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COMPANY LAWSHACKLETON ON THELAW AND PRACTICEOF MEETINGSNEWEDITION12TH EDITIONMadeleine Cordes, John Pugh-Smith, GeraldineCaulfield, James Burton, Catherine Dobson andZack Simons"A superb, thorough reference work"– International Company and CommercialLaw ReviewShackleton provides practical guidance onconducting meetings for legal professionals,company secretaries, administrators,directors and local authorities. It covers allsizes of meetings, from AGMs and publicmeetings to specialised committees,discussing the rules that must be adheredto with detailed reference to case law,legislation and precedents.• Advises on convening a meeting, itsconstitution, conduct, adjournment, votingand minutes• Discusses new case law on the changesintroduced by the Companies Act 2006• Gives guidance on the increase inshareholders’ rights which can causeadministrative burden in relation tomeetings for quoted companies• Highlights problems that may ariseduring meetings and suggests waysof resolving them• Considers the issue of defamatorystatements at meetings• Examines meetings in a variety ofinsolvency situations• Comments on proposals outlined bythe impending modernisation of theInsolvency (Amendment) Rules 2010• Provides updated forms and precedentsto accompany the commentary• Written in an easy to understand style thatis suitable for non-legal professionalsCONTENTS: Part One: Public Meetings. Part Two:Meetings for the Transaction Of Business. PartThree: Meetings relating to Companies. PartFour: Meetings of Local Authorities. Part Five:Defamatory Statements.JURISDICTION: United KingdomJan-2012 978 0 414 04661 0Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 494568Hardback c. £160.00/c. €204.00SHAREHOLDERS'AGREEMENTSCOMMERCIAL SERIES6TH EDITIONSean FitzGerald and Graham MuthNEWEDITION"An easy-to-use and helpful tool ... shouldtherefore not be missing in any corporate lawfirm's library." – Initiative MagazineShareholders' Agreements is a highlyregarded work containing in-depthguidance on the law governing all formsof shareholder agreement and advice ondrafting these agreements.It examines the nature and effects ofshareholders' agreements in a wide range ofcontexts, including minority protection, jointventures, property joint ventures, partnershipcompanies and venture capital agreements,drawing together in one place materialgenerally scattered across a range ofpublications. It includes checklists of draftingadvice and a range of precedent material,with all the precedents in the bookappearing on an accompanying CD-ROM.• Covers all forms of shareholderagreement in one volume• Gives guidance on typical transactions,highlighting the commercial issuesfacing the client• Identifies potential problem areas andoffers practical solutions• Covers the related taxation issues• Supplies detailed drafting advice for alltypes of shareholder agreement• Features an extensive range ofprecedents• Provides the precedents on anaccompanying CD-ROM for rapiddrafting and amendment• Incorporates the latest developmentsunder the Companies Act 2006 now itis fully in forceCONTENTS: Shareholders' Agreement. Articles ofassociation. Joint venture companies. Minorityprotection. Partnerships, limited partnershipsand LLPs. Relationships between theshareholders. Employee share ownership.Venture capital and the investment agreement.Option agreements. Precedents.JURISDICTION: England & Wales, CommonwealthSep-2012 978 0 414 02260 7Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 516416Book & CD-ROM c. £195.00 (+ £3.90 VAT) = £198.90c. €248.00 (+ €4.96 VAT) = €252.96SHAREHOLDERS' RIGHTSCOMMERCIAL SERIES6TH EDITIONRobin Hollington, QCThis work provides the definitive account ofthe rights of shareholders in a company. Thisnew edition incorporates the impact of theCompanies Act 2006, particularly the changesto the law on directors’ duties and theenforcement of derivative claims.• Explains the rights of minority shareholdersand offers guidance on statutory remediesavailable to them when their rights havebeen breached• Examines shareholder agreements• Details the fiduciary duties of directors inrelation to shareholders• Examines the principles of partnership lawsuch as good faith which have been adoptedin company law• Includes precedents for guidance and toprovide drafting templates1ST SUPPLEMENT: This brings the text up to datewith recent developments in the lawJURISDICTION: England & Wales, CommonwealthDec-2010 978 0 414 04320 6Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 415091Hardback, 524 pp £215.00/€271.00Sep-2012 978 0 414 02349 9Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 5574461st Supplement, Paperback c. £65.00/c. €83.00SWEET & MAXWELL'SCOMPANY LAWNEWSLETTER20 ISSUES A YEARConsultant Editor: Professor David MilmanSweet & Maxwell's Company Law Newslettercontains essential and topical information thathelps keep the reader up to date with the latestdevelopments in company law and practice.• Provides authoritative coverage on afortnightly basis• Contains digests of recent cases detailingthe facts and decisions, the court and dateof judgment• Covers legislative changes• A News Desk section includes the latestdevelopments in company law plus coverageof related areas such as financial services• Regularly contains articles by leadingcommentators on the latest developmentsin company law, including insolvencyJURISDICTION: United Kingdom1352-1063Sweet & Maxwell Product ID: 68652012 Annual Subscription PricesUK £616.00Europe £680.00/€897.00Rest of World £696.00/$1197.0028 To order any of these titles please visit www.sweetandmaxwell.co.uk