On 8 October 2001, more than 31 years after negotiations had begun, the Council of the European Communities adopted Council Regulation No 2157/2001 (u0093Regulation 2157/2001u0094) on the statute for a European company and the related Council Directive 2001/86/EC supplementing the statute for a...

Across Europe, restructuring in SMEs receives less public attention than large-scale restructuring. However, the recent economic crisis has sharpened policy focus in this area. The current discussion centres around the anticipation of change and individual forms of restructuring – particularly...