Shareholders' Rights

This second edition of ‘Shareholders’ Rights’ provides essential reading for international corporate lawyers and general counsel.
As European directives help develop and shape the harmonisation of the law and legal systems, access to the latest information on a country-by-country basis is a must for international practitioners.
This comparative guide collates information from leading international corporate lawyers from each of the 26 jurisdictions covered, providing law firms and general counsel with an insight into the key issues that arise.

Jurisdictional coverage in 26 countries

1. Argentina
2. Australia
3. Chile
4. China
5. Colombia
6. Cyprus
7. Denmark
8. France
9. Greece
10. Hong Kong
11. Hungary
12. India
13. Indonesia  
14. Israel
15. Italy
16. Mexico
17. The Netherlands
18. Poland
19. Portugal
20. Russia
21. Spain
22. Switzerland
23. Turkey
24. United Arab Emirates
25. United Kingdom

Coverage

• Types of limited companies and shares
• General shareholders’ rights
• General meeting of shareholders
• Shareholder rights relating to general meetings
• Shareholders’ rights against directors
• Shareholders’ rights against the company’s auditors
• Disclosure of information to shareholders
• Shareholders agreements
• Dividends
• Financing and share interests
• Share transfers and exit
• Material transactions
• Insolvency
• Corporate groups

Foreword Alessandro Varrenti, CBA STUDIO LEGALE E TRIBUTARIO
Argentina Roberto H Crouzel, Constanza P Connolly, María Shakespear and Felipe Videla ESTUDIO BECCAR VARELA
Australia John Williamson-Noble and Tim Gordon, GILBERT+TOBIN
Brazil Alexandre Bertoldi, Vânia Marques Ribeiro Moyano, Sofia Toledo Piza and Roberta Bilotti Demange, PINHEIRO NETO ADVOGADOS
Chile Francisco Javier Illanes, Carolina Pardo and Florencia Grez, CARIOLA, DÍEZ, PÉREZ-COTAPOS & CÍA, LTDA
China Jan VM Holthuis, Li Jiao, Annet Vis, Wei She and Qing Liu, HIL INTERNATIONAL LAWYERS & ADVISERS
Colombia Darío Cárdenas, CÁRDENAS & CÁRDENAS ABOGADOS
Cyprus Kypros Ioannides and Maria Zindili, KGMC LEGAL, HADJIANASTASSIOU, IOANNIDES LLC
Denmark Niels Bang and Niels Heering, GORRISSEN FEDERSPIEL
France Yvon Dréano, JEANTETASSOCIÉS
Greece Christina Faitakis, KARATZAS & PARTNERS
Hong Kong David Yun and Joey Chau, KIRKLAND & ELLIS
Hungary Richard Lock and Dr Pál Rahóty, LAKATOS, KÖVES & PARTNERS1
India Sakate Khaitan, Sangeeta Jhunjhunwala and Varsha Jalan, KHAITAN LEGAL ASSOCIATES
Indonesia Ira A Eddymurthy and Tengku Almira Adlinisa, SSEK LEGAL CONSULTANTS
Israel Ido Gonen and Michal Matthews, GOLDFARB SELIGMAN & CO
Italy Alessandro Varrenti and Olga Masinovska, CBA STUDIO LEGALE E TRIBUTARIO
Mexico Daniel Antonio del Rio Loaiza and Amilcar Garcia Cortes, BASHAM RINGE Y CORREA, S.C.
The Netherlands Michiel Pannekoek, HOUTHOFF BURUMA
Poland Arkadiusz Ruminski and Krzysztof Banaszek, NOERR
Portugal Mafalda Barreto and Inês de Sousa Godinho, GÓMEZ-ACEBO & POMBO
Russian Federation Thomas Mundry, NOERR
Spain Fernando de las Cuevas, GÓMEZ-ACEBO & POMBO
Switzerland David Ledermann and Andreas Roetheli, LENZ & STAEHELIN
Turkey Dr Umut Kolcuoglu, Maral Minasyan and Gökçe Ildiri, KOLCUOGLU DEMIRKAN KOÇAKLI ATTORNEYS AT LAW
United Arab Emirates Amjad Ali Khan, Ziyad Hadi and Silvia Pretorius, AFRIDI & ANGELL
UK: England & Wales Spencer Summerfield and Beliz McKenzie, TRAVERS SMITH LLP