A UNIQUE HIGH-LEVEL POST-GRADUATE QUALIFICATION, IN THE FRAME OF THE INITIATIVES OF THE EBI-EUROPEAN BANKING INSTITUTE, ORGANSIED BY THE UNIVERSITY OF BOLOGNA IN COOPERATION WITH THE UNIVERSITY CARLOS III MADRID AND THE UNIVERSITY OF LISBON.

The Executive Master is an EBI Pilot Project, in the spirit of the Meseberg declaration, for the development of multi-jurisdictional teaching activities of the law of the Banking Union in the Eurozone.

The Executive Master examines in-depth every relevant aspect of the Banking Union, of the Single Supervisory Mechanism and the Single Resolution Mechanism, offering a wide and thorough analysis of the principles, values and rules of the Banking Union, together with the practice of prudential supervision and resolution.

It also covers all relevant issues related to judicial review in banking – with particular attention to the proceedings before the Court of Justice of the European Union, the national judge and the Arbitro Bancario e Finanziario – and to criminal law and sanctioning proceedings in banking. It also offers an in-depth view of banking company law, contract law in banking, structured finance and bank crisis management.

The aim is to train experts in European and national banking regulation who can successfully carry out legal and regulatory functions in supervisory or resolution authorities, credit and financial institutions, law or consultancy firms offering highly specialised judicial and extra-judicial assistance in the field of banking law

Teaching activities, programmed to take place between November 2020 and November 2021, will be held at the premises of the “Umberto Eco” International Centre in via Marsala 26, Bologna. Classes will be organised on Fridays (mornings and afternoons) and Saturdays (mornings), in such a way to allow enrolled students to simultaneously pursue their professional activities.

The Executive Master pairs theoretical expertise with 450-hour internships in credit institutions, financial firms, consultancy firms or law firms. As an alternative to the internship, participants who are already professionally active in the field are given the option of presenting an individual Project Work, to be previously agreed with the Director of the Master.

Participants shall also attend additional seminars held by high level experts and organised by the Master, to further delve into issues currently at the forefront of regulatory developments in the field.

The assessment of the level of expertise individually achieved at the end of each course shall be done through a written exam, evaluation of classwork’s participation and may include project work or moot court organised in the context of each course.

In a final work at the end of the Master, students will develop an in-depth analysis of a specific topic of practical salience, both from a theoretical and applicative perspective, under the guidance of a supervisor.

The programme envisages six courses, each structured in three modules, for a total of 240 hours of lessons, coordinated in such a way to ensure an in-depth coverage of both theoretical and practical aspects for each subject.

Lessons can be held in Italian or English. Therefore, an adequate knowledge of the two languages is a prerequisite for admission to the Executive Master.

The teaching method is both theoretical and practical, with classes held by academics, by experts from the Bank of Italy, the European Central Bank, the European Commission, the European Banking Authority, and by representatives of the banking industry, consultancy firms or law firms of acknowledged international repute.

In June 2021, several keynote lectures will be delivered – one for each course – by a high-level expert, followed by a 3-hour discussion session led by the course supervisor, with the participation of other practioners and academics, to address, under the Chatam House rule, topical contemporary issues in banking regulation