The International Dimension of Issuer Liability-Liability and Choice of Law from a Transatlantic Perspective

Journal article

The worldwide integration of capital markets continues to make progress and has resulted in both issuers and investors being active in various markets on both sides of the Atlantic. In times of financial crisis, this brings one question to the centre of attention which has not been discussed exhaustively before: in the situation of securities liability to investors in an international context, which is the applicable law to the liability claim? The harmonization of private international law r...

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Authors: Ringe, W; Hellgardt, A

• Publication status: Published
• Journal: OXFORD JOURNAL OF LEGAL STUDIES
• Volume: 31
• Issue: 1
• Pages: 23-60
• Publication date: 2011-01-01
• DOI: 10.1093/ojls/gqq036
• EISSN: 1464-3820
• ISSN: 0143-6503
• Language: English
• Keywords: issuer choice; corporate governance; conflict of laws; Rome II Regulation; issuer liability; capital markets law