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Book SynopsisThis indispensable and immediate response brings together expert views on how the world of business should best respond to the COVID-19 pandemic. It will be required reading for those designing, interpreting and relying on business law when responding to COVID-19. The contributions are organised under six broad themes: Corporate Law; Financial Markets; Insolvency Law; Dispute Resolution; Competition Law; Regulation.
Table of ContentsPart A Corporate Law Chapter 1. Shareholder Primacy in the Time of Coronavirus (Akshaya Kamalnath) Chapter 2. Directors’ Duty under UK Law to Promote the Success of the Company during the COVID-19 Pandemic (Philip Gavin) Chapter 3. When Businesses Can Do Good: Lessons from the Coronavirus Crisis for Promoting Responsible Business Practices (Suren Gomtsian) Part B Financial Markets Chapter 4. Emergency Measures for Equity Trading: The Case Against Short-Selling Bans and Stock Exchange Shutdowns (Luca Enriques and Marco Pagano) Chapter 5. Covid-19: Should We Close Stock Exchanges? (Alexandra Andhov) Chapter 6. Financial Regulation Suspensions in Times of Crisis (Iris H-Y Chiu, Andreas Kokkinis, Andrea Miglionico) Chapter 7. A COVID-19 Index Fund – The New Fearless Girl? (Anna L Christie) Chapter 8. Start-up Funding in Times of Covid-19 (Alexandra Andhov and Raphael Andrade) Chapter 9. How to Rescue Startups During the Pandemic (Dorothea Ringe & Wolf-Georg Ringe) Part C Insolvency Law Chapter 10. COVID-19: A Global Moratorium for Corporate Bonds? (Kristin van Zwieten, Horst Eidenmüller, Luca Enriques) Chapter 11. The Wrong Target? COVID-19 and the Wrongful Trading Rule (Kristin van Zwieten) Chapter 12. What’s so Wrong with Wrongful Trading? – On Suspending Director Liability During the Coronavirus Crisis (Amir Licht) Chapter 13. Corporate Liquidation Proceedings in Ecuador: The Recapitalize or Liquidate Rule in Times of COVID-19 (Esteban Ortiz Mena and Paúl Noboa Velasco) Chapter 14. Flattening the Filing Curve for SMEs: Lessons from Colombia’s Insolvency Reform (Alvaro Pereira) Chapter 15. COVID-19 and Beyond: The Case for Creditor Cooperation Duties in Corporate Workouts (Horst Eidenmüller and Kristin van Zwieten) Part D Dispute Resolution Chapter 16. Virtual Justice in the Time of COVID-19 (Mimi Zou) Part E Competition Law and Regulation Chapter 17. Contemplating COVID-19 and Competition – Returning to the Rat Race or Aspiring for Something Nobler? (Ariel Ezrachi and Maurice E Stucke) Chapter 18. The Race to Fight COVID-19: On the Desirability of Regulatory Competition (Horst Eidenmüller) Chapter 19. A Response to Eidenmüller’s Defense of Regulatory Competition in the Fight against COVID-19 (Marco Ventoruzzo) Chapter 20. The Quest for a Common European Fiscal Response to Fight COVID-19 (Julian Pröbstl) Chapter 21. Who Knows What Tomorrow Brings? Of Uncertainty in Times of a Pandemic (Pierre Schammo)
