Cross-Border Mergers in Europe

A discussion of the EC Regulation and Directive in all Member States with respect to cross-border mergers (28 countries).

Dirk Van Gerven (Edited by)

9780521487603, Cambridge University Press

Hardback, published 8 September 2011

270 pages
23.6 x 15.8 x 1.6 cm, 0.55 kg

This discussion of the Cross-Border Merger Directive and its implementing legislation in each Member State of the European Union and the European Economic Area provides companies and their advisors with useful insight into the legal framework applicable to, and the tax treatment of, cross-border mergers throughout the European Economic Area. Analysis of the Community rules laid down in the Cross-Border Merger Directive and the Community rules on the tax treatment of cross-border mergers is complemented by chapters on the implementing legislation in each Member State, prepared in accordance with a common format and contributed by a practitioner from each state. Annexes contain the Cross-Border Merger Directive (Annex I), the Parent-Subsidiary Directive (Annex II) and a list of the implementing legislation in each Member State (Annex III).

Part II. National Reports for EU Member States: 19. Finland Outi Raitasuo and Johanna Haltia-Tapio
20. France Jean-Marc Desaché
21. Greece Tom Kyriakopoulos
22. Ireland Margaret Stack, Jennifer McCarthy and Michael Greene
23. Italy Francesco Gianni and Marco Zaccagnini
24. Latvia Maris Brizgo, Raymond L. Slaidins and John Ja Burke
25. Lithuania Irmantas Norkus and Eva Suduiko
26. Luxembourg Margaretha Wilkenhuysen and Louisa Silcox
27. Malta Adrian Gabarretta, Colm O'Connor and Nadia Cassar
28. Portugal Margarida Barrocas, Marcelo Alves and Mariana Ferreira
29. Republic of Slovenia Jurij Dolžan, Matija Knapi? and Samo Heri?
30. Romania Gabriela Cacerea and Mihaela Ispas
31. Spain Jaime Pereda Espeso and José Gabriel Martínez Paños
32. Sweden Jan Bertil Andersson
Part III. Application in the EEA Member States: 33. Iceland Ólafur Arinbjörn Sigurðsson
34. Liechtenstein Alexander Appel and Moritz Blasy
Part IV. Annexes: Annex I. Council Directive 2005/56/EC of 26 October 2005 on cross-border mergers of limited liability companies (the 'Cross-Border Merger Directive')
Annex II. Council Directive 2009/133/EC of 19 October 2009 on the common system of taxation applicable to mergers, divisions, partial divisions, transfers of assets and exchanges of shares concerning companies of different Member States and to the transfer of the registered office of an SE or SCE between Member States (the 'Merger Tax Directive')
Annex III. List of national legislation implementing the Cross-Border Merger Directive.

Subject Areas: Commercial law [LNCB], Company, commercial & competition law [LNC], Laws of Specific jurisdictions [LN], Law [L]