This paper is a short summary of my DBA thesis proposal which was submitted to Henley Business School in 2009. The content covered in this paper stems from my experience as an M&A professional at one of the global transaction advisory firms. As a contribution in the new book of European Business...

The new proposal for a Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence Directive will require that certain parent companies must conduct due diligence in their subsidiaries. To comply a parent company needs to determine which subsidiaries are covered by these duties, how to conduct this due diligence and...

The drafters of the World Trade Organisation’s law that permits a Member State to export conventional arms everywhere, did not envisage the dangerous free rein that the transnational defence corporation enjoys under the protection of the State. Although this corporation is subject to domestic...