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Pettet's Company Law: Company Law and Corporate Finance, 5th Edition

Pettet's Company Law: Company Law and Corporate Finance, 5th Edition

Author: John Lowry; Arad Reisberg
Publisher: Pearson U.K._
ISBN: 9781292078632
Published In: August 2018
Format: Paperback , 656 pages
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
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Written by leading academics in the area, Pettet, Lowry & Reisberg's Company Law offers comprehensive coverage of all major company law and financial regulation topics. It also introduces you to the theories, policies and wider socio-economic and political influences that underpin the legal principles, making it an essential guide to company law for all undergraduate and postgraduate students.

This fifth edition has been thoroughly updated to cover all significant legal developments in company law, including:
- Discussion of the statutory objectives of the Financial Services Act 2012, the Banking Reform Act 2013 and the Bank of England and Financial Services Act 2016
- Consideration of the new Directive on Markets in Financial Instruments (MiFIDII) and the new Regulation on Markets in Financial Instruments (MiFIR)
- Chapter 9 is a new addition to the book, which explores the specific duties that directors are subject to in more detail
- Several major consultations relating to corporate governance that were published in the UK in 2015-2017; the current version of the UK Corporate Governance Code; and an illuminating discussion of the new proposed revised Code
- Discussion of new double derivative action cases, as well as new derivative suit cases in other jurisdictions
- An in-depth analysis of the new regulatory framework of Credit Rating Agencies, focused on enhancing competition in the credit rating market and rules aimed at reducing over-reliance on credit ratings
- Important new case law on FSMA 2000 and the recent decision of the Supreme Court in Asset Land
- Analysis of the Prospectus Regulation 2017 and the very recent review of the UK listing regime
- An extensive review of the new EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) and a number of new insider dealing cases
- The recent important changes that have been made to enhance the company insolvency regime, supported by a robust but fair disqualification procedure. In particular, changes introduced by the Small Business, Enterprise and Employment Act 2015, the recommendations of the Graham Report and the Insolvency (England and Wales) Rules 2016
Foreword to the third edition

Preface to the fourth edition

Preface to the first edition

Acknowledgements

Table of cases

Table of statutes

Table of statutory instruments

Table of European legislation

1 Treaties and conventions

2 Secondary legislation

Part I Foundation and Theory

1 The nature of company law

2 Corporate entity, limited liability and incorporation

3 Legal theory and company law

Part II The constitution of the company

4 Entrenchment of rights

5 Organisation of functions and corporate powers

6 Relations with third parties: agency and constitutional limitations

Part III Corporate Governance

7 The governance problem and the mechanisms of meetings

8 Duties of directors

9 Role of self-regulation

10 Shareholder litigation: the derivative claim

11 Shareholder litigation: winding up on just and equitable grounds and the unfair prejudice remedy

Part IV Corporate Finance Law

12 Techniques of corporate ﬁnance

13 Raising and maintenance of capital

14 Financial assistance for the acquisition of shares

Part V Securities Regulation

15 Policy and theory in securities regulation/capital markets law

16 Credit rating agencies and their role in capital markets

17 The regulatory machinery of the Financial Services and Markets Act 2000

18 The regulation of public offerings of shares

19 The regulation of insider dealing and market abuse

20 The regulation of takeovers

Part VI Insolvency and liquidation

21 Insolvency and liquidation procedures

22 Disqualiﬁcation of directors
John Lowry is Professor of Commercial Law at UCL and an Honorary Fellow of Monash University.

Arad Reisberg is a Reader in corporate and financial law and Vice Dean for research at UCL Laws. He is also the Director of the UCL Centre for Commercial Law.