The Law of Majority Shareholder Power: Use and Abuse [Hardcover]

This new edition of the only work to focus on majority shareholder power has been developed and expanded in areas such as nominee directors, offshore jurisdictions, expropriation of minorities and creditors' and members' schemes.The second edition of this important work provides an invaluable reference guide for legal practitioners advising on matters relating to company shareholders.Fully revised and updated, it addresses the major legal developments since the first edition, including key cases in relation to the expropriation of minority shareholders such asCharterhouse Capital Ltd,re Coroin, andAssenagon Asset Management SA v Irish Bank Resolution Corp Ltd. There is also discussion of cases relating to the commencement of derivative proceedings such asKleanthous v Paphitis. Developments relating to creditors' and members' schemes are also covered, and the limitations of contractual control are considered throughout.New chapters have been added on nominee directors and offshore jurisdictions. The chapter on responding to derivative claims has been extensively updated to take account of recent cases which consider the statutory procedure for commencing derivative proceedings under the Companies Act 2006.The Law of Majority Shareholder Powercontinues to be the go-to work for company lawyers and majority shareholders.Introduction1. Expropriation of minorities2. Statutory squeeze-outs3. Schemes of arrangement4. Asset sales5. Dilution through capital issues6. Insolvency proceedings7. Authorization and ratification8. Nominee Directors9. Responding to Unfair Prejudice Proceedings10. Responding to Derivatives Claims11. Offshore JurisdictionsDavid Chivers QC,Ben Shaw,Ceri Bryant QC,Chantelle Staynings Logically organised and extensively footnoted, this reassuringly succinct volume provides an excellent source of references and as you would expect, also contains tables of cases and of legislation. Every practitioner specialising l£;