M&A LAW Simulation

Hands-on experience applying legal concepts and principles to a corporate M&A transaction - led by professionals with backgrounds at leading law firms and universities.

Step into the role of City lawyers to advise on a high-stakes M&A transaction.

What happens when a major airline wants to acquire its closest competitor but the competition regulator believes the deal could reduce competition and harm passengers?

In this immersive one-day simulation, students step into the role of junior lawyers at a City law firm, advising their client through a high-stakes M&A transaction.

Students will analyse the relevant competition law, assess evidence from the regulator and competitors, develop a legal strategy, negotiate potential remedies, and ultimately defend their client's position before a simulated Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) panel.

A Practical Companion to the Global Corporate Law Masterclass

The M&A Law Simulation is designed to complement the Global Corporate Law Masterclass. Students do not need to have completed the Global Corporate Law Masterclass to participate, but those who have will be able to put their understanding of legal principles, regulation, and corporate law into practice through a live M&A scenario.

Rather than simply learning what the law says, students must decide how to use the law to achieve a client's objective.

What Students Will Experience

Act as a corporate lawyer: advise Crawford Airways as junior lawyers at a City law firm, with responsibility for developing a strategy to secure regulatory clearance

Apply competition law: understand how merger control works and apply concepts including market definition, market power, unilateral effects, coordinated effects, and the SLC test

Analyse evidence: assess internal company data, customer surveys, and competitor submissions to determine what strengthens or weakens the client's case

Think like a lawyer: learn to distinguish between evidence that is merely interesting and evidence that could materially affect the outcome

Develop a legal strategy: choose how to respond to the CMA's concerns and determine whether the client should adopt an aggressive, cooperative, or defensive approach

Develop a remedies strategy: consider how structural and behavioural remedies could address competition concerns and determine what the client should be willing to offer

Advocate under pressure: present the client's case before a simulated CMA panel and respond to questions from the opposing teams and decision-makers

Think commercially: understand that lawyers are not simply asked to identify legal problems - they are expected to help clients achieve their objectives while managing legal and commercial risk

Defend a position: explain and justify legal recommendations to a client, regulator, or opposing party

Course Details

October Half-term 2026

One-day live intensive

Date: Wednesday 28 October 2026
Time: 10:00am–4:30pm UK time
Format: live online
Cohort: limited to 12 students

Fees

Standard: £195

Includes the full-day Law M&A Simulation, all teaching and course materials, and a digital certificate upon completion.

Enhanced: £275

Includes everything in Standard, plus:

One-to-one finance & careers session
Personalised CV and LinkedIn feedback
Access to catch-up recordings, where required

Course Directors

Will

Will graduated from the University of Oxford with a double First in Law. He qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and trained and worked at Latham & Watkins in London and Singapore. He founded lawprof.co, the UK’s largest law notes platform, and MikeOSS, an open source AI legal platform.

Eponine

Eponine holds a First Class LLB from the London School of Economics and an LLM from the University of Cambridge, and was called to the Bar of England and Wales in 2022. She has worked in Competition Law at Cleary Gottlieb and has gained international legal experience with the United Nations and the Extraordinary Chambers in the Courts of Cambodia.

Who It's For

The programme is designed for ambitious Year 11–13 students, with places also available to university students with an interest in:

Corporate and commercial law
Mergers & acquisitions
Competition and regulatory law
Business and economics
Negotiation and advocacy
Commercial strategy
Careers in law

No previous experience in law or M&A is required. Students are given the relevant legal framework, case facts, and evidence before being asked to apply them.

The M&A Law Simulation is complementary to the Global Law Masterclass and the Global Corporate Law Masterclass, with a practical focus on applying legal principles to a live corporate transaction, developing legal strategy, and advocating for a client.

What You'll Develop

By the end of the simulation, students will have developed practical experience in:

Legal reasoning
Competition law
M&A
Regulatory analysis
Evidence assessment
Legal strategy
Commercial awareness
Risk assessment
Problem-solving
Negotiation
Advocacy
Public speaking
Teamwork
Decision-making under pressure
Presenting and defending an argument

They will also gain a clearer understanding of what corporate lawyers actually do - not simply knowing the law, but using it to solve problems, manage risk, and help clients achieve their objectives.

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M&A LAW Simulation

Hands-on experience applying legal concepts and principles to a corporate M&A transaction - led by professionals with backgrounds at leading law firms and universities.

Step into the role of City lawyers to advise on a high-stakes M&A transaction.

What happens when a major airline wants to acquire its closest competitor but the competition regulator believes the deal could reduce competition and harm passengers?

In this immersive one-day simulation, students step into the role of junior lawyers at a City law firm, advising their client through a high-stakes M&A transaction.

Students will analyse the relevant competition law, assess evidence from the regulator and competitors, develop a legal strategy, negotiate potential remedies, and ultimately defend their client's position before a simulated Competition and Markets Authority (CMA) panel.

A Practical Companion to the Global Corporate Law Masterclass

Rather than simply learning what the law says, students must decide how to use the law to achieve a client's objective.

What Students Will Experience

Act as a corporate lawyer: advise Crawford Airways as junior lawyers at a City law firm, with responsibility for developing a strategy to secure regulatory clearance

Apply competition law: understand how merger control works and apply concepts including market definition, market power, unilateral effects, coordinated effects, and the SLC test

Analyse evidence: assess internal company data, customer surveys, and competitor submissions to determine what strengthens or weakens the client's case

Think like a lawyer: learn to distinguish between evidence that is merely interesting and evidence that could materially affect the outcome

Develop a legal strategy: choose how to respond to the CMA's concerns and determine whether the client should adopt an aggressive, cooperative, or defensive approach

Develop a remedies strategy: consider how structural and behavioural remedies could address competition concerns and determine what the client should be willing to offer

Advocate under pressure: present the client's case before a simulated CMA panel and respond to questions from the opposing teams and decision-makers

Think commercially: understand that lawyers are not simply asked to identify legal problems - they are expected to help clients achieve their objectives while managing legal and commercial risk

Defend a position: explain and justify legal recommendations to a client, regulator, or opposing party

Course Details

October Half-term 2026

One-day live intensive

Fees

Course Directors

Will

Will graduated from the University of Oxford with a double First in Law. He qualified as a solicitor in England and Wales and trained and worked at Latham & Watkins in London and Singapore. He founded lawprof.co, the UK’s largest law notes platform, and MikeOSS, an open source AI legal platform.

Eponine

Who It's For

The programme is designed for ambitious Year 11–13 students, with places also available to university students with an interest in:

Corporate and commercial law

Mergers & acquisitions

Competition and regulatory law

Business and economics

Negotiation and advocacy

Commercial strategy

Careers in law

No previous experience in law or M&A is required. Students are given the relevant legal framework, case facts, and evidence before being asked to apply them.

The M&A Law Simulation is complementary to the Global Law Masterclass and the Global Corporate Law Masterclass, with a practical focus on applying legal principles to a live corporate transaction, developing legal strategy, and advocating for a client.

What You'll Develop

By the end of the simulation, students will have developed practical experience in:

Legal reasoning

Competition law

M&A

Regulatory analysis

Evidence assessment

Legal strategy

Commercial awareness

Risk assessment

Problem-solving

Negotiation

Advocacy

Public speaking

Teamwork

Decision-making under pressure

Presenting and defending an argument

They will also gain a clearer understanding of what corporate lawyers actually do - not simply knowing the law, but using it to solve problems, manage risk, and help clients achieve their objectives.