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Zusatztext ...this is a text that serves as a more than worthy addition to the literature and will set the benchmarks for future entrants to this field. Informationen zum Autor Dan Prentice is a visiting professor at University College London and practices at Erskine Chambers. He is Emeritus Professor of Corporate Law at the University of Oxford and he is a member of the Law Society's Committees on Company Law and Insolvency Law. Arad Reisberg is a Reader in Corporate and Financial Law at University College London. His research interests are in the field of corporate law, financial law, corporate finance and regulation of financial markets. Klappentext Exploring the legal considerations related to corporate finance law from a UK and EU perspective! this book covers core features such as the importance of transparency! disclosure and accountability of directors. Zusammenfassung Combining perspectives from practice, legal theory and doctrinal analysis, this book presents a comprehensive examination of the questions facing the current understanding and future application of corporate finance law, such as the optimal adaptation of regulation in highly dynamic settings and the scope for innovation in legal markets in light of the current debt crisis. The book considers areas of corporate finance that are likely to be of key importance in the next few years including regulatory reforms, which are of present concern. It also addresses timely and important questions such as the impact of higher interest rates on capital markets strategies and how directors should balance the demands for disclosure and transparency with the cost of compliance. Bringing together contributions from over 20 international leading academic and practitioner experts in this area, this book provides a comparative perspective of equity financing, debt financing, European law and policy, and practical research on how to improve and solve current problems related to corporate finance. Inhaltsverzeichnis Part I: Equity financing and capital markets finance; 1: John Lowry: The prohibition against financial assistance constructing a rational response; 2: David Kershaw: The decline of legal capital: an exploration of the consequences of board solvency based capital reductions; 3: Ceri Bryant: Schemes of arrangement; 4: Jesper Lau Hansen: Insider dealing after the market abuse directive; 5: Emilios Avgouleas: Short sales regulation in seasoned equity offerings: what are the issues?; 6: Iris H-Y Chiu: Initial public offers - the supply and demand side perspectives in the legal framework; 7: Arad Reisberg: The future role of credit rating agencies in contemporary financial markers - a theoretical perspective; Part II: Debt financing and taxation; 8: Robert Stevens: Contractual aspects of debt financing; 9: Marcus Smith QC: Security; 10: Ian Annetts and Ed Murray: Set-off! netting and alternatives to security; 11: Andrew McKnight: Policy issues and reform in debt finance: the reform of the English law of secured transactions in personal property; 12: Look Chan Ho: The practitioner's perspective: the Financial Collateral Directive in England; 13: John Vella: The assymetrical treatment of debt and equity finance under UK tax law; Part III: European law and policy; 14: Harry McVea: The EU Financial Services Action Plan and its impact on corporate finance; 15: William W. Bratton! Joseph A. McCahery and Erik P.M. Vermeulen: The impact of increased corporate mobility on corporate lawmaking in the EU and on corporate finance issues; 16: Wolf-Georg Ringe: Is Volkswagan the new Centros? Free movement of capital's impact on company law; 17: Pierre Schammo: Equivalence-based regulation and EU prospectus law: the shadow regime; 18: Heriberte Hirte and Alexander Schall: Legal capital and the EU-treaties ...
