Unlocking company law

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to company law -- Legal structures of business organisations -- The company as a distinct and legal person -- Company formation and linked issues -- The constitution of the company -- Financing a company -- Shareholders, shares and share capital -- Capital maintenance and distributions -- Corporate governance -- Legally binding the company -- Directors' duties : general considerations and management duties -- Directors' duties : conflict of interest duties -- Directors' duties : remedies and reliefs and director disqualification -- Shareholder remedies -- Restructuring, rescuing troubled companies and takeovers -- Winding up and dissolution of a company -- Transparency.