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...

This paper constitutes the European Company Law Experts' response to the European Commission's Green Paper “The EU Corporate Governance Framework”. The paper contains responses to the individual questions put forward by the Commission as well as an introductory statement. In this statement...

With a view of the projected revision of the takeover directive, this paper calls attention to some items that would usefully be revised. Especially attention is drawn to the mandatory bid rule, the scope of which should restricted to share acquisitions - and not apply to other control changes,...

The Belgian company code of 7 May 1999 has been replaced by a new law dated 23 April 2019, entering into force on the 1st of May 2019. The new law is entitled: “Code on companies, associations and divers provisions”. This law has been the subject of amendments implementing a European...

The consequences of the Brexit vote will be felt throughout the legal systems, both in the UK and in the EU. The legal consequences of the Brexit decision and the process which will lead to the withdrawal of the UK, raises numerous questions many of which are in the process of being analysed,...