Spanish Abstract: Análisis la regla de suspensión del derecho de voto de las acciones sobre el umbral que obliga a una sociedad cotizada a lanzar una Oferta Pública de Adquisición (OPA). Esta regla es el mecanismo de enlace y de coordinación de la legislación sobre el mercado de valores (y...

The interface and coordination of securities regulation of tender offers, merger review proceedings set up by competition law and any other bodies of sectoral regulation potentially applicable to a given transaction is a key issue in governing modern markets. Indeed, Securities Regulation,...

The paper describes the accounting profession role in the framework of corporate and securities regulation as a tool to "control" directors & managers in the interest of investors. It delves in the relevance of auditor's independence, analyzing the crucial issues and moments that may put that...

Spanish Abstract: El propósito de este artículo es dar cuenta de las principales aportaciones que el análisis económico del Derecho (AED) ha hecho en el estudio e investigación del Derecho de sociedades en España. Seguramente, el principal aporte ha consistido en enfatizar el carácter...

Issuance and transfer of securities in the international stock markets raise puzzling legal issues. Several legal topics and various national legal orders may be called upon. This book unravels the legal characteristics of the main instrument that foreign corporations have used from 1927 to...

Some Spanish regions have recently established a new tax on large commercial malls placed in their territory. This tax can be questioned on several grounds, both legal and economic. This paper examines whether according to EU State aid law the new tax can be deemed an illegal State aid to small...

This paper analyses the changes that have taken place in the professional services industry in the last few years, examining in detail the issues raised by the increase in the number of professions and professional associations from a conceptual perspective. Moreover, the specific features of...

The increasing liberalisation of the legal services market in Spain has contributed to the modernisation of legal practice. However, the information peculiarities of legal services as a product and the externalities involved in rendering legal services may justify some specific limits in the...

Competition policy is a perspective that needs to be considered when planning business strategies and activities by firms. This introduction to a volume specifically devoted to competition policy provides several practical examples of the limitations and advantages arisen from it that may...

Reading the book commented will provide an updated view on the current situation of antitrust politics and law in the United States. The book covers a wide spectrum of issues on market behavior and business practices affected by antitrust rules (agreements and vertical restraints , various...