Cross-Border Mergers

Part I General Aspects of the Cross-border Mergers Directive - EU Perspectives.- An Overview of the Cross-border Mergers Directive.- Cross-border Mergers to implement Reincorporations in the EU: An Essay on the Uncertain Features of Companies'' Mobility.- An Empirical Research on Cross-border Mergers at EU Level.- Alternatives to Cross-border Mergers in the EU: Why Share Purchase Agreements Remain More Popular?.- Part II The Relationship of the Cross-border Mergers Directive with other Areas of Law.- Unions'' Freedom to establish and provide Services: A Balance of Power in Cross-border Mergers?.- Tax Mergers Directive: Basic Conceptualisation.- With and Without Prejudice: on the Ease of Cross-border Mergers for Large Multinational Firms and SMEs in the Context of Competition Law.- Cross-border Mergers and Disclosure of Inside Information.- Cross-border Mergers and Cross-border Takeovers.- The Role of Litigation in Cross-border Mergers.- Shareholders'' (Derivative) Suits Against Corporate Directors, Following Cross-border Mergers: A Functioning Remedy Within the EU?.- Civil Procedure Harmonization in Cross-border Mergers.- Part III National Experiences from the Implementation of the Directive in the Company Law of some Member States.- Cross-border Mergers and Acquisitions in France: Towards a more Facilitated Regime?.- Cross-border Mergers - the Danish Experiences.-Experiences from the Implementation of the Cross-border Mergers Directive in Spain.- Cross-border Mergers Directive and its Impact in the UK.- The Protection of Minority Shareholders in Cross-border Mergers: The Case of Italy.- The Implementation of the Cross-border Mergers Directive in Luxembourg - A Critical Assessment.- Implementation of the Cross-border Mergers Directive in the Netherlands: Main Characteristics and some Experience.- The Implementation of the Cross-border Mergers Directive (2005/56/EC) in Germany - A Story of Insufficiencies and (Better) Alternatives.-Experiences from the Implementation of the Cross-border Mergers Directive in Greece and Cyprus.-Appraisal Rights in the US and the EU.