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Master in Banking and Capital Markets Law

Learning
Face-to-face
Language
Spanish
Credits
60 ECTS

Master in Banking and Capital Markets Law

CUNEF Universidad’s Master in Banking and Capital Markets Law offers highly specialised legal training to meet the real demands of today’s financial industry.

The programme, designed in collaboration with banking industry experts, provides participants with a comprehensive understanding of regulatory frameworks, financial business practices and the challenges that credit institutions, investment managers and corporate legal departments face today.

The curriculum combines compulsory courses that address the principles of banking and securities law—supervision, contracting, prudential regulation, MiFID or collective investment schemes—with specialisation modules in banking and securities law or tax advice, aimed at promoting immediate entry into the job market. In addition, courses on emerging fields such as LegalTech, TaxTech and artificial intelligence in legal advice prepare participants to succeed in a context of constant digital transformation.

The programme uses an eminently practical approach: students analyse real cases and solve complex transactions (M&A, structured finance, compliance, banking and bankruptcy litigation), learning to make legal decisions at the highest level in regulated environments.

This programme is highly regarded in the financial industry and in leading national and international law firms.

Programa

CUNEF Universidad’s Master in Banking and Capital Markets Law is an official degree consisting of 60 ECTS credits distributed as follows:

Compulsory Courses: 36 credits
Academic Internship: 15 credits
Final Dissertation (FD): 9 credits

COURSE	ECTS	TERM
Legal System and Trading Practices	3	Fall
Legal System and Banking Practices	3	Fall
General and Consumer Banking Contract	3	Fall
Collective Investment Legislation (CIS and Venture Capital)	3	Fall
Supervision and Sanctioning Regimes	3	Fall
M&A and Takeover Laws	3	Fall
Specialisation in Banking and Securities Law: -Prudential Regulation and Bank Resolution Policies -Corporate and Structured Finance -Banking, Bankruptcy and Economic Criminal Litigation -Compliance and Corporate Governance -Investment Regulations (MiFID) -In-House Counsel (LegalTech and AI)	Total ECTS: 18 3 3 3 3 3 3	Term: Spring Spring Spring Spring Spring Spring
Specialisation in Labour and Social Security Consultancy: -Accounting in Tax Law -Corporate Taxation of Financial Institutions -Financial Product and Transaction Taxation -International Tax Counsel -Procedural Tax Law and Tax Crime -Tax Advice (TaxTech and AI)	TOTAL ECTS: 18 3 3 3 3 3 3	Term: Spring Spring Spring Spring Spring Spring
Internship	15	Fall and Spring
Final Dissertation (FD)	9	Fall and Spring

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Empleabilidad

This programme promotes immediate employability in an industry where specialised legal profiles are scarce and in high demand. Students can work in:

Law firms, specialising in banking, finance, commercial, tax, economic criminal and bankruptcy law.
Credit institutions and insurance companies, in legal advice, regulatory compliance, risks, internal supervision or corporate governance.
Investment firms, collective investment funds or VCs.
Large corporations, as in-house counsel in strategic legal roles.
Tax consultancy firms and departments, especially in financial tax, international tax planning or tax litigation.
Startups and fintech companies, in regulation, payment services, crypto assets and digital business models.

Additionally, the curriculum includes 15 ECTS credits for a compulsory internship that provides hands-on experience in leading financial institutions, law firms and corporate consultancies, facilitating direct entry into the job market