Includes bibliographical references and index.

A case-based approach to comparative company law / David Cabrelli and Mathias Siems -- General case on directors duties / Theis Klauberg -- Duties of nominee directors / Martin Gelter, Memika Gha and D Gordon Smith -- Obligations of directors in takeovers / Pablo Iglesias-Rodríguez -- Cross-border takeovers and takeover defences / Sonja Siggberg, Jesse Collin and Lena Nordman -- Piercing the corporate veil / Hisaei Ito and Hiroyuki Watanabe -- Capital maintenance / Micha Urek and Kamil Szmid -- Shareholders and shareholder law / Pierre-Henri Conac -- Abuse of shareholder rights / Mathias Siems -- Shareholders. Rights and litigation / David Cabrelli -- Limitations on the shareholder's right to transfer shares / Marco Ventoruzzo and Corrado Malberti -- A rule-based comparison and analysis of the case studies / David Cabrelli and Irene-Mari Esser -- A quantitative analysis of similarities and differences in form, style and substance / Mathias Siems.