The Future of European Company Law

21 Pages Posted: 4 Jun 2012

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Peter Böckli

Böckli Bodmer & Partners

Paul L. Davies

University of Oxford - Faculty of Law; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Eilis Ferran

University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Guido Ferrarini

University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI); EUSFIL Jean Monnet Center of Excellence on Sustainable Finance and Law

José M. Garrido Garcia

International Monetary Fund (IMF); University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain)

Klaus J. Hopt

Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Alain Pietrancosta

Sorbonne Law School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Katharina Pistor

Columbia University School of Law

Rolf Skog

University of Gothenburg - Department of Law

Stanislaw Soltysinski

Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego; Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak, Legal Advisors

Jaap W. Winter

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; University of Amsterdam; Insead

Eddy Wymeersch

Ghent University - Financial Law Institute; ECGI

Date Written: May 1, 2012

Abstract

This paper contains the views of the European Company Law Experts (ECLE) on the future of European company law. The paper accompanies the responses of the European Company Law Experts to the European Commission’s Consultation on the future of European Company Law of spring 2012. In the first part of the paper we set out our views on the objectives of European company law and in the following parts we discuss how the European Commission should proceed with rule making in the field of company law.

Keywords: company law, harmonization, company mobility, cross-border mergers, cross-border voting, group law, capital maintenance, alternative legal forms

JEL Classification: K20, K22

Suggested Citation

Böckli, Peter and Davies, Paul L. and Ferran, Eilis and Ferrarini, Guido and Garrido Garcia, José M. and Hopt, Klaus J. and Pietrancosta, Alain and Pistor, Katharina and Skog, Rolf R. and Soltysinski, Stanislaw and Winter, Jaap W. and Winter, Jaap W. and Wymeersch, Eddy O., The Future of European Company Law (May 1, 2012). Columbia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 420, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2075034 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.2075034

Peter Böckli

Böckli Bodmer & Partners ( email )

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Paul L. Davies

University of Oxford - Faculty of Law ( email )

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European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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Eilis Ferran

University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law ( email )

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European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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Guido Ferrarini

University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance ( email )

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Italy
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European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

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1000 Brussels
Belgium

HOME PAGE: http://www.ecgi.org

EUSFIL Jean Monnet Center of Excellence on Sustainable Finance and Law

Italy

HOME PAGE: http://www.eusfil.eu

José M. Garrido Garcia

International Monetary Fund (IMF) ( email )

700 19th Street, N.W.
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United States

University of Castilla-La Mancha (Spain) ( email )

Toledo 45071
Spain

Klaus J. Hopt

Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law ( email )

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D-20148 Hamburg
Germany
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European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

c/o the Royal Academies of Belgium
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1000 Brussels
Belgium

Alain Pietrancosta

Sorbonne Law School ( email )

17, rue de la Sorbonne
Paris, IL 75005
France

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) ( email )

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Belgium

Katharina Pistor

Columbia University School of Law ( email )

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United States
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Rolf R. Skog

University of Gothenburg - Department of Law ( email )

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Sweden
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Stanislaw Soltysinski

Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego ( email )

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Warsaw, 00-950
Poland

Sołtysiński Kawecki & Szlęzak, Legal Advisors ( email )

Jasna Str. No. 26
Warsaw, 00-054
Poland

Jaap W. Winter (Contact Author)

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam ( email )

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Amsterdam
Netherlands
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University of Amsterdam ( email )

Oude Manhuispoort
Amsterdam
Netherlands

Insead ( email )

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77305 Fontainebleau Cedex
France

Eddy O. Wymeersch

Ghent University - Financial Law Institute ( email )

Universiteitstraat 4
Gent, B-9000
Belgium
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+32 9 264 68 55 (Fax)

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Belgium

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