. To be able to understand and apply international relations government rules is another key requirement to correctly application of law within the international scenario frame.

This International Business Law, Contracting and International Relations program is categorically pragmatic and covers all those main topics and tools to further facilitating their students for a secure and efficient law practicing within the top law firm and first level international institutions. In this sense, this program offers an in-depth analysis of Company law, Hard law , Soft law, Compliance , Tax , Litigation ,Commercial law, Public law, Employment law , Criminal law , International Relations , lawyer-toclient protocol , interpretation of balance sheet, income statement, etc.

Objective

Providing all students of a practical legal training in business law and international relations. Being an expert in business law and international contracting necessary involves a whole knowledge of the most transcendent both economic and social areas.

Methodology

Methodology Online learning can provide learning outcomes that are comparable or even superior to those of conventional educational formats, as it is proved that on Executive Programs the students work better when self-directed, as they are shaped by the accumulation of authentic personal experience. Moreover their desire to learn grows out of a need to confront an ever-changing reality. Given their goal-oriented approach to learning and an ever more crowded personal calendar, a self-paced asynchronous design has proven to be a most effective instructional approach for online course formats.

Each student will have a personal code with which he/she will access the classes on the website. The different classes are scheduled to be posted on-line every week with the specific directions given by the lecturer, specifying the deadline for the students to send their cases, essays or exams. During that time, the student will read the documents and shall prepare the practical case and any other requests made by the professor. At the end of that week, there will be an open discussion with the students in a forum where they will be able to raise any queries they may have. Students shall prepare the classes as per the lecturers´ instructions (read or prepare cases or literature, study specific materials, etc.). Each class will be composed by 2 parts: 1) Part 1: the professor will provide the students with the following documents: - learning material - references to bibliography - practical case - test or exam 2) Part 2: the professor will have a forum with the students where they will debate questions arising on the particular topic of study and will provide them with a document containing the conclusions of the subject.

Within the terms of the Master a final one week encounter will take place in a venue to be confirmed in advance. At the end of that week, the Graduation Ceremony will take place.

Academic Program

1. COMMERCIAL LAW I. International contracts. Jurisdictional matters and applicable law. II. Bankruptcy law. III. Introduction to international stock market Agreements of negotiable values. IV. International trade law. Joint ventures. V. Intellectual property law. E-commerce law. VI. Competition law. VII. International insurance contracts. VIII. International transport contracts (INCOTERMS). IX. International licensing contracts. X. Technology contracts (Cloud computing, Software licenses, etc) XI. International agency and distribution contracts. 2. COMPANY LAW I. Corporation law and corporate governance. II. Company’s directors: duties and liabilities. III. M & A transactions: mergers and acquisitions. IV. Listed companies: takeovers. V. Corporate real estate. VI. Hard Law, Soft Law VII. Compliance

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6. RESOLUTION OF DISPUTES: LITIGATION AND ADRs- UK-US I. International judicial process and assistance. Enforcement of foreign judicial procedures. II. Alternative dispute resolution. III. International commercial arbitration. Enforcement of foreign arbitral awards. IV. Mediation. Conciliation and other ADRS. 7. CRIMINAL LAW I. Economic, financial and business criminal law. II. International criminal law: war crimes and crimes against Humanity. 8. FINANCIAL & BANKING I. Interpretation of balance sheet. II. International banking contracts. 9. INTERNATIONAL RELATIONS

I. Transfer pricing. International tax planning. EU tax law. II. International double taxation. III. Indirect Taxes

I. Society and international community. II.Theory of the international relations. III. International cooperation for development. IV. International contemporary conflicts. V. International cooperation: United Nations operating system. VI. Foreign politics. International protocol. VII. Governmental bodies for foreign policy and International relations. Diplomacy. Consular affairs.

4. EMPLOYMENT LAW

10. FOREIGN TRADE

I. European Employment Law. II. Immigration. III. International hiring.

I. ForeignTrade Law. II. International Economy and foreign affairs. Universal economic organization. Dispute settlement.

5. PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL LAW

11. PARALLEL AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE

I. The international regulator y framework of Law. The treaty legal framework. Integration of International rules in the governmental regulator y framework. Application and interpretation of international rules. II. Governmental influence: maritime law. Air space and transport. III. Energy law. IV. Environmental law. International protection.

I. Protocol and lawyer-to-client protocol. II. Speech class. III. Negotiation. IV. Management and leadership skills. V. Business development. VI. Legal marketing. VII. Communication between lawyers and media.

3. INTERNATIONAL TAX LAW

Calendar

On-line methodology allows all students to juggle high quality instruction and professional practicing. The most important benefit of online learning is that it can span time and distance. The flexible times offered to the students helps them to work around their schedule.

Within the terms of the Master a final one week encounter will take place in a venue to be confirmed in advance. At the end of that week, the Graduation Ceremony will take place. During that time, a final exam, master classes, academic activities and visits to international ISDE’s supporting law firms will be offered. At the end of this intense week, a graduation ceremony and handing over of diplomas.

Those students not able to attend this last week and doing the final exam will have the chance to write a final project on any subject covered within the program. A tutor will be specifically assigned for this task.

The course will run from October 2016 to June 2017

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Admissions Process

The selection process developed by ISDE aims to ensure the uniformity of the level of the participants, so they can all follow a similar work rate and adapted to the requirements of the programs.

Once a candidate has expressed his desire to apply for a position in one of the Masters, for which he sends to ISDE a complete record of all his personal data, a coordinator will be assigned to him within the Department of Admissions. This person will be the one who takes charge of his/her candidacy, and will provide the information he or she needs, apart from solving any doubts that may arise. The stages of the admission process are the following:

Phase 1:

Candidates must submit to the Department of Admissions, via email the following documents:tests on a later date: • Curriculum Vitae • Motivation Letter • Copy of the University Degree • University Degree Transcripts • At least one Recommendation Letter (preferably two) of a person who knows the candidate for professional or academic reasons.

In light of all these documents that make up the application request, after verification that the candidate meets the minimum requirements, he or she will perform a series of written and oral tests. Phase 2:

It is held at the headquarters of the ISDE, where the candidate will be summoned for the written and oral tests in a single session.

Written tests: • Psychotechmetric lTest • Legal Skills Knowledge Test • English proficiency Test

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Once these tests are completed, the candidate has a personal interview with a member of the Admissions Department of ISDE in which, his or her academic and professional background will be discussed. Phase 3:

After conducting the tests and interview, the Admissions Committee meets twice a month to assess all the applications, after which all candidates receive immediate communication of the result: admission or not to occupy a position in the Master.

If the Admissions Committee needs to complete some information of the candidate, he or she might be required to send additional documentation to clarify certain aspects of his or her academic or professional career.

Contact Details

The Admissions Procedure will be directly deal with ISDE’s Admissions Department 6 Recoletos St, 28001 – Madrid Phone.: +34 911 265 180 Fax: +34 915 762 021

E-mail: [email protected] www.isdemasters.com