The New Italian Law on Merger Leveraged Buy-Outs: A Law and Economics Perspective

European Business Organization Law Review

Volumn 6, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 101-147

  Silvestri, Marco ^a  

^a Mergers and Acquisitions Department   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Articles 2358 and 2501 bis of the Italian Civil Code; financial assistance; leveraged buy outs

Indexed keywords

EID: 84983152410     PISSN: 15667529     EISSN: 17416205     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1017/S1566752905001011     Document Type: Article

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