Book Categories

Description of European Takeovers

Your complete guide to the European Takeover Directive, national M&A regulation and the interaction between domestic and Pan-European regulation. This new book is an exhaustive reference for those preparing, participating, advising on and responding to takeover activity within the European Union. It discusses the fundamental principles of national and European law, its application, and the practical problems facing companies and their advisors as they plan, defend and execute takeovers. Leading legal and banking professionals from across the EU guide you through the national takeover legislation and implementation of the European Takeover Directive, and a discussion of some of the recent ground-breaking and controversial takeovers across the continent.

Title Information

ISBN:

9781843742166

Pages:

396 pages

Format:

Paperback

Product Code:

22940

Publisher:

Euromoney Institutional Investor

Published:

20/10/2005

Edition:

1st Edition

Write a review of this book

Customer Reviews from Amazon

About Jeremy Grant (Editor)

Jeremy Grant is on academic sabbatical based at the Graduate Institute of International Studies in Geneva and the London School of Economics. He holds a law degree from the LSE, and MSc degrees in Management and International Relations from the same institution. His research focuses on corporate governance, M&A, takeover defences and anti-trust regulation of mergers. He has worked for JP Morgan in corporate finance and equity research. He is also co-author of a forthcoming book Corporate Governance in the US and Europe.

Contents of European Takeovers

Preface: Jeremy Grant

Foreword: The Importance of a Pan-European Market in Corporate Control
- Sir Geoffrey Owen (Former Editor Financial Times, Senior Fellow LSE)

Introduction:
- Jaap Winter (De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek, Chairman of the EU High Level Group of Company Law Experts)


PART 1: Inside The Takeover Regulation and Tactics

1. Takeovers and the Market for Corporate Control
- Jeremy Grant

2. Takeover Regulation and the Balancing of Interests
- Jeremy Grant

3. The European Takeover Directive
- Jeremy Grant

4. Takeovers in Europe – Shareholder Decisions and Open Markets – a UK perspective
- Jonathan Rickford (Professor, LSE – UK Representative on the High Level Group of Company Law Experts)

5. Acting in Concert
- Erik Bomans and Charles Demoulin (Deminor)

6. Optionality Arrangements and the Reciprocity in the European Takeover Directive
- Matteo Gatti (Università degli Studi di Milano)

7. The Mandatory Bid Rule and the Sell-Out Right in the Takeover Directive
- Luca Enriques (University of Bologna)


PART 2 : European Jurisdictions

8. United Kingdom City Code
- Simon Jay and Stuart Banks (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP)

9. Austria
- Max Becker (DLA Weiss-Tessbach Rechtsanwälte GmbH)

10. Belgium
- Paul Van Hooghten and Philippe Remels (Linklaters De Bandt)

11. Denmark
- Peter M. Andersen and Regina M. Andersen (Beck-Bruun)

12. Finland
- Dimitrios Himonas, Carita Wallgren, Paula Linna and Elisa Heinonen (Roschier Holmberg)

13. France
- Sophie de Beer and Valérie Lemaitre (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP)

14. Germany
- Klaus Riehmer (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP)

15. Greece
- Alexandros Metallinos (Karatzas & Partners)

16. Hungary
- Andras Posztl (Horváth & Partners DLA Weiss-Tessbach)

17. Ireland
- Adrian Benson (Dillon Eustace)

18. Italy
-Fabio La Bruna and Roberto Tallarita (Gianni, Origoni, Grippo & Partners)

19. Luxembourg
- Laurent Schummer (Linklaters Loesch)

20. Netherlands
- Jaap Winter, Martin van Olffen and Michael Ch. Schouten (De Brauw Blackstone Westbroek)

21. Poland
- Roman Rewald, Anna Iwaszkiewicz and Lukasz Gasinski (Weil, Gotshal & Manges LLP)

22. Portugal
- Manuel Costa Salema (Carlos Aguiar, & P. Pinto Associados)

23. Russia
-Scott C. Senecal, Murat N. Akuyev and Yulia A. Solomakhina (Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton LLP)

24. Spain
- Alejandro Fernandez de Araoz (Araoz & Rueda)

25. Sweden
- Thomas Wallinder and Patrik Marcelius (Mannheimer Swartling)


PART 3: United States

26. A Ocean of Difference on Takeover Regulation
David Skeel (University of Pennsylvania) and John Armour (University of Cambridge)

27. US Takeover Law and Practice

Appendix
Full Text of the Takeover Directive