Introduction Susan Emmenegger, Martin Winner, Andrés Recalde Castells and Rolf Skog; Part I. Foundation: 1. The genesis of the takeover directive Blanaid Clarke and Rolf Skog; 2. Basic issues surrounding the TOD's transposition Markus Roth, Klaus Hopt and Adam Opalski; 3. The institutional design of takeover law Susan Emmenegger and Martin Winner; 4. Enforcement of takeover law Peter Agstner and Dörte Poelzig; 5. Conflict of law issues in takeover law Rui Dias; Part II. Mandatory Bid Rule: 6.

Development and impact of the mandatory bid rule in Europe Martin Winner and Philipp Fidler; 7. Derogations from the mandatory bid rule Rolf Skog and Eric Sjöman; 8. Acting in concert Javier García de Enterría and Matteo Gargantini; 9. Conceptional issues of equal treatment and the mandatory bid rule Edmund Schuster; Part III. Resisting Takeovers: 10. The defensive measures provisions of the takeover directive: from ambition to resignation to distrust Paul Davies and Alain Pietrancosta; 11. Death by a thousand cuts: the hostile bids regime in Europe, 2004-2023 Luca Enriques and Matteo Gatti; 12. Takeovers and corporate sustainability Guido Ferrarini and Michele Siri; Part IV.

New Developments: 13. Multiple voting rights and takeovers Erik Lidman and Andrés Recalde-Castells; 14. The changing ownership landscape Anna Christie; 15. The alternative to takeovers in the UK: using schemes of arrangement to effect a change of control Jennifer Payne; 16. Change of control by merger of corporations Susanne Kalss; 17. Reform of the takeover directive: harmonisation or member state autonomy? Jesper Lau Hansen and Therese Strand.