Lindley & Banks on Partnership gives you comprehensive, authoritative and practical coverage of the law relating to both general and limited partnerships. This seminal text on partnerships, first published in 1860, reflects the current editor's wide practical experience in this area of law and gives you detailed commentary on all aspects of the life of a partnership, from its nature and formation to the usual contents of a partnership agreement and common areas of dispute, the liabilities undertaken by partners both internally and externally and, finally, to dissolution, winding up and insolvency. It also explains how partnerships are taxed. The 21st edition covers all legal changes since the last edition, with reference to UK and Commonwealth authorities where relevant. New to the latest edition: Explains the latest tax, finance and regulatory changes affecting partnerships Highlights other statutory developments Reappraisal of various problematic areas of partnership law Case law updates to all relevant areas, including: Procter v Procter Baines v Dixon Coles & Gill Patel v Barlows Solicitors Rennie v Rennie Malik v Hussain Joseph v Deloitte NSE LLP

This work considers the most important EC directive in corporate law since the Take-Over Directive in 2002, i.e. the Directive on Shareholders' Rights and its implementation under German law. This is the first directive to substantially regulate the internal organization of a stock corporation and entails a series of fundamental problems from control issues and shareholder apathy to questions relating to a reasonable definition of the scope of application of the law of stock corporations and listed corporations.

This contribution offers a presentation focused on the practical procedure of forming a Societas Europaea (a oeSEa: European Company) and the related issues. Legal literature and case law are examined and challenged from the perspective of the practitioner concerned with the quickest possible and most efficient practical application. Special attention is directed toward the suitability of the SE for mid-sized companies. Tax matters are only marginally considered. The SE is principally a European influenced stock corporation (AG: Aktiengesellschaft) and therefore, also a marketable stock company allowing for crossover company mergers and the change of the company's registered seat. At its formation, special features pertaining to employee participation are also to be taken into account. For this reason, the SE is also called the a oeEuropean stock corporationa .

Negotiations between management and the special negotiating bodies of employees are conducted according to the same rules for the European Company (SE), the European Cooperative Society (SCE), and the cross-border merger. The SE and the SCE are of particular interest to Germany because they allow for a reduction of the supervisory board and a changeover from a management / supervisory board to an administrative board. The negotiated solution provides tailored concepts for the respective company. The cross-border merger, which is also subject to the negotiated solution according to SE guidelines, should become even more significant. The commentary presents the material in context and also particularly highlights the solution process for medium-sized businesses.

Lee Roach's Company Law is a thoroughly modern textbook, effortlessly engaging the student reader and leading them through the complexities of the law. Focused on students, this account of company law is written with exceptional clarity. Supported with learning features, the core principles and doctrines are fully explained and explored, and consistently linked with fascinating, lively examples of the law in action. While focused fully on discussing law and legal issues, the book also responds to modern critiques of corporate regulation by linking the legal issues to debates around corporate governance . The student is therefore given the complete picture: both how companies are regulated and why company law is so essential. Digital formats This edition is available for students and institutions to purchase in a variety of formats. The e-book offers a mobile experience and convenient access along with functionality tools, navigation features and links that offer extra learning support: www.oxfordtextbooks.co.uk/ebooks Extensive online resources provide significant additional support including: - Bonus chapter on insider dealing and market abuse - Multiple choice questions - Answers to the self-test questions in the book - Glossary - Further reading - OSCOLA referencing guide - Twitter feed (@UKCompanyLaw) from the author

Bei ihren vertraglichen Planungsentscheidungen sehen sich die am Markt tatigen Unternehmen mit einem in der Praxis herausgebildeten Phanomen konfrontiert, dessen rechtliche Einordnung noch weitgehend unklar ist: die Change-of-Control-Klauseln. Es handelt sich um vertragliche Vereinbarungen, die einem Vertragspartner bestimmte Gestaltungsrechte, zumeist ein Kundigungsrecht, einraumen, wenn beim anderen Vertragspartner ein Kontrollwechsel eintritt. Change-of-Control-Klauseln verfugen uber ein doppeltes Risikopotenzial. Einerseits kann die ploetzliche Beendigung wichtiger Vertragsbeziehungen die wirtschaftliche Existenz eines Unternehmens gefahrden. Andererseits kann allein das Vorhandensein von Change-of-Control-Klauseln den Erwerb einer Mehrheitsbeteiligung an dem betroffenen Unternehmen fur potenzielle Bieter unattraktiv machen. Hieraus kann fur die Gesellschafter eine Verausserungserschwernis ihres Anteilseigentums resultieren. Die vorliegende Untersuchung geht der Frage nach, ob die deutsche Rechtsordnung uber Normen verfugt, die geeignet sind, die genannten Probleme fur boersennotierte Unternehmen und ihre Aktionare zu verhindern und damit den Vertragspartnern die erforderliche Rechtssicherheit bei der Anwendung von Change-of-Control-Klauseln zu geben.

There are numerous conceptual reforms in the latest edition of the traditional commentary on insurance contract law. In addition to the uniform structure of the individual commentaries, there are considerably more commentators and an increase in the number of individual volumes. Thus, the commentaries are produced by acknowledged experts and held ever up to date.

This work considers the balancing act between employee interests and management in the law pertaining to German and Spanish stock corporations in a legally comparative manner. The determination of differences, similarities and developments are firmly supported by historical groundwork and political context.

