In the essay we describe and analyse how the principle of equal treatment found in Article 3.1 (a) in the EU Takeover Bids Directive (2004/25/EC) has come to be applied as a ban on price differentiation between different voting classes in the offeree company in Sweden. We conclude that this...

In the UK Listing Review it is suggested that the London Stock Exchange should allow companies with dual class share (DCS) structures with differentiated voting rights to list on the Premium segment. In this paper, we discuss this proposal. First, we present an overview of the DCS-debate...

The Nordic Region is remarkable in many ways and has been the subject of increasing interest over the past years. The five countries of Denmark, Finland, Iceland, Norway and Sweden are culturally closely aligned and combine a well-functioning business sector and high GDP with an expansive...

On 23 February, the Commission published a proposal for a directive on Corporate Sustainability Due Diligence. The Commission’s draft for the Directive raises several issues. Here, we will provide some initial comments regarding some of the material problems raised by Article 15 of the draft,...

The Study on Directors’ Duties and Sustainable Corporate Governance (hereinafter ‘The Study’) was published on 30 July 2020 and is accompanied by a Commission Inception Impact Assessment and a consultation deadline of 8 October 2020. This is an add-on to the response given by a group of...