Unfinished Business: Two Decades with the EU Takeover Directive

Author: Susan Emmenegger; Martin Winner; Andreas Recalde Castells; Rolf Skog
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
ISBN: 9781009654425
Published In: March 2026
Format: Hardback
Jurisdiction: U.K. ? Disclaimer:
Countri(es) stated herein are used as reference only

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The adoption of the EU Takeover Directive in 2004 was marked by significant challenges, with negotiations spanning over a decade. This book provides comprehensive analysis, practical insights, and forward-looking policy recommendations. It discusses contentious issues such as the mandatory bid rule, acting in concert, and take-over defences. It also looks at developments such as sustainability in takeovers, multiple voting rights, or new ways to structure ownership changes. It offers a clear and engaging understanding of the TOD's historical evolution, its transposition, the current institutional design of takeover authorities, conflict of law issues, and the enforcement of takeover law across the EU. And it looks at its practical impact as well as its future developments. With contributions from leading experts, international comparisons, and case studies, it is an authoritative guide to the takeover law in Europe and beyond.

Introduction

Susan Emmenegger, Martin Winner, Andrés Recalde Castells and Rolf Skog

Part I. Foundation:

1. The genesis of the takeover directive

Blanaid Clarke and Rolf Skog

2. Basic issues surrounding the TOD`s transposition

Markus Roth, Klaus Hopt and Adam Opalski

3. The institutional design of takeover law

Susan Emmenegger and Martin Winner

4. Enforcement of takeover law

Peter Agstner and Dörte Poelzig

5. Conflict of law issues in takeover law