1st Edition

Takeovers and the European Legal Framework A British Perspective

By Jonathan Mukwiri Copyright 2009
200 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

200 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

200 Pages
by Routledge-Cavendish

Since the implementation of the European Directive on Takeover Bids, a European common legal framework governs regulation of takeovers in EU Members States. The European Directive on Takeover Bids was adopted in April 2004, and implemented in the UK and in other Member States on 20th May 2006. The Directive seeks to regulate takeovers by way of protecting investors, and harmonising takeover laws... Read more

1. Legal Framework of Takeover Regulation  2. The Myth of Tactical Litigation in UK Takeovers  3. EC Regulatory Objective I – Shareholders  4. Directors’ Duties and Takeover Regulation  5. Regulation of EC Cross-Border Takeovers  6. EC Regulatory Objective II – Harmonisation  7. Takeovers and Free Movement of Capital

Biography

Jonathan Mukwiri is Senior Lecturer in Law at Buckinghamshire New University, UK.