International Tax Law
Key benefits
- The programme is open to graduates in relevant areas other than law, who have appropriate professional experience such as with a law or accounting firm, in-house tax department or with a tax administration.
- Our close links with international tax law practitioners. For example, Richard Lyal, Principal Legal Adviser to the EU Commission, who has represented the Commission in some 500 cases before the EU courts, the EFTA Court and the European Court of Human Rights, making the keynote address at our annual international tax seminar, held jointly with Chartered Institute of Taxation.
- You’ll need creativity, intellectual rigour and a willingness to work hard to be able to analyse legal and commercial concepts and then apply them to complex fact patterns. Good tax skills are highly prized by professional firms, government departments and companies. Many leaders in business and government honed their analytical and creative skills in studying or practising tax law.
- Through this pathway you will develop critical awareness of, and insights into, the taxation of cross-border situations that concern internationally mobile individuals and multinational enterprises. We study how citizens, businesses and governments manage the challenges of taxation in the international context.
To follow the International Tax Law pathway, you must first apply for the General LLM at King's. After enrolment you will select your pathway modules.
Find out more about the LLM at King'sPathway Leader
Professor Jonathan Schwarz is a practicing barrister at Temple Tax Chambers in London. His practice focuses on international tax disputes as counsel and as an expert and advises on solving cross-border tax problems. Professor Schwarz has been listed as a leading tax barrister in both the Legal 500 by reference to recommendation for international corporate tax, and Chambers’ Guide to the Legal Profession by reference to international transactions and particular expertise in transfer pricing.
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