Class of 2008, Associate, Simmons & Simmons LLP, Amsterdam 

"The LL.M. Finance program delivered what I was looking for. It offers a unique learning experience for those who are keen on deepening their knowledge of corporate and financial law, banking and corporate finance. Its top-notch faculty and challenging courses, together with the hands-on experience gained from internships at leading financial institutions and law firms make the ILF truly a center of excellence in these fields."

Class of 2008, Legal Counsel, European Investment Fund, Luxembourg

“The LL.M. Finance program at the Institute for Law and Finance was a very rewarding experience for me. I had just graduated from law school in Greece when I applied for the LL.M. program in 2007. The ILF offered me the opportunity to study in-depth international business law and obtain a very good understanding of accounting and fi nance – both helped me immensely in starting my career as an international corporate lawyer in London. The interaction with leading academics (including visiting professors from all around the world), knowledgeable practitioners and students with varying backgrounds and working experience, in addition to the unique opportunity to do internships at leading law fi rms, banks and other organizations, are a few features that, I think, permit ILF graduates to stand out and pursue great careers either in their home countries or abroad.”

Class of 2006
Clifford Chance LLP, Amsterdam

“After obtaining a master’s degree in law and a bachelor’s degree in business management in The Netherlands and intermittently having studied at Harvard, I knew I wanted to pursue an internationally-oriented LL.M. degree outside The Netherlands. My main concern was finding a degree program that would allow me to combine business, finance, economics and law, while also giving me practical experience, personal instruction and an international student body. As I considered the U.S., the U.K., Germany and even Hong Kong, it became apparent that only the ILF could offer me the combination I was looking for, allowing me to achieve all these aims and more.

Together with my classmates who came to Frankfurt from as far away as Brazil and China, I enjoyed classes taught by highly qualified professionals and academics from the legal and financial fields. We attended guest lectures by visiting professors and actively participated in discussions. We enjoyed office visits, drinks and other festivities at various law firms, the European Central Bank and other financial institutions. We were given the opportunity to do internships at leading international law firms and banks, which for me meant working with Clifford Chance in Frankfurt. And last, but certainly not least, we enjoyed outings as well as city trips to Heidelberg and Berlin.

Upon graduation, I joined the Debt and Equity Capital Markets teams of the Clifford Chance’s Amsterdam office, applying on a daily basis the skills, knowledge and personal connections gained during my time at the ILF.”