This is a draft chapter for a forthcoming volume, “Cross Border Mergers Directive: EU Perspectives and National Perspectives”, edited by Thomas Papadopoulos (Springer). The chapter first describes how cross-border mergers are regulated in Italy, detailing the national rules implementing the...

This paper examines the regulation of outsider trading in EU and the US, highlighting the differences between the two legal systems and investigating the main implications of the different regulatory choices made in the two jurisdictions. Outsider trading can be defined as the sale or purchase...

Green bonds are bonds issued by public or private institutions to finance projects with a positive impact on the environment. This article focuses on green bonds issued by private, profit-oriented corporations. After a description of green bonds’ main features and an account of the main...