Master in International Advocacy
Program director:
Barcelona: D. Juan José Berdullas Pomares
Campus:
Madrid, Barcelona
Date:
Madrid: OctoberBarcelona: October
LANGUAGE:
Spanish
ACADEMIC STAY:
Georgetown / NYU
Law without borders starts with you.
The Master’s Degree in International Legal Practice at ISDE offers comprehensive training that combines a solid foundation in law with a highly practical, career-focused methodology. Designed and taught by professionals from leading law firms, this program enables you to acquire key skills—such as negotiation, public speaking, and effective communication—alongside a global perspective on legal practice, essential in an increasingly complex and interconnected international environment.
Through the integration of practical content, academic residencies, and experiences with partner firms, you will be prepared to handle real cases, adapt to different legal contexts, and advance quickly in your professional career, confident in the training provided by one of the leading schools in law.
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Introduction and objectives
A recent graduate or junior lawyer has theoretical knowledge of the law, but still lacks the kind of knowledge and skills that characterize elite lawyers. This is compounded today by the need to practice the profession in the context of globalization, a phenomenon that affects all kinds of relationships between individuals and corporations. Even family businesses now have to deal with complex legal issues, involving foreign law, international labour law, international trade or complex tax law regulations.
This program is a unique possibility to cover both of these shortcomings and, with the help of renowned specialists, become the kind of professional that clients want to have on their side. This is why it is a privileged way to enter the best firms, for which ISDE has become a true Head Hunter.
There are many national and international firms that participate in the development of the program, which has an eminently practical training methodology. After a first phase in which the students acquire solid theoretical foundations, put to the test in situations that faithfully reproduce the cases and the environment in which these firms work, in the second part of the programme the students are integrated into these firms, in a period of compulsory practice.
For these reasons and the rate of labour insertion of its students, this Master is the indisputable leader in the main specialized rankings of our country.
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Structure, location and calendar
Two phases:
Phase one: Classroom instruction:
- One academic semester
- Classes from Monday to Thursday in the afternoon Some mornings per week students will attend conferences and practical sessions in offices and institutions collaborating with ISDE, with offices in the city of Madrid.
- Depending on the location, students will spend time at Georgetown University in Washington D.C. or at NYU in New York, as part of the Master in International Law program.
Second phase: Integration in internships:
- Mandatory phase. One academic semester in law firms or legal departments of large ISDE collaborating companies (more than 250) both nationally and internationally.
Career Opportunities
The Master in International Law opens up a wide range of professional opportunities. On the one hand, because its study plan does not stick to a specific area of the law, but deals with all those legal specialties that may have an international component. On the other hand, because both commercial activity and public and private relations no longer understand borders.
In short, this is one of our most recognized masters worldwide and also one of the most professional opportunities.
After obtaining your degree, you will be able to practice law in many different areas:
- Law firms and consultancies in all areas of law (commercial, civil, tax, labour, administrative, industrial and intellectual property, European law, public international law, real estate, corporate, procedural, criminal or international commercial law, among others).
- Legal departments of national and international companies.
- Staff of international bodies such as the European Union, the UN or the European Free Trade Association.
- Other types of entities, such as foundations or NGO, that carry out their activities in an international environment.
- Teaching and research areas.
ACADEMIC PROGRAM
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ECONOMIC-FINANCIAL AREA
- Accounting
- Banking Law
- Project Finance
- Financing structures
- Fintech and regulation
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
- Patrimonial responsibility of the Public Administration and administrative procedure
CIVIL LAW
- Family and Successions
- Nationality and Immigration
- Contractual and Extracontractual Liability
INDUSTRIAL AND INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND UNFAIR COMPETITION
- Industrial Property
- Introduction to the EU and American system
- General Concepts
- Patents and Internationalization of Patent Rights
- Trademarks
- Startups
- Intellectual property
- Unfair Competition
EU LAW
- Introduction and general principles of EU law
- Fundamental freedoms and the internal market.
