Contents:
Introduction / Hanne S. Birkmose, Mette Neville & Karsten Engsig Sørensen;
European Takeover Law: The Case for a Neutral Approach / Luca Enriques;
The Directive on Takeover Bids: Unwanted Harmonisation of Corporate Law / Jesper Lau Hansen;
Cash-Settled Derivatives as a Takeover Instrument and the Reform of the EU Transparency Directive / Pierre-Henri Conac;
Disclosing Barriers to Takeovers / Karsten Engsig Sørensen;
Evolution of Company Law, Corporate Governance Codes and the Principle of Comply or Explain: A Critical Review / Jan Andersson;
The Transformation of Passive Institutional Investors into Active Owners: 'Mission Impossible'? / Hanne S. Birkmose;
The Owners and the Power: An Insight into Shareholder Actions / Thomas Poulsen & Therese Strand;
Shareholder Suits and Shareholder Democracy / Olav Fr. Perland;
The Principle of Shareholder Primacy in Company Law from a Nordic and European Regulatory Perspective / Paul Kruger Andersen & Evelyne J.B Sørensen;
Europe's Corporate Governance Green Paper: Rethinking Shareholder Engagement / Christoph van der Elst & Erik P.M. Vermeulen;
Shareholder Activism: The Suspicious Shareholder / Mette Neville;
Europe's Financial Regulatory Bodies / Eddy Wymeersch;
The Uncertain Role of Banks' Corporate Governance in Systemic Risk Regulation / Peter O. Mulbert & Ryan D. Citlau;
Extending the EU Financial Regulatory Framework to New Investors and New Markets / Enrico Baffi, Dino Lattuca & Paolo Santella;
Investment Law as Financial Law: From Fund Governance over Market Governance to Stakeholder Governance? / Dirk Zetzsche;
Regulating Different Trading Venues: The European Experience Based on MiFID / Nis Jul Clausen & Karsten Engsig Sørensen;
Towards a New Financial Market Segment for High Tech Companies in Europe / Jose Miguel Mendoza & Erik P.M. Vermeulen