The Commission’s 2018 Proposal on Cross-Border Mobility – An Assessment

22 Pages Posted: 19 Oct 2018

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Paul L. Davies

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

Susan Emmenegger

University of Bern - School of Law

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

Klaus J. Hopt

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

Niamh Moloney

London School of Economics - Law School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Adam Opalski

University of Warsaw - Faculty of Law and Administration

Alain Pietrancosta

Sorbonne Law School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

Markus Roth

University of Marburg - Faculty of Law

Rolf Skog

University of Gothenburg - Department of Law

Martin Winner

Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Business Law

Jaap W. Winter

Vrije Universiteit Amsterdam; University of Amsterdam; Insead

Eddy Wymeersch

Ghent University - Financial Law Institute; ECGI

Date Written: September 27, 2018

Abstract

Currently, the Council of the European Union is negotiating the European Commission’s recent proposal on cross-border mobility. This paper provides an overall assessment based on the proposal’s central pillars: freedom of establishment and protection of the interests of creditors, shareholders, and employees. The proposed directive meets a real necessity for regulation on a European level and pursues an ambitious agenda. While the general approach is excellent, there is room for improvement on some issues of importance.

Keywords: cross-border conversions, cross-border divisions, cross-border mergers

JEL Classification: K22

Suggested Citation

Davies, Paul L. and Emmenegger, Susan and Ferran, Eilis and Ferrarini, Guido and Hopt, Klaus J. and Moloney, Niamh and Opalski, Adam and Pietrancosta, Alain and Roth, Markus and Skog, Rolf R. and Winner, Martin and Winter, Jaap W. and Winter, Jaap W. and Wymeersch, Eddy O., The Commission’s 2018 Proposal on Cross-Border Mobility – An Assessment (September 27, 2018). European Company and Financial Law Review Forthcoming, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 25/2018, Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=3257846 or http://dx.doi.org/10.2139/ssrn.3257846

Paul L. Davies

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