This authoritative textbook offers a thorough, theoretical and practical overview of the current EU legal framework applicable to capital markets. It is intended to enable a critical analysis of the overall regulatory principles as well as the interaction between market actors and EU law which has shaped the regulatory agenda both at national and EU level. The book gives an overview of the foundations of EU capital markets and touches upon issuer disclosure obligations, inappropriate market practices and gatekeepers. EU law is the main focus, complemented by comparative analysis where applicable, primarily relating to UK, French and German laws.

Ideal for upper-level undergraduate or graduate law students taking a module in Capital Markets Law, Securities Regulation, Corporate Finance Law or EU Company Law. Also useful for accounting, business or economics MSc students who need to broaden their understanding of the legal aspects of capital markets, and for academics and policy makers.

A textbook focussing only on the law of capital markets in the EU, combining theoretical and practical overviews of the EU legal framework

About the Author

Konstantinos Sergakis is Professor of Commercial Law at the University of Glasgow, and School International Lead for the University of Glasgow School of Law. He holds an LLB from the University of Athens, an LLM in International Business Law from University College London and a PhD from the University Paris 1 Pantheon-Sorbonne.

Book Information
ISBN 9781137518460
Author Konstantinos Sergakis
Format Paperback
Page Count 314
Imprint Hart Publishing
Publisher Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Weight(grams) 510g