Alternative Acquisition Models and Financial Innovation - Special Purpose Acquisition Companies in Europe, and the Italian Legal Framework

This is the first book in English on SPACs in the context of European and Italian Financial Law, introducing the topic with a general overview at the European level. It is also the first book on the European financial regulation of SPACs. As such, it is a ground-breaking reference book for SPAC studies, at the international level.

List of contents

Introduction PART I Analysing SPACs in Europe 1 . The Financial Regulation of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) in the European Union, and the UK 2. The Financial Regulation of Italian Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) PART II SPACs, and the Italian Legal Framework 3. The Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) in the Italian Corporate Experience 4. Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs): Shareholders' Agreements under Italian Law 5. The Tax Legal Framework of Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs): an Italian Perspective 6. The Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC): Special Purpose and Corporate Governance Structure PART III Experiments in SPACs 7. Shadow Banking, and the Special Purpose Acquisition Company (SPAC) 8. Special Purpose Acquisition Companies (SPACs) as venture companies Conclusions

About the author

Daniele D'Alvia is a Lecturer in Banking and Finance Law at CCLS - Queen Mary University of London, an Associate Research Fellow at the Institute of Advanced Legal Studies in London, and an Associate Researcher at the European Banking Institute in Frankfurt.
Ettore Maria Lombardi is Professor of Private Law and International Business Law at the University of Florence School of Law and of counsel at Lombardi & Hage-Chahine Law Firm.
Yochanan Shachmurove is Professor of Economics and Business at the City College and the Graduate Center of the City University of New York (CUNY), affiliated with the Department of Economics at New York University, USA, and is the Economic MA Program Director at the City College of CUNY.

Product details

• Assisted by: Daniele D'Alvia (Editor), Ettore Maria Lombardi (Editor), Yochanan Shachmurove (Editor)
• Publisher: Taylor and Francis
• Languages: English
• Product format: Paperback / Softback
• Release: 27.05.2025
• EAN: 9780367769321
• ISBN: 978-0-367-76932-1
• No. of pages: 163
• Weight: 453 g
• Illustrations: schwarz-weiss Illustrationen, Zeichnungen, schwarz-weiss, Tabellen, schwarz-weiss
• Series: Routledge International Studies in Money and Banking
• Subjects: Social sciences, law, business > Business > Individual industrial sectors, branches; Business & Economics / General, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / General, Banking, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Economics / Microeconomics, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Corporate Finance / General, LAW / Business & Financial, BUSINESS & ECONOMICS / Business Law, Corporate Finance, Microeconomics, Investment & securities, Investment and securities, Credit and credit institutions, Credit & Credit Institutions, Banking law