Alain Pietrancosta

Sorbonne Law School

Professor of law

17, rue de la Sorbonne

Paris, IL 75005

France

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)

c/o the Royal Academies of Belgium

Rue Ducale 1 Hertogsstraat

1000 Brussels

Belgium

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1.

The Consequences of Brexit for Companies and Company Law

University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 22/2017
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 03 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2017
Peter Böckli, Paul L. Davies, Eilis Ferran, Guido Ferrarini, José M. Garrido Garcia, Klaus J. Hopt, Adam Opalski, Alain Pietrancosta, Markus Roth, Rolf Skog, Stanislaw Soltysinski, Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter, Martin Winner and Eddy Wymeersch
Böckli Bodmer & Partners, University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, University of Warsaw - Faculty of Law and Administration, Sorbonne Law School, University of Marburg - Faculty of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam, Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Business Law and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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Brexit, freedom establishment, incorporation or seat theory, cross border mergers, auditors, listed companies

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ESG Trends – What the Boards of All Companies Should Know About ESG Regulatory Trends in Europe

Number of pages: 18 Posted: 22 Sep 2022 Last Revised: 27 Sep 2022
Alain Pietrancosta and Alexis Marraud des Grottes
Sorbonne Law School and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
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ESG, CSR, non-financial reporting, diversity, social and environmental issues, raison d'être, CSRD, CS3D, due diligence, extraterritoriality

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The Future of European Company Law

Columbia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 420
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Jun 2012
Peter Böckli, Paul L. Davies, Eilis Ferran, Guido Ferrarini, José M. Garrido Garcia, Klaus J. Hopt, Alain Pietrancosta, Katharina Pistor, Rolf Skog, Stanislaw Soltysinski, Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter and Eddy Wymeersch
Böckli Bodmer & Partners, University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Sorbonne Law School, Columbia University School of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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company law, harmonization, company mobility, cross-border mergers, cross-border voting, group law, capital maintenance, alternative legal forms

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Codification in Company Law of General CSR Requirements: Pioneering Recent French Reforms and EU Perspectives

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 639/2022
Number of pages: 75 Posted: 20 Apr 2022 Last Revised: 03 Oct 2022
Alain Pietrancosta
Sorbonne Law School
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Company law, CSR, Corporate sustainability, Corporate purpose, Company interest, Due diligence, Duty of vigilance, Duty of care, Stakeholders, Environment, Climate, Raison d'être, Société à mission

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European Company Law Experts' Response to the European Commission’s Green Paper 'The EU Corporate Governance Framework'

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Aug 2011
Paul L. Davies, Klaus J. Hopt, Guido Ferrarini, Alain Pietrancosta, Rolf Skog, Stanislaw Soltysinski, Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter and Eddy Wymeersch
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, Sorbonne Law School, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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corporate governance, European company law, boards, shareholder activism, corporate governance codes, comply or explain

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Shareholder Engagement and Identification

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 01 Mar 2015
Peter Böckli, Paul L. Davies, Eilis Ferran, Guido Ferrarini, José M. Garrido Garcia, Klaus J. Hopt, Alain Pietrancosta, Markus Roth, Rolf Skog, Stanislaw Soltysinski, Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter and Eddy Wymeersch
Böckli Bodmer & Partners, University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Sorbonne Law School, University of Marburg - Faculty of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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Making Corporate Governance Codes More Effective: A Response to the European Commission's Action Plan of December 2012

Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 56/2014
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Dec 2013
Peter Böckli, Paul L. Davies, Eilis Ferran, Guido Ferrarini, José M. Garrido Garcia, Klaus J. Hopt, Alain Pietrancosta, Katharina Pistor, Markus Roth, Rolf Skog, Stanislaw Soltysinski, Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter and Eddy Wymeersch
Böckli Bodmer & Partners, University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Sorbonne Law School, Columbia University School of Law, University of Marburg - Faculty of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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Corporate Governance, Corporate Governance Codes, comply or explain, code effectiveness, disclosure, enforcement, European Commission, Action Plan

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Response to the European Commission's Report on the Application of the Takeover Bids Directive

University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 5/2014, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 55/2014
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 02 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2014
Peter Böckli, Paul L. Davies, Eilis Ferran, Guido Ferrarini, José M. Garrido Garcia, Klaus J. Hopt, Alain Pietrancosta, Katharina Pistor, Rolf Skog, Stanislaw Soltysinski, Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter and Eddy Wymeersch
Böckli Bodmer & Partners, University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Sorbonne Law School, Columbia University School of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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takeover bids, European Company Law, acting in concert, mandatory bid rule, defensive measures

