Scaling up European firms: the case for an EU company law regime
About the Event
The presentation covers a recent contribution to the European Central Bank's Economic Bulletin, which sets out the case for an EU company law regime as a key enabler to help European firms scale. Today, firms seeking to expand across the Single Market are hampered by regulatory burdens and legal fragmentation throughout their life cycle, increasing the cost and complexity of cross-border operations. Such is the case that Europe's competitiveness challenge is increasingly recognised as a scale-up challenge. The presenters will discuss how these barriers affect the ability of firms to scale up and explain how the European Commission's proposal for an optional European corporate form (EU Inc.) has the potential to reduce transaction costs, improve legal certainty and facilitate cross-border investment, complementing the objectives of the Single Market and those of the Savings and Investments Union.
Speakers
Lucia QUAGLIETTI
Team Lead – Economist
DG International and European Relations
European Central Bank
Zakaria GATI
International Relations Analyst
DG International and European Relations
European Central Bank
Programme
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