Take the next step in your legal career — now available on demand.
This on‑demand taster lecture offered prospective students an authentic experience of studying one of King’s College London’s online LLM programmes. Viewers had the chance to preview the world‑class legal education delivered by The Dickson Poon School of Law, taught by leading academics and Fellows of the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Whether attendees were considering the LLM in International Corporate & Commercial Law or the LLM in International Financial & Commercial Law, this session introduced them to the high‑level thinking, academic rigour, and practical insight that define King’s postgraduate law programmes.
What this on‑demand lecture covered
- A taster lecture delivered by Dr Michael Meissner, Lecturer in Financial Law at The Dickson Poon School of Law, offering insight into international financial regulation.
- A first‑hand experience of King’s distinctive teaching style, with content drawn from modules such as corporate finance, cross‑border transactions, and legal risk management.
- Insights from Dr Anat Keller, Director of Online Programmes, on what it’s like to study law flexibly and fully online.
- A Q&A session where attendees heard answers to questions about course content, programme structure, application guidance, and career outcomes.
Topics explored in the lecture
During the session, viewers examined the real‑world application of finance theory in legal contexts, including:
- Equity and debt finance
- Secured lending
- Syndicated loans
- Lines of credit
- Modern funding techniques used in international finance
Although the lecture drew from the International Financial & Commercial Law LLM, it was equally valuable for those considering the International Corporate & Commercial Law LLM, offering a clear sense of what an academic session from the School of Law is like.
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Dr Michael Meissner
Lecturer in Financial Law
The Dickson Poon School of Law
Dr Michael Meissner is a leading educator and practitioner in financial law, Lecturer in Financial Law and Fellow of the UK Higher Education
Academy. Michael 20 years of international practical experience in financial law and compliance. He started his legal career in the New York office of a Magic Circle firm, subsequently held partner roles in international law firms in his home country Germany and acted as chief compliance officer for an ECB supervised public bank. Michael is admitted to the Frankfurt (Germany) Bar and New York Bar.
He holds a PhD in law from Saarland University and an LLM degree from the University of California at Los Angeles (UCLA) School of Law. Prior to joining King’s, alongside a busy practical career, Michael held teaching commitments at London Business School, the University of St. Gallen, and the Chinese University of Hong Kong.
His research interests include bank governance and risk management in financial regulation as well as compliance themes such as artificial intelligence in anti-financial crime measures.
Michael is a Fellow of the UK Higher Education Academy (FHEA).
Dr Anat Keller
Director of Online Programmes
The Dickson Poon School of Law
Dr Keller is a qualified solicitor of England and Wales and serves as a Deputy Chief Examiner of the University of London. Her monograph ‘Legal Foundations of Macroprudential Policy: An Interdisciplinary Approach’ was published in 2020 (Cambridge: Intersentia) and is available on Cambridge Core. Dr Keller is also a Research Fellow at the Centre for Data Analytics for Finance and Macroeconomics at King's Business School and a Fellow of the Higher Education Academy.