The Law of Corporate Finance: General Principles and EU Law (Free e-book)

The first volume dealt with the management of: cash flow (and the exchange of goods and services); risk; agency relationships; and information. The firm manages these aspects by legal tools and practices in the context of all commercial transactions. The second volume discussed investments. As voluntary contracts belong to the most important legal tools available to the firm, the second volume provided an introduction to the general legal aspects of generic investment contracts and payment obligations.
This volume discusses funding transactions, exit, and a particular category of decisions raising existential questions (business acquisitions). Transactions which can be regarded as funding transactions from the perspective of a firm raising the funding can be regarded as investment transactions from the perspective of an investor that provides the funding. Although the perspective chosen in this volume is that of a firm raising funding, this volume will simultaneously provide information about the legal aspects of many investment transactions.