Company Law European Union Law

Instruments of EU Corporate Governance: Effecting Changes in the Management of Companies in a Changing World

Edited by Hanne S. Birkmose · Mette Neville · Karsten Engsig Sørensen
Kluwer Law International January 2023

Specifications

ISBN-13
9789403541624
Publisher
Kluwer Law International
Publication
January 2023
Format
Hardback
Jurisdiction
Netherlands ? Countri(es) for reference only

Details

Instruments of EU Corporate Governance is a first-of-its-kind analysing the systematic account of the legislative and soft law instruments designed to boost good corporate governance in European companies and assess their value in practice. Compelling new perspectives on corporate governance – including attention to increased shareholder engagement, long-term value creation, and sustainability – have effected major changes in the management of companies. These corporate governance instruments have developed over time and are still evolving.

What’s in this book:

Nineteen prominent scholars of business and corporate law probe into how the following issues and topics are tackled across the span of corporate governance instruments available in Europe:

  • corporate codes of conduct
  • procedural rules regulating how directors make decisions
  • rules on board composition and remuneration
  • regulating boards in small- and medium-sized enterprises
  • public enforcement of directors’ duties
  • how digitalisation may affect implementation of corporate governance instruments
  • reporting rules
  • rules on the empowerment of minority shareholders
  • the role of the general meeting
  • regulation of the market for corporate control
  • certifications
  • rules on liability of directors, and
  • role of auditors and accountants

How this will help you:

Delving deep into the benefits and potential drawbacks of each instrument and what may be accomplished both at the company level and generally, this book will be highly appreciated by all concerned with promoting responsible corporate governance, whether in business, government, or academia.

Table of Contents

CHAPTER 1. Introduction
Hanne S. Birkmose & Karsten Engsig Sørensen

PART I: Addressing the Duties of Directors
CHAPTER 2. The Duty to Act in the Interest of the Company
Jessica Östberg
CHAPTER 3. A General Corporate Law Duty to Act Sustainably
Beate Sjåfjell
CHAPTER 4. Managerial Procedural Rules
Karsten Engsig Sørensen
CHAPTER 5. Corporate Governance Codes
Matteo Gargantini & Michele Siri
CHAPTER 6. Reporting as a Corporate Governance Instrument
Charlotte Villiers

PART II: Indirect Regulation of Corporate Governance
CHAPTER 7. Composition of Boards
Jessica Schmidt
CHAPTER 8. Boards in SME’s?
Mette Neville
CHAPTER 9. Remuneration and Shareholdings of Directors
Christoph Van der Elst
CHAPTER 10. The Future Role of the General Meeting
Bastiaan Kemp
CHAPTER 11. Empowering Minority Shareholders
Hanna Almlöf
CHAPTER 12. Regulating Institutional Shareholders
Iris H-Y Chiu
CHAPTER 13. The Market for Corporate Control in the EU
Blanaid Clarke
CHAPTER 14. Corporate Governance by Certification
Florian Möslein

PART III: Enforcement and Its Effect on Governance
CHAPTER 15. Directors’ Liability
Carsten Gerner-Beuerle
CHAPTER 16. Auditors’ Role in Corporate Governance
Jukka Mähönen
CHAPTER 17. Public Enforcement of Directors’ Duties
Jesper Lau Hansen
CHAPTER 18. The Digitalisation of Corporate Governance
Alexandra Andhov

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