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The New Paradigm
With the adoption this week of The UK Stewardship Code 2020, to accompany The UK Corporate Governance Code 2018, the UK Financial…
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Venture Capital in China and India: Does Business Form Matter?
Venture capital funds are widely recognised as performing a crucial intermediation role in the start-up sector, as they are capable…
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Beyond the Zero Lower Bound: Negative Rates and Bank Lending
Given the secular decline of real interest rates around the world, negative policy rates are likely to become a more…
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Disciplining Outsiders in UK Takeover Transactions–Ruling of the Hearings Committee on Dave King
Perhaps the most attractive aspect of the UK system is the ability of the Panel on Takeovers and Mergers (the…
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Repos and Resolution 2.0
Just a month ago, the Federal Reserve pumped USD 75b into the financial markets on 15 September and the two…
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Reprofiling Today for a Sustainable Tomorrow: A Unilateral Italian Debt Restructuring
Italy has €2.4 trillion of debt. Should it ever find itself in pressing need of restructuring it, traditional avenues for…
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Autonomous Legal Entities are Already Possible Under American Law
If you ask a hundred lawyers whether a software system or a robot can buy a house or file a…
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SL Claimants v Tesco plc: High Court agrees with ‘Intermediation and Beyond’ that a Claim Under s.90A FSMA Lies in Respect of Intermediated Securities
The increasing use of intermediation in the holding of securities creates both advantages and disadvantages for issuers and investors and…
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The Road Towards Good Bankruptcy Governance: A Comparative Law and Economics Perspective
In my paper ‘The Road Towards Good Bankruptcy Governance: A Comparative Law and Economics Perspective’ (published in the conference proceedings…
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Why Are America’s CEOs Talking About Stakeholder Capitalism Now?
Back in August, the Business Roundtable, which comprises the chief executive officers of America’s largest companies—with combined annual revenues of…
