Amanda Spaner

Scandinavian Programme

"I studied at the University of Stockholm. We, my fellow students of the Scandinavian program of Financial Law and I, were warmly greeted when we arrived to Queen Mary, University of London. We were introduced not only to the different aspects of Common law, but also to our surroundings on campus and to the beautiful city.

During the course of the Programme our weekly agenda consisted of seminars, lectures, hearings and social events organized by both the University and the students of QMUL. The comprehensive range of courses was extraordinarily inspiring and provided a chance to learn more about almost any field of law. My main courses were Regulation of financial markets, Banking Law and Legal aspects of financial law. They all helped to deepen my understanding of the global financial market and of Banking Law especially.

My studies at QMUL inspired me to continue to profile my degree towards financial law and furthermore to write my graduate thesis in Banking law. I made good use of what I had learned at QMUL and found all professors and lecturers to be equally helpful when asking for advice and guidance as an ex student as they had been during my time in London.

Looking back I feel I have taken full advantage of my time at QMUL. Through the help of the College's excellent and inspiring professors I attained knowledge that will be valuable to me throughout the rest of my life.

During my time at QMUL I was also provided with the precious opportunity to get to know some of the world's most promising young lawyers. I am proud and happy to be able to say that I have met LLM students from all around the world, and that a few of these students now are my friends for life. I currently work at a Law firm called Hagenburg Law, Media & Management with Entertainment-, Music and IP Law."