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British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission Legislation Library

British Virgin Islands Financial Services Commission (BVI-FSC) website provides access to full-text legislation dealing with banking, finance, business, insurance and money laundering issues. The legislation can be browsed or searched using the site search engine. It is also possible to specify which division the legislation relates to such as banking and fiduciary, shipping, insurance or investment. Legislation is presented in full-text in PDF format.

Shareholder Rights

The Shareholder Rights website is made freely available online by Brabners Chaffe Street a firm of solicitors based in the North West of England. The site contains guidance relating to the legal position of shareholders in a Private Limited Company and includes information about the structure of a company and the role of directors, company secretaries and shareholders. Advice is also given on shareholder disputes, how to value shareholdings and how to sell shares in a Private Limited Company.

Fox Williams

Website of London based law firm Fox Williams. The site has information about the work of the company and staff profiles. The selection of newsletters and briefings reflect the firm's practice areas covering aspects of commerce and technology, dispute resolution and employment law. Fox Williams in-house publications can be purchased on the site. A range of micro sites focusing on human resources law, fashion law and commercial agents can be accessed from the home page.

Financial Law Institute

The Financial Law Institute (FLI) is a research and teaching unit at the Faculty of Law of Ghent University in Belgium. It researches company and financial law, covering regulation, corporate governance and banking law. The site provides FLI working papers from 1999 onwards, in languages including Dutch, French, English or German. There is information about books published by FLI researchers, and news and events information are available.

Takeovers Panel

Official website of the New Zealand Takeovers Panel, the body responsible for enforcing the Takeovers Code and keeping the law on takeovers under review. The Panel was established by the Takeovers Act 1993. The website provides information about the Takeovers Code; the Transactions page has decisions and exemption notices issued by the Panel since 2001; guidance, consultation documents and other material is also available.

ECGI's Working Papers in Law

Collection of working papers dealing with the legal aspects of corporate governance, business and finance made freely available by the European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), a not for profit organisation conducting research into corporate governance issues. The working papers are written by ECGI Fellows and Research Associates and recent topics have included securities laws, international corporate regimes and civil liability and mandatory disclosure.

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