European Corporate Law: Article-by-Article Commentary

The purpose of the European directives on corporate law is to enable businesses to be set up anywhere in the EU, to provide protection for shareholders and other parties with a particular interest in companies, to make business more efficient and competitive, and to encourage businesses based in different EU countries to cooperate with each other.

European Corporate Law: Article-by-Article Commentary provides an in-depth expert analysis of all legal issues concerning the setting up and several other main issues covered by EU corporate law. With a view to offering recommendation for practical applications, the book covers, article-by-article, the following European directives:

• Directive on coordination of safeguards for companies (2009/101/EC)
• Directive concerning disclosure requirements in respect of branches (89/666/EEC)
• Directive concerning the formation of public limited liability companies and the maintenance and alteration of their capital (2012/30/EU)
• Directives concerning mergers and division of public limited liability companies (82/891/EEC and 2011/35/EU)
• Cross-Border Mergers Directive (2005/56/EC)
• Directive concerning single-member private limited liability companies (2009/102/EC)
• Directive on Takeover Bids (2004/25/EC)
• Shareholder Rights Directive (2007/36/EC)
• Up-to-date in all relevant issues of corporate law, the book is indispensable for corporate lawyers, corporations, law firms, and all businesses active cross-border.