1. Can you introduce yourself?

When I attended the International Law School at Sorbonne -Assas University, I was 31 years old.

2. What is your current job (or academic program enrollment)?

I’m a lawyer.

3. How has graduating from LLM International Business Law enabled you to advance in your career/academic path?

I achieved new skills that have improved my professional competence.

4. What are the reasons which made you choose to pursue the LLM International Business Law delivered by Sorbonne-Assas International Law School?

After some years as a lawyer, I felt the need to improve my career and I chose to join the LLM program. I had the opportunity to improve my professional skills and to live in a different city: for me it meant a personal and business growth.

5. If you had any advice or insight to give to an applicant or a new enrolled student to the LLM program, what would it be?

To study a lot and learn as much as possible during the LLM program. After university you don’t have any other chance to learn from high qualified professor, that’s why is very important to improve your professional skills after a period as a lawyer or practice in a law firm and then join the LLM program to increase your knowledge.

1. Can you introduce yourself?

My name is Fernando Campino, a Chilean lawyer with more than 10 years of experience working in full service law firms. I studied in the Law School of the Pontificia Universidad Católica de Chile, in Santiago.

Apart from working as a corporate lawyer, I have been performing in parallel some specific functions in the family business, being the secretary of the board of directors of one company, since 2011 and to this days (Agrícola Ariztía, the second larger poultry producer in Chile) and a member of the board in another company, since 2015 and to this days (Melifeed, small industrial company formed in an association with a subsidiary of Grupo Angelini, one of the largest business groups in Chile).

2. What is your current job (or academic program enrollment)?

• Senior Associate in Barros & Errázuriz Abogados (Santiago, Chile)
• Secretary of the Counseling Board of Agrícola Ariztía
• Member of the Board of Directors of Melifeed

3. How has graduating from LLM International Business Law enabled you to advance in your career/academic path?

I strongly believe that my pass through Sorbonne-Assas International Business Law classrooms has left a deep footprint in my identity both as an individual and as a lawyer. I decided to join the LLM once I had almost 7 years working in a big law firm, so at that time I actually had quite clear notions about main drivers in the professional career. However, during the LLM lessons I discovered an enormous value in rethinking and rediscussing many well-known matters, but at that time with colleagues and professors with an incredible variety of experiences and studies all over the world. This valuable experience helped me to realize how developed were the practices in Chile, and how to improve my abilities and the quality and accuracy of my services as a practitioner in Corporate Law..

4. What are the reasons which made you choose to pursue the LLM International Business Law delivered by Sorbonne-Assas International Law School?

I would like to highlight three strong reasons: (1) Small class: being a student in a about 25 classmates classroom is a unique opportunity to develop a strong relationship both with your classmates and with the professors; (2) Lectures and practical lessons: It is a genuine privilege to get in parallel the two faces of the issues: academic and practical; in both cases with high level lecturers / practitioners. In addition, lessons from practitioners were rendered mostly by partners of the most important law firms in Paris and in their offices; bringing the opportunity to be in touch with the highest level legal practice in Europe; and (3) Living in Paris: it is not possible to avoid to highlight how amazing is living in Paris, probably one of the most beautiful and interesting cities in the entire world; full of history, culture, gastronomy and people from all over the world.

5. If you had any advice or insight to give to an applicant or a new enrolled student to the LLM program, what would it be?

(1) To try to learn French, before and during the stay in Paris, it is a beautiful and amazing language that you may enjoy learning while living in France; and (2) to make all possible efforts to rent an apartment in the middle of Paris (ideally close to Pantheon-Assas but totally not out from the Périphérique): living in Paris must be inside of Paris and is one of the most amazing and beautiful experiences I had.

1. Can you introduce yourself?

I am Ruben Capela. I am 32 years old. I am French and Portuguese. I live in Paris.

2. What is your current job (or academic program enrollment)?

I currently work at the Paris office of Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP as a lawyer. I am specialised in public economic law. I started on July 12th, 2021.

3. How has graduating from LLM International Business Law enabled you to advance in your career/academic path?

First, the LLM International Business Law gave me the opportunity to build a strong professional network. Second, the program expanded my knowledge in competition law and environmental law (this must be put in perspective with the fact that the cases I work on at Orrick raise competition and environmental law issues).

4. What are the reasons which made you choose to pursue the LLM International Business Law delivered by Sorbonne-Assas International Law School?

There are several reasons why I decided to pursue this LLM: the fame of the teachers, the syllabus – really relevant when it comes to business law and really interesting – and the possibility to study in Singapore – an important place to do business.

5. If you had any advice or insight to give to an applicant or a new enrolled student to the LLM program, what would it be?

My advice would be to a newly enrolled student: now that you have made it, live the experience to the fullest; the LLM is obviously about studying and learning but also about creating long-lasting relationship (I am still in touch with all the participants of the program and, fun fact, I met the mother of my two boys during the LLM).

1. Can you introduce yourself?

My name is Ana Carolina Di Giacomo. I have dual citizenship (Italian and Brazilian) and I am 32 years old. I’ve been advocating since 2013. I currently live and work in São Paulo, Brazil.