Due to the increase in the international competition for capital, the demand for internationally comparable accounting norms has received a new impetus. The previous aim was a European-wide gradual convergence on the European and national levels but now European legislators are striving for a standardization of European Accounting Law based on the International Financial Reporting Standards (IFRS) as set forth by the International Accounting Standards Board (IASB). Against this backdrop, an analysis of the demands of European Account Law on foreign accounting systems is presented in this work.

The precedents of the European Court of Justice on companies' rights of establishment have established the principle of mutual recognition (principle of country of origin) in the field of companiesa (TM) rights of establishment as well. This has led to regulatory competition between European (Member State) company laws. However, the actors in the external relationships of a company, namely the creditors, do not participate on principle in the choice of company law. An important objective of this work is therefore to examine the effect that the freedom of choice of law has for these external transaction partners of a company.

The orientation of the EC accounting directives and (in practice) the IAS/IFRS to corporations on the one hand and their extension to the limited liability company & co. on the other hand raises two questions: firstly, what is the justification for the (subsequent) inclusion of the limited liability company & co. in the EC accounting conventions, and, secondly, is it possible to subject both types of company to the same accounting rules without differentiation, i.e. regardless of their special company law features.

This book is the first detailed and comprehensive research of the history of the Cape Town Convention and its protocols. It critically engages with the challenges faced by the developers of this treaty, analyses thousands of pages of archived materials and derives important lessons for the development of transnational commercial law globally. The book is an invaluable addition to the existing literature on the Cape Town Convention. It also informs the debate about harmonisation of secured transactions regimes generally, and as such will be of interest to academics, legal practitioners and the judiciary involved in secured transactions law around the world. Practising lawyers will better understand the rationale behind the key provisions of the Cape Town Convention, while the treaty-making lessons will assist governmental officials, representatives of international organisations and legal advisors engaged in harmonisation of commercial law. The text covers all four protocols to the Cape Town Convention, including the MAC Protocol adopted on 22 November 2019 in Pretoria.

The more company law with choice of law is backed in Europe, the more important information becomes as a function precondition for efficient decisions. The objective of this work is to sketch a model that places information in the foreground as a concept for harmonisation in European company law and to demonstrate its practical realisation in European instruments on harmonisation of company law.

On 9 November 2005 a symposium took place on the realisation of the Takeover Directive in Europe which was attended by experts on takeover law from six Member States. Their papers are compiled in this volume.

The contribution of company law to the realization of the domestic market is still pending in many areas. These findings were the starting point of the study in hand, which follows the central theme of company law conforming to a domestic market. This central theme has a legal and economic aspect: domestic market conformities in the legal sense are regulations relating to company law if they correspond to the compelling legal guidelines of Community law; in the economic sense they conform to the domestic market if they contribute to international trade in the domestic market. The clarification of the structural components, followed by the development of company law in the international process, takes center stage of the study, including civil rights, adjustments to the law, the creation of supranational legal forms and the concept of a legislator competition in the European domestic market. The findings gained are then applied to the current core questions of the European company law: the development of international company law, the protection of creditors and the systems of managing publicly owned firms.

European Takeovers provides a complete guide to the European Takeover Directive, national M&A regulation and the interaction between domestic and pan-European regulation. It contains a detailed discussion of the fundamental principles of national and European law, its application and the various practical issues that companies and their advisers face as they plan, defend and execute takeovers. This third edition further explores the area following the partial harmonisation of takeover regulation within the European Union since the introduction of the European Takeover Directive and is an exhaustive reference source for anyone preparing, participating in and responding to takeover activity in the EU. Chapters have been fully updated with the latest regulations and case law in the featured jurisdictions, and new chapters have been added addressing key topics such as ESG and M&A and collusion. This title will prove to be an invaluable guide for practising professionals and academics studying this area of law. Written by leading legal and banking professionals, and academics from across Europe, European Takeovers will help you navigate national takeover legislation and its implementation, and discusses recent ground-breaking and controversial takeovers from across the Continent. Notable transactions examined include Akzo Nobel-PPG, Syngenta-ChemChina, Actelion-J&J, Celesio-McKesson, Abertis-ACS/Atlantia and SAB Miller-AB InBev.

This book considers, and offers solutions to, the problems faced by local communities and the environment with respect to global mining. The author explores the idea of grievance mechanisms in the home states of the major mining conglomerates. These grievance mechanisms should be functional, pragmatic and effective at resolving disputes between mining enterprises and impacted communities. The key to this provocative solution is twofold: the proposal harnesses the power of industry-sponsored dispute mechanisms to reduce the costs and other burdens on home state governments and judicial systems. Critically, civil society actors will be given a role as both advocates and mediators in order to achieve a fair result for those impacted abroad by extractive enterprises. Compelling, engaging and timely, this book presents an innovative approach for regulating the foreign conduct of the extractive sector.

This book offers a comprehensive examination of the issues surrounding corporate compliance. Should corporations comply with the spirit or the letter of the law? What role does compliance play in a capitalist market economy? Why is it that otherwise law-abiding citizens are willing to implement corporate compliance strategies that are seemingly at odds with their personal values? Dr Donovan responds to these questions and more, providing a persuasive argument for the legitimate role of spirited compliance within a market economy. In doing so, she employs the lens of classical liberal ideology, challenging the widespread view that technical compliance is simply 'capitalism.' In an examination that has relevance beyond the compliance arena, the author also explores how the architecture of the firm facilitates the often atypical compliance decisions that individuals make when acting within a corporate setting. The book draws on social psychology to offer important insights into how the often-elusive goal of corporate behavioural change can be achieved, for the benefit of both the market and society as a whole. Joint runner-up of the 2021 SLS Peter Birks Prize for Outstanding Legal Scholarship.