- EU Procedural Law
REGULATORY AND NEW TECHNOLOGY INTERNATIONAL LAW
- Introduction to Public International Law: International Organizations
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
- Data Protection
- Telecommunications Law and electronic contracting
- Audio Visual Law
TAX LAW
- Introduction to Spanish Tax Law and company taxation
- Transfer Prices
REAL ESTATE LAW
- Real estate law
- Financing and structure of real estate operations
LABOR LAW
- International Labor Law
- Labor Procedure. Drafting of lawsuits
INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW
- Introduction to International Trade. Contract drafting
- Commercial obligations and preliminary agreements in international contracting
- International sales contract (supply) and franchise
- Unidroit Principles and International Trade
- Guarantees in international contracting
- Distribution, deposit, commission and mediation or brokerage contracts
- Contract for the international provision of services
- Insurance Contract
- International disputes
- International Transport Law
- Distribution and new operators in the market
COMPETITION LAW
- Vertical and horizontal agreements
- Abuse of dominant position
- State aid
- Sanctioning procedure and competent authorities
CORPORATE LAW
- Introduction to Company Law and Comparative Company Law
- Corporate governance
- M&A operations
- Joint Ventures
- Groups of companies and succession of companies
- Responsibility of Administrators
- Stock market
CRIMINAL LAW
- Economic Criminal Law
- Penal procedure
- International criminal judicial cooperation
PROCEDURAL LAW
- Procedural Strategy
- International Procedural Law
- Mediation and other ADRs
- Drafting of procedural documents
HUMAN RESOURCES AND COACHING
DEONTOLOGY and Prevention of Money Laundering
THE PRACTICE OF LAW – INTERNATIONAL INSTITUTIONS
ROBOTICS – AI
COMPLIANCE PROGRAMS
LEGAL ENGLISH
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ECONOMIC AND FINANCIAL AREA
- Accounting-Introduction
- Banking Law
- Project Finance
AREAS OF KNOWLEDGE PARALLEL TO LAW
- Knowledge Management and Databases
- Speech
- Protocol
- Human Resources and Coaching
- Deontology
- Negotiation techniques
ADMINISTRATIVE LAW
- Patrimonial Responsibility of the Public Administration and Administrative Procedure
- Contracting with Public Administrations, International Aspects
- State business activity
CIVIL LAW
- Family: international adoption, marriage, child custody
- Inheritance
- Nationality and Foreigners
- Civil Procedural Practice
- Contractual and non-contractual liability
INTELLECTUAL PROPERTY LAW AND UNFAIR COMPETITION
- Introduction to Industrial and Intellectual Property Law
- Industrial Property: Patents
- Industrial Property: The legal protection of the brand
- Industrial Property: Procedural defence of industrial designs
- Intellectual Property
- Unfair Competition
EUROPEAN UNION LAW
- Institutions and general principles of EU law
- Fundamental freedoms and the internal market
- EU Procedural Law
PUBLIC INTERNATIONAL, REGULATORY AND NEW TECHNOLOGY LAW
- Introduction to International Law: Integration of International Norms and Interpretation
- Energy Law
- Environmental Law
- Protection of Personal Data
- Telecommunications Law
- Electronic Contracting
- Audiovisual Law
TAX LAW
- Direct Taxation: Corporate Tax
- Direct Taxation: Personal Income Tax
- Indirect taxation: VAT, ITP…
- International Taxation
- Transfer Pricing
LAND LAW
- Real Estate Law
- Financing and structure of real estate operations
- Shopping centre management
LABOR LAW
- Labour Law
- Labour Law (International Displacement of Workers. Introduction to the labour procedure)
INTERNATIONAL TRADE LAW
- Introduction to International Commercial Law
- Drafting of contracts
- International Contracting: preliminary agreements and contracts
- Unidroit Principles and International Trade
- Guarantees in International Contracting
- Distribution, commission and mediation or brokerage contracts
- International service provision contract
- Insurance Contract
- International Disputes
- International / Maritime Transport Law
- Bankruptcy Law
COMPETITION LAW
- Competition Law. Restrictive-abusive practices.
