Clone of Master's degree in Business Law - Insurance Law course

In an international context dominated by the globalisation of the economy and increased competition between companies, the law has become a weapon of economic warfare. In order to protect their reputation and enhance their attractiveness, companies are working to promote ethical rules set out in hard law (Sapin 2 Act, Vigilance Act, etc.) or soft law (guidelines, etc.). By acting in this way, companies also protect themselves from criminal prosecution, which could be brought against them, in particular by foreign authorities.

In this perspective, the role of the European Commission in the protection of companies' rights and obligations under international law is of particular importance.

With this in mind, the Compliance and Business Law master's degree aims to train students in the contemporary challenges faced by companies in order to adapt to the new ethical requirements brought to bear by the international community;thical demands made by certain players in civil society and relayed by the legislature, while including aspects relating to issues of sovereignty and economic intelligence.

Graduates of the course will be able to join law firms (regional, national and international) as lawyers specialising in compliance law, in-house lawyers specialising in compliance law (compliance officer, compliance lawyer, anti-money laundering lawyer, anti-bribery lawyer, anti-corruption lawyer, etc.), and corporate lawyers specialising in compliance law (compliance officer, anti-money laundering lawyer, etc.); anti-money laundering, anti-corruption, CSR, for example), lawyers within administrative control authorities, ethics and compliance directors in companies, banks, insurance companies, data protection officers (DPOs).

Students in initial training, continuing education, doing an Individual Educational Project.

Master 1 degree or equivalent required

Have completed lectures in the following areas:

- Company law

- Competition law

- Compliance law

- Financial law

- Tax law

- Business law

Have completed one or more professional internships (in the third and/or fourth year) and have a good command of English.

• FDSP, Aix-en-Provence

The course is part of the Institut de Droit des Affaires (IDA) and benefits from all the events it organizes (IDA Business Club, special conferences, symposia, etc.).

The course's teaching team is made up of specialist academics and practitioners with proven expertise in compliance: institutional players, lawyers, in-house counsel, etc.

The teaching method is varied: seminars, case studies, visits to sites and firms and immersion in professional life.

Internships and, in a second phase, work-study programs (subject to certain conditions), help to professionalize students and enable them to acquire a diploma and a professional qualification, so that they can quickly become operational in their chosen profession.

Seminars include oral presentations, preparing students for the art of synthesis and argumentation. They also provide students with case studies inspired by real-life situations, and train them to solve practical problems. The Master's degree in Compliance and Business Law helps students to develop a strategy for settling disputes by selecting the most appropriate means. For research, the degree relies on the Centre de droit économique (CDE, EA 4224) and its dedicated compliance law team.

Students are trained to conduct research in their field of specialization. They receive training in research techniques and appropriate methodological advice. They are required to write a variety of documents requiring mastery of research tools, some of which are dissertations, and take part in scientific events organized by the CDE and IDA teaching and research teams.

Semester 3 :

- The aims of compliance

- Sources of compliance

- Compliance authorities

- Compliance and state economic justice

- Compliance and alternative dispute resolution methods

- Compliance and the irreproachable company (vis-à-vis the outside world)

- Compliance and the less vulnerable company (from within).

Semester 4:

- Compliance professions

- The practice of compliance: case studies and case studies

- Internship or dissertation

- Work-study programs (from the start of the 2025 academic year, subject to validation by CFA Formasup Méditerranée)

The Compliance and Business Law pathway enables students to acquire the following know-how and skills:

- Master the aims, main concepts and issues of compliance law

- Mastery of the public, private, national, European and international sources of compliance

- In-depth knowledge of compliance systems and techniques (AFA, PNF, CJIP, etc.)

- Ability to set up and monitor compliance programmes:

• établish a corruption prevention programme and a due diligence plan (risk mapping...)
• establish a charter, a code of conduct (prevention of corruption and cybercrime)
• assist the legal department in setting up a regulatory watch
• determine reasonable protection measures required to protect business secrets, in particular.

In view of their future positions of responsibility in companies and/or law firms, students on the Compliance and Business Law master's degree should have acquired the following skills:

• Maîtrise research tools 
• Analysing legal texts
• Understanding and solving legal problems
• Expressive and oral skills
• Practice legal English

Students must complete an internship during the course that is directly related to their training. The placement lasts a minimum of 3 months and may continue for a further 3 months. It is the subject of a report which is not defended. The work placement may be replaced by a dissertation.

Subject to validation by the CFA Formasup Méditerran&e, students on the course will start in September 2025 as apprentices.

The Compliance and Business Law pathway offers students the opportunity to experience real-life situations and complex cases under the supervision of professionals in charge of these issues within regulatory authorities, companies and/or law firms.

• K1903 Défense et conseil juridique (fr)

Types of jobs available:

- Specialist in-house counsel

- Lawyer in a business law firm

- Lawyer for an independent administrative authority (AMF, ACPR, AFA...)

- Compliance officer

- Data protection officer

- CSR Manager After passing an exam

- Lawyer

Responsables : B. Cazeneuve et I. Grossi –

Secrétariat pédagogique : Pauline Gaborit, email : pauline.gaborit@univ-amu.fr, contact: 04.13.94.99.23