Takeover of Public Companies as a Mode of Exercising EU Treaty Freedoms

Maciej Mataczyński is professor of law at the Adam Mickiewicz University in Poznań, Poland. He is author of several publications on civil and company law, EU and private international law including major Polish commentaries in these fields.

• A comprehensive review of major legal problems affecting the processes of takeover – Publicly listed companies – Particular emphasis on EU, Polish and German law – Acquisitions relevant to EU Treaty freedoms: free movement of capital and freedom of establishment and 13th Directive – Extensive economic analysis – Legal-dogmatic research.

«To sum up, the reviewed volume is a valuable contribution whose unquestion-able strength is the fact that it approaches the issue of takeovers of public companies chiefly from the perspective of Poland—a state that has joined the EU only recently. There has been a deficit of studies on Polish corporate and capital market law in the English language. The volume will, at least partially, bridge this gap. What is more, the variety of perspectives from which takeovers are analysed adds up to the interdisciplinary, comparative nature of this work. It is aimed at both legal scholars and practicing lawyers who apply EU and national capital markets law.»(Krzysztof Oplustil, European Business Organization Law Review 19/4 2018)