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A Proposal for Reforming Group Law in the European Union - Comparative Observations on the Way Forward

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2016
Peter Böckli, Paul L. Davies, Eilis Ferran, Guido Ferrarini, José M. Garrido Garcia, Klaus J. Hopt, Adam Opalski, Alain Pietrancosta, Markus Roth, Rolf Skog, Stanislaw Soltysinski, Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter, Martin Winner and Eddy Wymeersch
Böckli Bodmer & Partners, University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, University of Warsaw - Faculty of Law and Administration, Sorbonne Law School, University of Marburg - Faculty of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam, Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Business Law and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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Parent-Subsidiary Relations, Minority and Creditor Protection, Related Party Transactions, European Regulation

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Implementation of the SRD II Provisions on Related Party Transactions

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 543/2020
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 22 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2023
Paul L. Davies, Susan Emmenegger, Guido Ferrarini, Klaus J. Hopt, Adam Opalski, Alain Pietrancosta, Andrés Recalde Castells, Markus Roth, Michael C. Schouten, Rolf Skog, Martin Winner and Eddy Wymeersch
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Bern - School of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, University of Warsaw - Faculty of Law and Administration, Sorbonne Law School, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Marburg - Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Business Law and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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related party, approval, majority-of-the-minority, disclosure, materiality, Shareholder Rights Directive, harmonisation

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Say on Pay: The New French Legal Regime in Light of the Shareholders’ Rights Directive II

German-French Symposium on Company Law and Capital Markets Law Paris – July 6/7, 2017 -- Revue trimestrielle de Droit financier - Corporate Finance and Capital Markets Law Review, 2017 n° 3, p. 105
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 07 Nov 2017
Alain Pietrancosta
Sorbonne Law School
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Company law, corporate governance, say on pay, Shareholder rights Directive

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

European Company and Financial Law Review Forthcoming, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 25/2018
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Oct 2018
Paul L. Davies, Susan Emmenegger, Eilis Ferran, Guido Ferrarini, Klaus J. Hopt, Niamh Moloney, Adam Opalski, Alain Pietrancosta, Markus Roth, Rolf Skog, Martin Winner, Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter and Eddy Wymeersch
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Bern - School of Law, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, London School of Economics - Law School, University of Warsaw - Faculty of Law and Administration, Sorbonne Law School, University of Marburg - Faculty of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Business Law, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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cross-border conversions, cross-border divisions, cross-border mergers

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Brief Remarks on the Necessary Clarification of Market Abuse Prohibitions in Times of Shareholder Activism

Revue trimestrielle de droit financier – Corporate Finance and Capital Markets Law Review, 2019/3
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 05 Nov 2019 Last Revised: 19 Nov 2019
Alain Pietrancosta
Sorbonne Law School
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market abuse regulation; insider trading; market manipulation; shareholder activism; legal certainty; short-selling

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Has the Notion of ‘Private Offerings’ Been Abolished by the Prospectus Regulation of 14 June 2017?

Bulletin Joly Bourse 01/01/2018 – n°1 – Page 60
Number of pages: 8 Posted: 01 Mar 2018
Alain Pietrancosta and Alexis Marraud des Grottes
Sorbonne Law School and Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe, LLP
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public offering, private offering, prospectus

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The Defensive Measures Provisions of the Takeover Directive: From Ambition to Resignation to Distrust

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 785/2024
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 08 Jul 2024
Paul L. Davies and Alain Pietrancosta
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law and Sorbonne Law School
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European Takeover Bids Directive, Board Neutrality Rule, Breakthrough Rule, Pre-bid Defences, Reincorporation, Contestability of Control

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A Critical Appraisal of French Bankruptcy Law Through the Lens of the Law and Economics Movement: A Solution for the Future?

Revue Trimestrielle de Droit Financier, No. 1, 2010
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 15 Nov 2011 Last Revised: 21 Nov 2011
Sophie Vermeille and Alain Pietrancosta
Droit & Croissance (Rules for Growth) and Sorbonne Law School
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French bankruptcy law, civil law, continental law, insolvency, hybrid, debtor in financing, laws and economics, regulations, financial markets, European legal systems