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Corporate Governance

Say On Pay: The New French Legal Regime in light of the Shareholders’ Rights Directive II

Alain Pietrancosta

Top executives’ compensation (TEC) is a topical and sensitive corporate governance issue. This issue has probably been one of the most publicised along with the rise of shareholder activism, which is...

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Brexit

After Brexit, is France Ready to Change its Approach to Law & Finance?

Sophie Vermeille

France has embarked on a major competition to benefit from Brexit and the weakening of London's financial center. President Emmanuel Macron, as well as Prime Minister Edouard Philippe and Economy...

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Commercial Law

Increased Threshold to Trigger Directors' Liability in Insolvency Scenario?

Bird & Bird

Introduction The Sapin II Act of November 8 2016 amended the regime governing directors' liability in an insolvency scenario in order to encourage the recovery of honest directors of failed...

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Commercial Law

Comparative Corporate Insolvency Law

Horst Eidenmüller, St Hugh's College

Interest in comparative corporate insolvency law has grown considerably in recent years, driven by various factors. It is increasingly recognized that (corporate) insolvency laws have a significant...

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Financial Regulation

The Regulation of European Long-Term Investment Funds in France

Herbert Smith Freehills

This post comes to us from Vincent Hatton (Avocat at the Paris bar, partner) and Vincent Danton (Avocat at the Paris bar, senior associate) of Herbert Smith Freehills. The EU Regulation 2015/760 of...

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Commercial Law

French Institutions, Innovation, and Growth

Sophie Vermeille | Mathieu Kohmann | Mathieu Luinaud

After an extended period of economic growth following the Second World War, France stands today at the technological frontier in several sectors of its economy. Still, as emphasized in our paper ‘...

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Financial Regulation

ICYMI – French Financial Markets Authority (AMF) Launches a Public Consultation Regarding the European Regulation on Market Abuse (MAR)

OBLB Editors

The European regulation on market abuse is due to enter into force on 3 July 2016. In this context, the AMF is launching a public consultation on amendments to its General Regulation and its policy...

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Commercial Law
Corporate Finance

Access to Collateral and the Democratisation of Credit: France's Reform of the Napoleonic Code

Kevin Aretz | Murillo Campello | Maria-Teresa Marchica

Economic elites are thought to exert political pressure over the design of contracting frameworks, seeking arrangements that benefit their interests (see Feijen and Perotti (2006) and Rajan (2006)...

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