2. What is your current job (or academic program enrollment)?

I am a senior lawyer at IBM. I work mainly with technology contracts (cloud, cognitive solutions and softwares), data privacy / GDPR and intellectual property. Just after graduating the LLM at Paris II (July 2019); I’ve worked for 6 months in Paris and 6 months in Luxembourg, both experiences in international law firms, in the Banking teams.

3. How has graduating from LLM International Business Law enabled you to advance in your career/academic path?

Having graduated from the LLM at Paris II has contributed in so many ways, not only adding value to my CV which certainly eased up/facilitated the recruitment processes in general, but also getting the opportunity to have taken classes and studied relevant law topics connected to my professional daily basis.

4. What are the reasons which made you choose to pursue the LLM International Business Law delivered by Sorbonne-Assas International Law School?

I chose to pursue the LLM in International Business Law at Paris II because in addition to be one of the most traditional and prestigious European institutions, the course program was focused on legal and contemporary business issues directly connected to my professional legal career.

5. If you had any advice or insight to give to an applicant or a new enrolled student to the LLM program, what would it be?

Seize the opportunity and enjoy it as fully as possible, either in the academic environment either the personal side of it; without a doubt these ten months were one of the best periods of my life.

1. Can you introduce yourself?

Hi! I’m Flávio Costa, Brazilian lawyer living in São Paulo, Brazil. I currently work in a technology and innovation hub of one of the largest companies in the world, developing fintech and payments initiatives. The experience I had in Paris was essential to help me navigate through legal and business operations in tech and startups companies. I was also a member of the Alumni Association for a year and I’m always eagering to engage with past and future candidates of Assas.

2. What is your current job (or academic program enrollment)?

Legal Counsel at Z-Tech, responsible for legal, regulatory and corporate affairs of fintechs and payments operations.

3. How has graduating from LLM International Business Law enabled you to advance in your career/academic path?

Definitely it opened many doors and fostered opportunities in my career. In the aftermath of my graduation, I returned to Brazil with many opportunities ahead and joined one of the best fintechs in Brazil. The experience I had in Assas, at an academic and personal level, was essential to the years ahead of my graduation.

4. What are the reasons which made you choose to pursue the LLM International Business Law delivered by Sorbonne-Assas International Law School?

I was looking for a traditional and recognized law school in Europe, with the chance to navigate through International Law and European Law and Assas had all those requirements. It was very impressive and rewarding to spend an academic year in a centenary institution, living in one of the most magical cities in the world.

5. If you had any advice or insight to give to an applicant or a new enrolled student to the LLM program, what would it be?

Enjoy the ride at an academic and personal level and the connections you made in the LL.M program. I now have many friends and colleagues from different nationalities and cultures and this is very relevant when you are dealing with clients, projects and transactions from different cultures and jurisdictions.

1. Can you introduce yourself?

I am Thrishty Cooshna and currently working as legal executive at Uteem Chambers where I also did a mini pupillage last year.

2. What is your current job?

Among the various responsibilities that I have, the main focus is to thoroughly assist lawyers through in depth legal research, case planning development and conducting due diligence of companies. This requires me to be up to date with changing legislations and bring out my critical thinking at all times. I am sure that the role of my university has been pivotal in the professional place that I hold today.

3. How has graduating from the Bachelor of Laws, LL.B. (Hons) enabled you to advance in your career?

I remain forever grateful to Medine for giving me the opportunity to enjoy the prestige and high quality education at Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas by providing me with a scholarship.

4. What are the reasons which made you choose to pursue the Bachelor of Laws, LL.B. (Hons) delivered by Sorbonne-Assas International Law School?

My experience at Université Paris II Panthéon-Assas has been very enriching as I embraced its uniqueness of course offering which are based on the English common law system, French system and also the Mauritian system. It prepared me to take up the challenges that one would expect when choosing to dive into the legal field both in Mauritius and at the international level. It has been very helpful to have interactions with qualified professors, barristers and attorneys during my study at the university.

Studying law has never been my childhood dream but after becoming acquainted with the various aspects of law, I am determined to devote the rest of my time into it as I intend to take up the Bar Vocational Course in the coming year and eventually practice law as an attorney.

1. Can you introduce yourself?

Hello! My name is Georgia Diederichsen and I am a Brazilian lawyer currently living in Singapore. I moved to Asia in 2018 to pursue an LL.M. in International Business Law at Sorbonne-Assas and fell in love with the place. I currently work at a tech company in the ecommerce / marketplace aggregation space, in which I am able to navigate between legal and operations. I am also a member of the Alumni Association in Singapore and I am always happy to talk to candidates and students, walk them through life in Singapore and help them understand the possible career moves after an LL.M. Although I miss Brazil very much, I hope to continue calling Singapore my home for many years.

2. What is your current job?

I am currently a Senior Director / Legal Counsel at Shopmatic Group. I have multiple hats, being legal just one of them – I am also involved in operations, data privacy, corporate development, strategic partnerships, risk assessment and more. Every day is different, and boredom is definitely not in our vocabulary.

