The Report of the Reflection Group on the Future of EU Company Law – As Seen from a Nordic Perspective

Abstract

At the end of 2010 the Commission established a Reflection Group On the Future of EU Company Law to provide it with a report that could guide it to future initiatives. The report was delivered on 5 April 2011 and was presented at a conference in Brussels on 16 – 17 May 2011. In this paper, the author, who served on the Reflection Group, provides a personal view as a Nordic company law scholar on the main findings of the report.

Keywords: EU law, company law, corporate governance, securities regulation, nordic company law

JEL Classification: K22