The Law of Corporate Finance: General Principles and EU Law 3 - Volume III: Funding, Exit, Takeovers

The third volume discusses a wide range of funding and exit transactions as well as the legal aspects of takeovers. TOC:Introduction.- Funding: Introduction.- Reduction of External Funding Needs.- Debt.- Equity and Shareholders` Capital.- Mezzanine.- Chain Structures and Control.- Exit: Introduction.- Exit of Different Classes of Investors.- Exit of Shareholders.- Takeovers: Introduction.- Acquisition of Shares in a Privately-owned Company for Cash.- Due Diligence and Disclosures.- Excursion: Merger Control.- Excursion: Sovereign Wealth Funds.- Key Provisions of the Acquisition Agreement.- Duties of the Board in the Context of Takeovers.- Takeover Defences.- A Listed Company as the Target.- Acquisition Finance.