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Brexit and Corporate Citizenship
European Business Organization Law Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 225-249, June 2017
DOI: 10.1007/s40804-017-0072-4
Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 17/20
27 Pages Posted: 8 Dec 2017 Last revised: 15 Dec 2017
John Armour
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law; University of Oxford - Said Business School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Holger Fleischer
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
Vanessa Jane Knapp
Queen Mary University of London
Martin Winner
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Business Law
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Abstract
The UK’s recent vote for Brexit has sparked a fierce debate over the implications for the rights of EU citizens living in the UK and UK citizens living in the rest of the EU. So far, however, there has been relatively little discussion of the implications of Brexit for legal persons – that is, corporate citizens of the EU, which may also be profoundly affected by consequent changes. The ECJ’s 1999 decision in Centros made clear that the freedom of establishment protects the entitlement of corporate persons formed in one EU Member State to carry on their business in another Member State. Since then, many entrepreneurs in continental European countries have chosen to form companies in the UK, while still carrying on their business in their home country. What will the consequences of Brexit be for such companies?
An earlier version of this paper can be found at: ssrn.com/abstract=2897419.
Notes: The present article published in the Max Planck Private Law Research Paper Series is distributed by Springer under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). No changes were made to the article. As published in: European Business Organization Law Review 18 (2017), 225–249, DOI: 10.1007/s40804-017-0072-4.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3043715
European Business Organization Law Review, Vol. 18, No. 2, pp. 225-249, June 2017
DOI: 10.1007/s40804-017-0072-4
Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 17/20
27 Pages Posted: 8 Dec 2017 Last revised: 15 Dec 2017
John Armour
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law; University of Oxford - Said Business School; European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI)
Holger Fleischer
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
Vanessa Jane Knapp
Queen Mary University of London
Martin Winner
Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Business Law
Multiple version iconThere are 2 versions of this paper
Abstract
The UK’s recent vote for Brexit has sparked a fierce debate over the implications for the rights of EU citizens living in the UK and UK citizens living in the rest of the EU. So far, however, there has been relatively little discussion of the implications of Brexit for legal persons – that is, corporate citizens of the EU, which may also be profoundly affected by consequent changes. The ECJ’s 1999 decision in Centros made clear that the freedom of establishment protects the entitlement of corporate persons formed in one EU Member State to carry on their business in another Member State. Since then, many entrepreneurs in continental European countries have chosen to form companies in the UK, while still carrying on their business in their home country. What will the consequences of Brexit be for such companies?
An earlier version of this paper can be found at: ssrn.com/abstract=2897419.
Notes: The present article published in the Max Planck Private Law Research Paper Series is distributed by Springer under the terms of the Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License (CC BY 4.0). No changes were made to the article. As published in: European Business Organization Law Review 18 (2017), 225–249, DOI: 10.1007/s40804-017-0072-4.
papers.ssrn.com/sol3/papers.cfm?abstract_id=3043715