- Competition Law. Concentrations
- Competition Law. State Aid
COMPANY LAW
- Introduction to Corporate Law and Comparative Corporate Law
- Corporate Governance
- Organization and life of society
- M&A operations
- Joint Ventures
- Company groups and succession
- Directors’ liability
- Bag
- Compliance Programs
- Legal aspects of startups
CRIMINAL LAW
- Economic Criminal Law
- Criminal procedure
- International judicial cooperation in criminal matters
PROCEDURAL LAW
- Arbitration
- Procedural Strategy
- International Procedural Law
- Mediation and other ADRs
- Drafting of pleadings
LANGUAGES
- Legal English and Introduction to Common Law
MASTER CLASSES
*The academic program is subject to change.
FACULTY
- Francisco Bengoetxea
- Alberto García – CEPSA
- Estíbaliz Peinado – Uría Menéndez
- Mariano Santos – Bird&Bird
- Miguel Martínez – Uría Menéndez
- Alberto Senante – ADMS Abogados
- Tomás Arranz – Uría Menéndez / Pablo Solano – Xiaomi
- Isabel Cortés / Violeta Arnáiz
- Alejandro Osma – Pérez Llorca
- Javier Mendieta – Allen&Overy
- Ignacio Zarzalejos – CMS / Marta Ríos – Uría Menéndez
- Carmen Perez Andujar
- Clara Cerdán
- Enrique Ortega
- Ana Castedo / Inmaculada Lorenzo
- Miguel Geijo / Carolina Vivó – Broseta
- Inmaculada Juárez – Juarez&Asociados
- Emilio Ramírez – Ramírez Crespo
- Jorge H Burriel – BGCA
- Murcia y Barredo
- Lucía Jaquotot
- Carolina Andérez
- Carlos García León
- Carmen Hériz
- Laura Ochoa – Iberia
- Lucía Goy
- Flavio Durán
- Juan Bezares
- Enrique Ceca
- Jorge Sebastian de Erice y Javier Fernández Vidal
- José Manuel Cajigas
- Luis Perez
- Morad Maanan
- Enrique López
- Eva Massa
- Pedro Ravina
- Juan José Sánchez Puig
- Jesús Avezuela
- Alvaro Puig / Javier Fernandez
- María González Gordon / Jaime Bello
- Mariana Robles
- Alejandro Abascal
- Pablo Solano
- Javier Redonet / Alfonso Bernar
- Thais Argenti
- Jaime del Fraile
- Álvaro Bonmatí
- Heidi López
- Ignacio Eguidazu
- Julio López Quiroga
- Claudio Lamas
- Sylvia Alonso
- Patricia Vidal
- Gema Muñiz
- Adriana de Buerba / Juan Palomino
- Carmen Fernandez Ladreda
- Inmaculada Hernández
- Javier Ojeda
- Eduardo Ayuela / I. Cano
- Silvia López
- Juan Gelabert
- Sergio Cires
- Mª José Gómez Serrano
- Miguel Prado
- Xavi Codina
- Santiago Fernández Tourné
- Javier Garde
- Marcos Álvarez
- Silvia López
- Ricardo Buenache
- Alejandro Abascal
- Covadonga Maestro
*Faculty is subject to change.
ACCREDITED DEGREE
Once the relevant Program has concluded and ISDE has verified that the STUDENT has completed their work satisfactorily, the STUDENT will receive the corresponding Degree certificate for each PROGRAM.
In compliance with current legality and, specifically, as set forth in article 4.4 of decree 84/2004, it is noted that ISDE’s programs are professionally oriented and therefore, unless explicitly stated otherwise, they are courses that do not lead to the acquisition of a title with official value, but to that of a proprietary title from ISDE.