Description

Joint ventures have become a common vehicle for companies to create strategic alliances with partners that have complementary capabilities and resources, fostering opportunities to exploit distribution channels, technology, or finance in ways not available to the sole partners. Simply put, in a joint venture, two or more parent companies agree to pool defined capital, technology, human resources, risks, and rewards in the formation of a distinct entity under shared control. The complexities of such an arrangement are magnified when the project embraces more than one jurisdiction.

In this special issue of the Comparative Law Yearbook of International Business, practitioners who have specialized in domestic and cross border joint venture formations report on their respective jurisdictions as well as particular cross border issues. The volume provides national reports on Brazil, Bulgaria, Chile, China, Cyprus, the Czech Republic, Greece, India, Italy, Japan, Kuwait, Lebanon, The Philippines, Romania, Trinidad & Tobago, Turkey, and Vietnam. European competition law relative to joint ventures, taxation issues in The Netherlands, and governing law also are treated.

Business Entity Regulation and Investment. Absence of Market for Corporate Control for Panamanian Public Corporations and Protection of Minority Shareholders Roberto F. Harrington A. and Alejandro E. Alemán F. Antitrust in Brazil Paulo Marcos Rodrigues Brancher and Rodrigo Junqueira Ferreira da Silva Chilean Securities Regulation Paulo Larrain M. and Ignacio Concha Corporate Tax Regime in Russia Maureen O’Donoghue. Fund Administration and Management in Gibraltar Nicholas Piñero. International Corporate Taxation in Canada Don R. Sommerfeld. Joint Ventures in Singapore Chin Hooi Yen. Protection of Foreign Investment in Romania Ligia Dãnilã and Delia Bãroianu. Regulations on Mutual Funds in Indonesia Hamud M. Balfas. Western Norms in Corporate Governance Practices in Hong Kong Padraig Walsh. General Issues Foreign Copyright and Trade Mark Protection under Nigerian Law Linus Osita Okeke. Irish and American Work-Leave Statutes Carol Daugherty Rasnic. Japanese Court Jurisdiction over International Cases Takashi B. Yamamoto. Spanish Insolvency Act 2003 Ana Ribó. Telecommunications Law in The Netherlands Arjen van Rijn, Arnoud Boorsma, Jannetje Bootsma, Michiel Hes, Jeannette van Breugel, and Sandra van Heukelom-VerhageI. Index