Download This PaperThe Future of European Company Law
21 Pages Posted: 4 Jun 2012
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
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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)
c/o the Royal Academies of Belgium
Rue Ducale 1 Hertogsstraat
1000 Brussels
Belgium
HOME PAGE: http://www.ecgi.org
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
c/o the Royal Academies of Belgium
Rue Ducale 1 Hertogsstraat
1000 Brussels
Belgium
HOME PAGE: http://www.ecgi.org
EUSFIL Jean Monnet Center of Excellence on Sustainable Finance and Law
Italy
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Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law ( email )
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European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
c/o the Royal Academies of Belgium
Rue Ducale 1 Hertogsstraat
1000 Brussels
Belgium
European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) ( email )
c/o the Royal Academies of Belgium
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1000 Brussels
Belgium
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Columbia University School of Law ( email )
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