3. How has graduating from the LLM International Business Law enabled you to advance in your career?

I joined the program at a point in my career that I was becoming too specialized in areas like environmental law, corporate law and other ESG-related issues, and maybe neglecting the fact that there is much more out there. From an educational perspective, the LL.M. helped me update my (sometimes limited) knowledge of some things I had only seen during law school and gave me a good understanding of how the legal system works in the EU and in Singapore. From a “geographical” perspective, the LL.M. was invaluable for me to find a job in Singapore and create roots here. From an overall perspective, I always say that the LL.M. opens many doors and fosters opportunities that, if you put some effort and use it well, can take you to anywhere you want.

4. What are the reasons which made you choose to pursue the LL.M International Business Law delivered by Sorbonne-Assas International Law School?

In my opinion, one of the main highlights is that the program offers a good mixture of European, Singapore and international law, as well as optional modules beyond the legal scope that help you focus on a more practical side of the law. Apart from that, the program offered by Sorbonne-Assas in Singapore gives you access to the INSEAD campus and classes on topics that lawyers typically don’t have a lot of contact with like finance, marketing, accountancy and so on. The modules are taught by MBA professors and you can really leverage on their endless knowledge and experience. Finally, I really wanted to live in Asia and consolidate my career move. Thus, the location was non-negotiable to me!

1. Can you introduce yourself?

My name is Stefan Emmenegger and I am a lawyer based in Bern, Switzerland. I am 42 years old and a father of 2 children.

2. What is your current job?

I am a partner in a boutique law firm in Bern..

3. How has graduating from the LLM International Business Law enabled you to advance in your career?

It’s difficult to determine the concrete influence of an education on the professional career. The LL.M. program certainly gave me more of an international mindset.

4. What are the reasons which made you choose to pursue the LL.M International Business Law delivered by Sorbonne-Assas International Law School?

– The curriculum with the focus on international business law
– The opportunity to live and study in Paris and Singapore
– The fact that the number of students of the program is – compared to others – low.
– The participants usually come from many different countries. In our group, out of the 18 participants 13 came from different countries.
– Lastly, I think the program provides a good cost-benefit ratio.

5. If you had any advice or insight to give to an applicant or a new enrolled student to the LLM program, what would it be?

Take the opportunity to change to another campus during the program. Also, spend some time with the other participants outside of the university. As for our class, we are still in contact after more than 6 years.

1. Can you introduce yourself?

My name is Nuno Victorino. I am a Lawyer, born and practicing law in Mozambique, Maputo for more than 10 years.

I had the opportunity to enroll at the LLM International Business Law. Benefiting from the successful completion of my LLM, my professional career changed significantly as I had more opportunities to join other multinational companies while combining my LLM international insight and local law knowledge.

2. What is your current job (or academic program enrollment)?

For the last 3 years, I have been working as a commercial operations attorney at TotalEnergies EP Mozambique, while noting that before I had worked with the American oil & gas company Anadarko.

3. How has graduating from the LLM International Business Law enabled you to advance in your career?

Resulting from my successful completion of LLM International Business Law, my professional career changed significantly since opportunities to join other multinational companies increased significantly as well as opportunities to work abroad also arised.

4. What are the reasons which made you choose to pursue the LL.M International Business Law delivered by Sorbonne-Assas International Law School?

I decided to pursue the LLM International Business Law because it gave me the opportunity to emerge in a truly international experience (professional and academically). In addition to it, the LLM also gives the opportunity to improve our abilities to communicate in French and English, considering that the lessons are in English but most of the time there is a need to learn the French language.

5. If you had any advice or insight to give to an applicant or a new enrolled student to the LLM program, what would it be?

I strongly recommend other students and law practitioners to pursue the LLM International Business Law as it is a unique opportunity for you to make very important international contacts which can remain for a lifetime, while combining international insight from the LLM and your local law knowledge.

1. Can you introduce yourself?

My name is Daniela Quintero Graf. I was born in Mexico, but grew up in the United States. I am a U.S. lawyer currently living and working in Germany.

2. What is your current job (or academic program enrollment)?

Currently, I am working as legal and compliance counsel for Airbus Defence and Space in Munich, Germany. 

3. How has graduating from the LLM International Business Law enabled you to advance in your career/academic path?

The LLM helped me to advance my career by teaching me and exposing me to international, mainly European law. Before the LLM ,I had only been exposed to my studies in U.S. laws and had only worked for national or state wide firms. With the LLM, I was able to gain knowledge about the laws in Europe, and also they exposed us to working with European law firms. This enabled me to have the confidence and knowledge to seek employment in Europe as a U.S. trained lawyer. 

4. What are the reasons which made you choose to pursue the LL.M International Business Law delivered by Sorbonne-Assas International Law School?

I chose this school based on the duration of the program, the location (Paris) and the fact that the school is affiliated with some of the best institutions in the world.

5. If you had any advice or insight to give to an applicant or a new enrolled student to the LLM program, what would it be?

I would advise an applicant or new student to take opportunity of all the networking that the school offers. The school has good connections with big law firms which can enable you to not only learn the law but also learn how to navigate big law international sectors.