Access to finance is crucial if we are to achieve the fundamental transition of our time: securing a safe and just society operating within the planetary boundaries. In the era of global market capitalism and deregulation, Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs) offer one of the few public economic...

A recent judgment from the Norwegian Supreme Court concerning the demerger of a private limited liability company provides some insight into the Supreme Court's understanding of what kind of transactions between a company and its shareholders fall within the scope of the legal term 'demerger' as...

This chapter gives an overview of the regulation of corporate governance in Norway, indicating also, to a certain extent, the practice related to and the effect of the regulation. The section following this introduction includes an overview of relevant acts and other sources of law. The main...

The EC takeover directive can be - and has been - criticised on several levels, but the implementation in the Members States nevertheless has to go on. Of particular focus in the current discussion amongst Member State academics is the interpretation of the directive's Article 5 (1) and Article...

Business as usual is no longer an option. How can the competitive advantage be given to countries and their companies that wish to pursue sustainable profit? This article presents the core of a legal reform proposal in a Nordic context, introducing planetary boundaries as a company law concept,...

We know that access to finance is crucial if we are to achieve the fundamental transition necessary to meet the grand challenge of our time: securing a safe and just operating within the planetary boundaries. In the era of global market capitalism and deregulation, Sovereign Wealth Funds (SWFs)...

The vast impact that the operations of companies today, on an aggregated level, have on the global economy, on society in general and on the biosphere and the atmosphere, means that a critical analysis of the purpose of companies and regulatory framework within which they operate is crucial to a...