Cross-border business needs conceptualization. One of the Schools of Transnational Commercial Law that responded to this need constitutes the object of this academic analysis. The international harmonization of commercial law is closely related to the ideas spread by the school under discussion. International instruments of harmonization are plural and diverse in nature, as are the academic approaches to these instruments. This article...

This article discusses regulatory competition for companies and shareholders in the European Union and concludes that it follows the American pattern. The article places an emphasis on the regulatory competition for listed companies. Keywords: ...

This article discusses the main elements of Directive 2017/828/UE amending Directive 2007/36/EC as regards the encouragement of long-term shareholder engagement. Directive 2007/36/EC (Shareholder Rights Directive) was adopted in 2007 and, ten years later, in May 2017, it was strengthened through Directive 2017/828/UE (Shareholder Engagement Directive).The primary objective of the Shareholder Rights Directive was to ensure that nonr...

The harmonization of the European insolvency laws aims to remove the existing discrepancies between them, which may hamper the establishment of an efficient Unique Market. The revision of Regulation no. 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings created the premise for a smooth coordination of insolvency proceedings with cross-border implications, but this process must be sustained by adopting certain complementary methods, in order to harmoni...