Career prospects

The Master’s programme in Law & Finance fills a large demand for financial legal specialists for which offers one of the only degrees in the world. Graduates from this Master, will typically find employment as:

• Lawyers, in the corporate/transactional and financial practices of law firms.
• Legal and compliance experts in the financial industry (including banks, insurance companies and pension funds).
• Legal Counsel for in-house legal departments of multinational corporations and/or international organisations.
• Legal and compliance officers for financial supervisory authorities.
• Consultants in positions requiring legal and financial knowledge in organisations such as think-tanks, accounting firms, proxy advisors, among others.
• Academic researchers in law and finance.

Our students and graduates

Student Performance 1st cohort (2018-2019)

• 21 (54%) of the 1st semester Thesis track have graduated.
• Average grade: 8
• Median grade: 8
• 9 (23%) of the 2nd semester Thesis track just finished as well

Where did they go?

• 2 on a PhD @UvA
• Interns @law firms
• Simmons & Simmons, Clifford Chance, DLA, De Brauw
• In-house counsel trainees
• Banks, national & international
• 1 central bank (DNB)

Find your international job

The Netherlands organisation for international cooperation in higher education (Nuffic) has compiled a website about finding a job in the Netherlands for international students: Career in Holland.