German and East Asian Perspectives on Corporate and Capital Market Law: Investors versus Companies

doi:10.1628/978-3-16-159103-7

German and East Asian Perspectives on Corporate and Capital Market Law: Investors versus Companies

Edited by Holger Fleischer, Hideki Kanda, Kon Sik Kim and Peter Mülbert

2019. 270 pages.

Beiträge zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht (BtrIPR) 130

DOI 10.1628/978-3-16-159103-7

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This volume offers a broad comparative analysis of foundational company law topics in Germany, China, Japan and South Korea. It examines issues of shareholder activism and disclosure of substantial shareholdings and analyses key problems in takeover law ranging from mandatory bids to control premiums and pre- and post-bid defenses against hostile takeovers.

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Holger Fleischer ist Direktor am Max-Planck-Institut für ausländisches und internationales Privatrecht in Hamburg.

Hideki Kanda is emeritus Professor at the University of Tokyo and Professor at the Gakushuin University Law School, Japan.

Kon Sik Kim is Professor of Commercial Law at the Seoul National University School of Law, Korea.

Peter Mülbert is Professor of Civil Law, Commercial and Banking Law; Fellow, Gutenberg Research College, and Director of the Center for German and International Law of Financial Services at the University of Mainz.