Securities World

Securities World, third edition, offers general counsel and solicitors a valuable insight into cross-border securities. It provides expert commentary from the world’s top securities lawyers on laws, regulations and changes in all of the major jurisdictions. This edition also offers quick comparisons for companies and lawyers involved in international transactions. •General description of the capital markets•Financial services and markets•Public offering•Listing•Continuing compliance requirements•Prohibited conduct•Takeovers•Managed investments schemes (mutual funds)CONTENTS• GENERAL DESCRIPTION OF THE CAPITAL MARKETS • REGULATORY STRUCTURE • REGISTRATION OF THE ISSUER AND SECURITIES • SUPERVISORY AUTHORITIES • OFFERING DOCUMENTATION OR PROSPECTUS REQUIREMENTS • DISTRIBUTION SYSTEMS • PUBLICITY • LISTING • SANCTIONS AND DISPUTES • CONTINUING OBLIGATION • CORPORATE GOVERNANCE • MARKET ABUSE • MUTUAL OR INVESTMENT FUNDS • SECURITIES INSTITUTIONS • NOTIFICATION OBLIGATIONS • PUBLIC TAKE-OVERS • FOREIGN INVESTMENT CONTROLS CONTRIBUTOR INFORMATIONForeword - Willem J L Calkoen NautaDutilh NVEuropean Union - Petra Zijp, Larissa Silverentand, Willem Verschuur & Elvira de Jong NautaDutilhAustralia - Robert Hanley Mallesons Stephen Jaques Belgium - Benoît Feron & Marie-Laure De Leener NautaDutilh NV British Virgin Islands - Jacqueline Daley-Aspinall & Ross Munro Harney Westwood & RiegelsBulgaria - Svetlina Kortenska Borislav Boyanov & Co Canada - Alfred L J Page, David R Surat & Andrew M Bunston Borden Ladner GervaisEngland & Wales - Robert Boyle & Mark Slade Macfarlanes Finland - Paula Linna, Elisa Heinonen & Essi Rimali RoschierFrance - Antoine Maffei & Guillaume Touttée De Pardieu Brocas MaffeiGermany - Dr. Wolfgang Groß & Dr. Thomas Paul Hengeler Mueller Ireland - Stephen Hegarty Arthur Cox Italy - Marcello Gioscia & Gianluigi Pugliese Ughi e Nunziante Japan - Kunihiko Morishita Anderson Mori & TomotsuneLuxembourg - François Warken & Laurence van Zuylen Arendt & MedernachNetherlands - Arjan J J Pors, Fleur S M van Tilburg, Lotte van de Loo & Pim Heemskerk NautaDutilh NV Portugal - Ricardo Andrade Amaro & Diana Ribeiro Duarte Morais Leitão, Galvão Teles, Soares da Silva & AssociadosRussia - Alexey Andrusenko, Tatyana Boyko, Nikita Gurin, Daria Izotova, Julia Kulyamina, Elena Kuznetsova, Valentin Osipov, Alexander Rudyakov, Nadezhda Rybinskaya, Irina Skidan, Alexey Vasilyev & Uliana Volina Egorov Puginsky Afanasiev & PartnersSouth Korea - Je Won Lee & Mark B Rolfson Lee & Ko Spain - Javier Ybáñez & José Luis Palao J&A GarriguesSweden - Ola Åhman, Mattias Friberg & Malin Karvonen Roschier Switzerland - Martin Lanz, Lorenzo Olgiati & Philippe Borens Schellenberg Wittmer USA - John B Meade & Jake S Tyshow Davis Polk & WardwellEDITORS & EDITORIAL BOARDWillem J L CalkoenSpecialising in mergers and acquisitions (M&A) - both public offers and private transactions – and in securities law and corporate governance. Willem has been involved in a variety of domestic and cross-border transactions.Willem graduated from Utrecht University in 197 and served as a naval reserve officer until 1972, when he joined NautaDutilh. He became a partner in 198. He was chairman of the Company Law Committee of the Section on Business Law (‘SBL’) of the International Bar Association from 1988 to 1992; an officer of the SBL from 1993 to 1998 and chairman of the SBL from 1997 to 1998.Willem publishes regularly on topics such as joint ventures and corporate governance. He has been identified as highly recommended in Pritchards European Legal 5 of 24 and listed in Whos Who Legal for the Netherlands under M&A and corporate governance. He is acknowledged by European Legal Experts 25 as a corporate and commercial expert.