The Protection of Minority Shareholders in Company Law

Drawing on EU, comparative and national perspectives, this book analyzes various aspects of the legal protection of minority shareholders. This edited collection provides an in-depth and critical understanding of minority shareholder protection at EU level, offering insightful views from selected jurisdictions in order to scrutinize national law choices and initiatives in the light of EU harmonization. The contributors are drawn from across Europe, providing insights on a wide range of legal traditions and sharing their national experiences in an EU and comparative context. With this approach, this volume fills an important gap in the research on European and comparative company law. It brings together national experiences in the context of EU and comparative law from the purview of shareholder protection and provides a deeper understanding of the network of rights and remedies comprising the respective legal framework. This book will be of great interest to readers in company law, comparative law and EU law.