Commercial Transactions and Disputes
Module coordinator: professor Wouter Verheyen
Within the cluster ‘Commercial Transactions & Disputes’ you will focus on the different approaches of and on the law applicable to commercial transactions. You will learn about the extent to which parties can navigate between legal
systems, with respect to both substantive law and dispute settlement. You will tackle dispute settlement questions, such as: Should parties opt for court proceedings, arbitration or mediation and what are the consequences of these choices? You will consider what the international effect of the resulting judgment, award or agreement is. You will study the methods and potential of private and business law harmonisation at a European and international level. The focus will be on key domains of private law such as contract law (with a specific focus on choice of law, sales law, trans port law, and consumer law). You will learn to map contract chains and identify resource gaps. You will examine international insolvency, including the question of enterprises that have assets in different countries and the insolvency of enterprise groups that are active in various countries.
The module consists of these courses:
- Advanced course: International Commercial Transactions
- Advanced course: Dispute Settlement
- International Insolvency Law
Read more about each course in the study programme.
CIEL
During their studies abroad, our students can obtain the certificate of 'European Master in Comparative, International and European Law' (CIEL) at some institutions. For this, students must study at least one semester at one of these partner universities:
- Maastricht University
- University College Dublin
- Universität Mannheim
- Universitat Pompeu Fabra Barcelona
- University of Zagreb
Here they follow a programme of 30 credits and write a master's thesis in English under the supervision of a supervisor from Antwerp and a co-supervisor from the partner institution.
Current Partner
Our legal clinic partner for this module is Loyens & Loeff.
Privileged Partners
Our privileged partners for this module are:
- University College Dublin
- University of Johannesburg
- University of Mannheim
- University of Zagreb