A Practitioner’s Guide to Takeovers and Mergers in the European Union

This Guide, published by “City & Financial Publishing”, intends to be a comprehensive and practical guidance on takeover regulation and practice in fifteen EU countries. Uría & Menéndez’s Partner Carlos de Cárdenas Smith is the author of the chapter dedicated to Spain, which includes useful information about:

September 19, 2001

  • Mandatory offers

  • Acquisition targets and methods of acquisition

  • Exchange and investment control

  • Merger control

  • Preparation of an offer

  • Conduct of a public offer and defences to a hostile offer

  • Profit forecasts and asset valuations

  • Rules of conduct and obligations of the offeror and the board of directors of the target company during an offer