Management and oversight in joint-stock and limited liability companies

Mainly, the following sources are discussed:

• reform of company law
• trusts
• asset funds
• Directors & Officers Liability policies

The volume highlights the problems related to the responsibility of the management and supervisory bodies of Italian joint-stock companies and limited liability companies. An extremely complex and renewed regulatory framework has been set down in black and white: an overview has now been achieved, at least. Thanks to the contribution of a professional who has long worked in the insurance sector in the USA, a full chapter has been dedicated to D&O policies. This work explores the specific issues of the protection of directors and statutory auditors’ assets, and provides indications on the recent Reform of company law.