The Future For Takeovers in the EU - Implementation of the Takeover Directive

Friday 12 May 2006 09:15 to 17:00

Location

Council Chamber, Charles Clore House, 17 Russell Square, London WC1B 5JP
 

Participants

Chairs:

  • Professor Jonathon Rickford CBE
  • Professor Dan Prentice

Speakers:

  • Mike Edbury, DTI, UK
  • Pierre-Henri Conac, University of Paris I, France
  • Professor Peter Muelbert, University of Mainz, Germany
  • Professor Rolf Skog, Stockholm Centre for Commercial Law, Sweden
  • Professor Marco Ventoruzzo, Bocconi University of Milan, Italy
  • Mark Warham, Director -General, Takeover Panel, UK
  • Daniela Weber-Rey, Clifford Chance, Frankfurt

The EU Takeover Directive is due to be implemented by all Member States by May 20, 2006 at a time when 'economic nationalism' is rearing its head in the EU. This conference sets out to compare the implementation of the Directive in several Member States, focussing on the likely impact of the Directive on barriers to cross-border takeovers by EU and non-EU companies

Topics:

  • The Role of the Takeover Panel under the Directive
  • German Takeover law after the Directive
  • France and the Takeover Directive
  • A view from Sweden
  • UK implementation
  • Italy: The market for corporate control and the temptation of protectionism
  • What the Takeover Directive will mean in practice



CPD hours may be claimed by both solicitors and barristers through attendance at this event.

Programme

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