In this paper, we examine the inconclusive debate on regulatory competition in Europe. We demonstrate that the recent expansion in the EU company law has created archetypal underpinning for formation of regulatory competition: the ground-breaking "triptych" of the ECJ on Centros, Überseering,...

Regulatory competition is often believed to be a hard fact of the post globalization era. Legal systems have to be economically "attractive" – and thus law makers must work to achieve this purpose. However, this view – as simple and seductive as it is – is not sound. Indeed a quick...