Company And Securities Law In New Zealand 2nd Edition

Description

Company and Securities Law in New Zealand, 2nd edition is a comprehensive treatise on New Zealand company and securities law and regulations by a team of highly experienced scholars and a leading practitioner. The text explains the theoretical background to the 1993 reforms effected by the Companies Act 1993 and deals fully with their practical implications. The text also covers the most recent reforms and amendments to company and securities legislation. This edition, as well as encompassing legislative and case law developments since the first edition (2007), includes two new chapters, one covering the choice of business structures and the other discusses the Financial Markets Conduct Bill and the upcoming securities and securities markets reforms.

Table of contents

1. Company and securities law in New Zealand : introduction / John Farrar ; 2. Business structures / Susan Watson Pt. 1. The corporate entity. 3. Company formation / Doug Tennent ; 4. Company constitutions / Lynne Taylor ; 5. Shareholder agreements / Lynne Taylor ; 6. Corporate personality / John Farrar Pt. 2. Corporate transactions and liability. 7. Corporate transactions and liability / Susan Watson ; 8. Capacity of the company / Susan Watson ; 9. Legal relationships with third parties / Susan Watson ; 10. Corporate liability for criminal and civil wrongs / Susan Watson Pt. 3. Corporate governance. 11. Corporate governance / John Farrar ; 12. Allocation of power within the company / Susan Watson ; 13. Shareholders’ meetings / John Farrar ; 14. The board of directors / Susan Watson ; 15. Duties of directors : Duties of honesty and loyalty / Susan Watson. 16. The duties of care of directors / John Farrar ; 17. Protection of creditors / John Farrar ; 18. Accounts and disclosure / Matthew Berkahn and Lindsay Trotman ; 19. Enforcement of management duties / Susan Watson ; 20. The company’s remedies for breach of director’s duties / Matthew Berkahn ; 21. Controlling shareholders / Lynne Taylor ; 22. Derivative action / Lynne Taylor ; 23. The unfair prejudice remedy / Matthew Berkahn and Susan Watson Pt. 4. Corporate finance. 24. The concept of capital and the financing of companies / John Farrar ; 25. Equity finance / Matthew Berkahn and Lindsay Trotman ; 26. Debt capital / John Farrar Pt. 5. Corporate collapse. 27. Corporate collapse / Lynne Taylor ; 28. Receivership / Lynne Taylor ; 29. Compromises with creditors / Lynne Taylor ; 30. Voluntary administration / Lynne Taylor ; 31. Liquidation / Lynne Taylor Pt. 6. Securities law. 32. Securities regulation / Shelley Griffiths ; 33. The Financial Markets Authority / Shelley Griffiths ; 34. The primary market / Shelley Griffiths ; 35. The secondary market / Shelley Griffiths ; 36. New directions : securities regulations become financial market law / Shelley Griffiths Pt. 7. Takeovers, amalgamations and arrangements. 37. Takeovers / David Cooper ; 38. Amalgamations / David Cooper ; 39. Court approved arrangements, compromises and amalgamations / David Cooper.