The Cambridge Handbook of Shareholder Engagement and Voting (Cambridge Law Handbooks)

Product Description All over the world, companies play an important role in the economy. Different types of stakeholders hold the reins in these companies. An important class are the shareholders that finance the activities of these companies. In return, stakeholders have a say on how these companies should be organized and structure their activities. This is primarily done through voting and engaging. These mechanisms of voting and engaging allow the shareholders to decide significant aspects of the company structure, from who governs it to how much directors are paid. However, how shareholders vote and engage and how far their rights stretch are organized differently in different countries. This pioneering book provides insights into what rights these shareholders have and how the shareholders of companies in nineteen different jurisdictions participate in corporate life through voting and engaging. Comparative and international in scope, it pays particular attention to how jurisdictions align and differ around the world. Book Description Provides insights on shareholder voting and engagement in nineteen jurisdictions using comparative legal and empirical analyses. About the Author Harpreet Kaur is Professor of Law and Director, Centre for Corporate Law and Governance at National Law University, Delhi. She teaches corporate law, securities and antitrust laws. She has been a Fulbright Scholar in Residence at MDC, Miami, and Fulbright Nehru Academic and Professional Excellence Scholar at Emory Law School. She has co-authored and edited many law books as well as conducted research in her areas of expertise.Chao Xi is Professor of Law and chairs the CCTL Corporate Law and Governance Cluster at the Chinese University of Hong Kong Faculty of Law. He is co-author of Corporate Governance and Legal Reform in China (2009) and Doing Business in China (3rd ed. 2009; 4th ed. 2016). His empirical research on shareholder voting and engagement has attracted significant funding support from funding agencies and regulatory bodies.Christoph Van der Elst was among the first scholars studying shareholder voting and engagement (see Attendance of Shareholders in European Business Organization Law Review, 2004) and has built a long track record in this research field. He is Professor of Business Law and Economics at Tilburg University and Ghent University, and as an independent director and member of an audit committee he is also familiar with how corporate voting and governance work in action.Anne Lafarre is Associate Professor at the Business Law Department at Tilburg University. She also teaches at the Jheronimus Academy of Data Science in 's-Hertogenbosch. Her recent research focuses on the use of modern technologies in corporate law, including the modernization of the AGM and shareholder engagement, shareholder sustainability activism and shareholder voting from a comparative perspective.