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Mapping Directors' Duties: Strategies and Trends in the EU


Carsten Gerner-Beuerle


London School of Economics and Political Science

Edmund‐Philipp Schuster


London School of Economics - Law Department

April 11, 2013

Hanne Birkmose, Mette Neville & Karsten Engsig Sørensen (eds.), Boards of Directors in European Companies – Reshaping and Harmonising Their Organisation and Duties, Wolters Kluwer 2013

Abstract:     
This paper analyses the rules on directors' duties in all EU Member States, identifies regulatory philosophies and trends, highlights differences, and discusses enforcement strategies, particularly minority shareholder suits.

Number of Pages in PDF File: 40

Keywords: Directors' duties, duty of care, business judgment rule, duty of loyalty, self-dealing, corporate opportunities, derivative action, vicinity of insolvency

JEL Classification: K22


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Date posted: April 12, 2013 ; Last revised: November 12, 2014

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Gerner-Beuerle, Carsten and Schuster, Edmund‐Philipp, Mapping Directors' Duties: Strategies and Trends in the EU (April 11, 2013). Hanne Birkmose, Mette Neville & Karsten Engsig Sørensen (eds.), Boards of Directors in European Companies – Reshaping and Harmonising Their Organisation and Duties, Wolters Kluwer 2013. Available at SSRN: https://ssrn.com/abstract=2249050

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Carsten Gerner-Beuerle (Contact Author)
London School of Economics and Political Science ( email )
Houghton Street
London, WC2A 2AE
United Kingdom

Edmund-Philipp Schuster
London School of Economics - Law Department ( email )
Houghton Street
London, WC2A 2AE
United Kingdom

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