Europe

The Transfer of the Company's Seat in European Company Law

Optional Rather than Mandatory EU Company Law: Framework and Specific Proposals

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...

Why do Shareholder Derivative Suits Remain Rare in Continental Europe?

Do Bankruptcy Codes Matter? A Study of Defaults in France, Germany, and the UK

Making the Case for a Rome V Regulation on the Law Applicable to Companies

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...

EC Company Law Directives and Regulations: How Trivial Are They?

Host's Dilemma: Rethinking EU Banking Regulation in Light of the Global Crisis

Regulation 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...

Directors? 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...

European Company Law and Corporate Governance: Where Does the Action Plan of the European Commission Lead?

Abuse 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...