Editorial: Governance and the Crisis [Winter]

Cross-Border Division of SEs [Roelofs]

Shaping Rules for Cooperation in International Corporate Insolvency Cases through Dialogue [Fletcher, Wessels]

Environmental Piercing of the Corporate Veil: The Norwegian Supreme Court Decision in the Hempel Case [Sjåfjell]

Commentary on the EU Court’s Decision in Audiolux [Bekkum]

Commentary on the EU Court’s Decision in Fujitsu [Heinsius]

Survey of Legislation and Case Law, March and April 2010 [Hendriks, Wegman]

Legal Periodicals: A Selection [Braak, Olaerts, Rammeloo]

European Corporate Law, 2nd edn, by A. Dorresteijn et al., (Wolters Kluwer Law and Business, 2009) [Wymeersch]

This new book offers a substantial framework for examining the competence or powers of the EC in the field of company law, and the requirements for the lawful exercise of these powers (the principle of subsidiarity and the observance of Article 43 EC in particular). In order to provide a clear understanding of the practical relevance of this framework, the author tests the provisions of specific EC company law instruments for compatibility with the EC Treaty. Although the substantial body of EC company law that has been built up over the years is covered, the focus is on EC company law instruments which have been adopted in implementation of the 2003 Action Plan. The book includes a survey of the various company law instruments (both pre- and post-Action Plan) which together make up EC company law, and discusses the objectives of EC company law policy.

ILF guest lecture, 20 May 2010 This lecture by Professor Steef M. Bartman on piercing the corporate veil will take place at the Institute for Law and Finance (“ILF”), at the Goethe-Universität in Frankfurt. For more information see the registration form: Invitation – ILF Guest lecture – Prof. Bartman

The Academic Forum of Insol Europe (www.insol-europe.org/academics) & the Centre for European Company Law are organising a joint conference on CROSS-BORDER CRISIS MANAGEMENT IN THE BANKING SECTOR.

The conference takes place Thursday/Friday 1 and 2 July 2010. Venue: Leiden University, the Netherlands, Small Auditorium, Academy Building. (20 minutes from Schiphol Airport)

The Academy of European Law organises it’s annual conference on European Company law in Trier, Germany. The event takes place on March 22th and 23th 2010.

See for more information: http://www.era.int/cgi-bin/cms?_SID=NEW&_sprache=en&_bereich=artikel&_aktion=detail&idartikel=121151

Steef M. Bartman (1952) studied Law at the University of Amsterdam. In 1989, he was awarded his doctorate with a thesis on piercing the corporate veil, comparing Dutch and German statutory law and case law. He is the initiator and co-author of a widely used book, titled Van het concern (in English: About the Corporate [...]

  Adriaan Dorresteijn (1948) is professor of Transnational Corporate Law at Utrecht University (http://www.uu.nl/EN/Pages/default.aspx). Adriaan Dorresteijn graduated in 1974 (Utrecht University, Dutch private law program). He started his career at the University of Amsterdam as associate professor (business law). In 1989 he defended his doctoral thesis at Utrecht University (Conflicts of interest of directors). He [...]

This book identifies a number of rules, from UK, US and Dutch origin, that together are deemed to constitute “good” corporate governance, and raises the question whether – and if so, to what extent – these rules are capable of being legally enforced in the various jurisdictions (ISBN 978-90-411-2873-7). See for more information: http://www.kluwerlaw.com/Catalogue/titleinfo.htm?wbc_purpose=Basic?ProdID=9041128735&name=Corporate-Governance-as-a-Limited-Legal-Concept

Report on the Conference on Shareholder Democracy (Maastricht, Friday 18 September 2009) organized under the auspices of the Ius Cummune Research School within the framework of the Centre for European Company Law (CECL). CECL is a collaboration between the universities of Leiden, Utrecht and Maastricht.

Click here to go to the article about the CECL Conference on companies crossing borders within Europe. (Written by Tiago Pereira Monteiro, Junior Researcher, Utrecht University, the Netherlands).