Legal Support for Business (Business Lawyer)

Profession

Successful business operation in the modern world directly depends on entrepreneurial, organisational, and managerial skills, knowledge in the fields of law, economics, and management, which is the essence of the activity of a specialist in the field of legal support for business. A professional business lawyer must understand accounting issues, intricacies of lease of premises, features of banking products and payment systems along with many other nuances.
Graduates of the programme are narrow specialised lawyers with competencies in the field of finance and business economics, which are not possessed by graduates of related specialties and similar programmes in other universities.
The programme provides a maximum of practical skills and a minimum of theory; it forms understanding of how the business sector is operating.
Training takes place using Blended Learning technology, which makes it possible to combine work and full-time study.
The programme is suitable not only for students with basic legal education, but also for non-lawyers. Accounting, finance, business economics, and management are an important part of training along with bankruptcy, protection of the rights of entrepreneurs and lease issues.
A business lawyer is a versatile and, therefore, a competitive specialist.

Educational Process

Education is based on two main forms: lectures and seminars. Lectures provide for mastering basic theoretical knowledge of the relevant course. A deeper and more detailed study of the discipline with case analysis is provided for in seminars. Besides, students actively participate in scientific conferences, seminars, and specialized case championships; they publish scientific articles and studies, organise and participate in specialised round tables.
The learning process involves advanced Blended Learning technologies (a combination of classroom activities and online learning), which allows full-time students to effectively combine work and studies.
The key disciplines of the programme are:
1. Philosophy of law.
2. History and methodology of legal science.
3. Comparative Law.
4. Foreign Language for Legal Purposes.
5. Current Issues of Legal Support of Business.
6. Establishment, Reorganisation, and Liquidation of Legal Entities. IP Establishment and Termination.
7. Legal Basis for Hiring, Transferring and Dismissing Various Categories of Staff.
8. Legal Framework for Contractual, Claim and Judicial Work in the Organisation.
9. Planning of Financial and Economic Activities of a Legal Entity and Individual Entrepreneur.
10. Organisational and legal foundations of accounting.
11. Bankruptcy of legal entities and individual entrepreneurs.
12. Protection of Entrepreneurs’ Rights during Control and Supervision Activities,
13. Organisational and Legal Framework for the Use of Payment Aggregators for Accepting Online and Offline Payments.
14. Ensuring Consumer Rights in the Sale of Goods and Provision of Services.
15. Carrying out Activities Requiring a Mandatory Permit.
16. Legal Framework for the Protection of Personal Data in the Organisation.
17. Legal Basis for the Foreign Economic Activity Implementation.
18. Current Issues of Renting / Real Estate Purchasing and Handling.
19. Legal Bases of Labor Protection in the Organisation.
20. Theory and Practice of Applying Banking Legislation in Business.
21. Enforcement of Commercial Courts and Courts of General Jurisdiction Decisions.
22. Administrative Infractions in Business.

Practice

The locations for the internship are selected taking into account the programme practical goal, students are supposed to be involved in the business process and its most complex practical aspects. The partnership of the programme with the Moscow Lawyers Association “Moscow Guild of Counsellors and Lawyers”, the Arbitration Court of the Moscow Region, the Russia Federal Tax Service for Moscow and other organizations will allow students to receive practical information about modern processes and conflict of laws features in the field of legal regulation of entrepreneurial activity. The internship involves the direct participation of master-students in the legal support of small and medium-sized businesses.

Career

The programme graduates are sought-after specialists in the labour market, as they possess narrow-focused and practice-oriented knowledge and skills. All professional horizons are open for them: entrepreneurship, management and legal consulting for small and medium-sized businesses, independent audit and consulting, advocacy, public service in the area of the entrepreneur’s rights protection, and many others.