Working Paper
Creeping Acquisitions in Europe: Enabling Companies to Be Better Safe than Sorry
Creeping acquisitions - grabs of a company?s de facto control without the launch of a formal tender offer ? are an acquisition technique that presents...
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There is significant legal variation and uncertainty in the conflict of laws rules applicable to companies in the EU. While the case law of the Court of...
Read moreRegulation of Private Equity - Backed Leveraged Buyout Activity in Europe
Private equity-backed leveraged buyout activity in European markets has risen to unprecedented levels in recent years. This has yielded significant...
Read moreDirectors? Duties and Shareholders? Rights in the European Union: Mandatory and/or Default Rules?
Deciding between mandatory and/or default rules (or as they are also called: eligible law,enabling rules, optional rules, legal menus, rules allowing...
Read moreAbuse of Companies Through Choice of Incorporation?
This paper explores the concept of abuse of law in the context of the choice of the state or country of incorporation: Can the choice of a particular...
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