- A combined practical and theoretical comparison of UK and EU corporate finance law giving unique perspectives and a forward looking approach.- Addresses key issues arising from the financial crisis, such as the scope for innovation in legal markets, as well as anticipating issues likely to be...

This article examines the current regulation of branches of foreign companies in Union law and in the laws of five Member States. First there is an examination of how the Member States regulate when foreign companies can and must register a branch, and it is shown that the lack of a definition...

This article critically examines how the illegality defence should be applied to companies. It is argued that the distinctive considerations pertaining to company law meant that the policy rationales underlying the illegality defence that are applicable to cases involving individuals as...

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,...

After providing an overview of the regulatory framework for early warning tools and informal non-collective preventive procedures focused on facilitating negotiations with creditors outlined in the draft restructuring directive, issued on November 22, 2016, this Article focuses on the...

While corporations wield tremendous amounts of power that can – in theory – ameliorate some of the global challenges that the world faces today, as things stand, the right incentives are not in place for the stakeholders to transform companies into socially responsible and environmentally...

In order to protect the objectives of competition policy, companies as undertakings are primarily targeted for the competition law infringements based on the mixed approach of compliance and deterrence theories relying on the view that company directors are incentivised to comply with the rules...