The regulatory framework --
Use and abuse of the corporate form as a vehicle for raising finance and managing financial risk --
Capital structure-fundamental legal, accounting, and financing considerations --
Formation of share capital --
Share allotments --
Shares --
Maintenance and reduction of capital --
Share buy-backs and redeemable shares --
Distributions to shareholders --
Financial assistance --
Debt corporate finance-general considerations --
Secured debt --
Public offers of equity securities --
International equity offerings --
Corporate bonds.

This book examines the key elements of the legal environment relating to corporate finance in the UK, which has undergone a remarkable period of far-reaching change. This was driven in part by the desire of the UK government to modernise its domestic company law, and in part by policy choices at the EU level which rely heavily on the adoption of new regulation to promote closer integration of European financial markets." "Eilis Ferran provides a detailed analysis of the technical issues arising from the new UK and European law on corporate finance, and combines it with an exploration of the broader policy framework and with cutting edge research