Commercial Law 

Overview

Intellectual property law is one of the fields strongly supported by Hanken and the field has particularly attracted doctoral candidates. 

Hanken attracts doctoral students in many fields of Commercial Law , including Intellectual Property Law, Tax Law, Law of Corporate Governance and Labour Law. Hanken also currently hosts two important research centers related to the Department: the IPR University Center and the  Hanken Center of Corporate Governance (HCCG).

Hanken hosts the IPR University Center, which is a joint collaborative platform for intellectual property research and education among universities in Finland. The IPR University Center arranges guest lecture series and coordinates courses and workshops for national and international doctoral students, including annual the IPR Summer School. 

The Commercial Law programme is delivered by Hanken School of Economics .

The IPR University Center at Hanken creates an ideal environment for IP studies and research for doctoral students.  Additionally, intellectual property law also boasts several on-going research projects that are financed by the Finnish Academy of Science and Tekes. These projects provide a dynamic research environment for doctoral students. 

Working in cooperation 

Doctoral candidates are encouraged to work in close cooperation with other Finnish doctoral candidates in law. In addition, the Nordic Doctoral Network for Intellectual Property Law also provides cooperation with doctoral candidates in other Nordic countries; Sweden, Norway and Denmark. 

The Network arranges an annual seminar in one of the Nordic countries. In the past, doctoral students in intellectual property law have been encouraged to spend some time in research visits to the Max Planck Institute for Innovation and Competition in Munich, Germany. Joint doctoral workshops have been arranged through a bilateral cooperation program with the University of Bayreuth, funded by the Academy of Finland and the Deutsche Forschungsgemeinschaft.

Hanken also hosts the Hanken Center of Corporate Governance (HCCG). The problems of corporate governance are quite obviously at the core of research and education at the school. A deep understanding of the issues involved in establishing good corporate governance practices involves knowledge in most of the subjects taught at the school. The Center offers research and teaching that aims at improved corporate governance practices. The Center is responsible for the multidisciplinary Master's Degree Programme in Corporate Governance at Hanken.

Career Development

A degree in Commercial Law serves as a good foundation for diverse career paths that require both economic and legal expertise. Commercial Law studies offer students the opportunity to study a unique range of subjects that can easily complement and be combined with all business administration subjects at Hanken.