Delisting of Stock Corporations in Europe and Beyond

Vassilios Tountopoulos is Professor of Commercial Law at the University of the Aegean, Greece.Rüdiger Veil is Professor for Corporate Law and Capital Markets Law at Ludwig Maximilians-University, Germany.

• Part I: Fundamentals of Delisting 1. Delisting in EU Capital Markets Law: Forms, Goals and Rationales, Vassilios Tountopoulos (University of the Aegean, Greece)2. Delisting in the Light of the ECHR, Ioannis Ktistakis (University of Thrace, Greece)Part II: Voluntary Delisting in EU Member States3. Voluntary Delisting and Shareholder Protection from a Corporate Law Perspective, Christoph Van der Elst (Tilburg University, the Netherlands)4. Voluntary Delisting: Procedures and Shareholder Protection Under Takeover Law, Andrés Recalde (Autonomous University of Madrid, Spain) and Mikel Ataun (Lawyer, Spain)5. Mechanisms of Ex Post Shareholder Protection, Paolo Giudici (University of Bolzano, Italy)Part III: Perspectives of Delisting in EU Member States6. Delistings from the Company’s Perspective – Corporate Governance, Athanasios Kouloridas (Athens University of Economics, Greece)7. Delisting – The Perspective of the Trading Venue – Market Rules, Katrin Deckert (Association nationale des Sociétés par Actions, France) and Anna-Lena Vogt (LMU Munich, Germany)8. Mandatory Delisting of Stock Corporations in the Shadow of Hierarchy: The Role of Public Authorities, Heikki Marjosola (University of Helsinki, Finland) 9. Delisting in the Issuer’s Insolvency, Jens-Hinrich Binder (University of Tübingen, Germany)10. Perspectives of the Banks: Delisting Financing and Servicing, Ioannis E Linaritis (Democritus University of Thrace, Greece)Part IV: Delisting and Corporate Mobility in EU Member States11. Downlisting, Gaia Balp (Bocconi University, Italy)12. Delisting Rules and EU Capital Markets Integration, Carsten Gerner-Beuerle and Jonathan Chan (University College London, UK)13. Cold Delistings, Elif Härkönen and Jessica Östberg (Linköping University, Sweden)Part V: Global Perspectives14. Delisting in the United States, Martin Gelter and Steve Thel (Fordham University, USA)15. Delisting in Australia, Pamela Hanrahan (University of New South Wales, Australia)16. Delisting in Hong Kong, Chee Keong Low (Chinese University of Hong Kong) and Tak Yip Low (University College London, UK)17. Delisting in India, Harpreet Kaur (National Law University Jodhpur, India)18. Delisting in Colombia, With Reference to the Argentinean and Chilean Regulation, Juan Pablo González Mejía (Cornell University, USA)Part VI: Conclusions19. Common Grounds on Delisting, Ulrich Torggler and Daniel Mert Yilmaz (University of Vienna, Austria)20. Delisting of Stock Corporations – Legal Fragmentation, Competition and Harmonistion Strategies, Rüdiger Veil (University of Munich, Germany)