European Comparative Company Law examines important aspects of the company laws of seven European countries: the United Kingdom, France, Germany, Italy, Spain, Belgium, and the Netherlands. The book covers the European Economic Interest Grouping (EEIG) and the European Company (SE). There are currently major reforms underway or recently completed of company law within all the European jurisdictions, and the European Commission has adopted an extensive action plan. European Comparative Company Law is a contribution to the emerging discipline of European company law where both the harmonisation of company law by the EU, and also national jurisdictions are the important features. The EU Company Law Directives, the case law of the Court of Justice on the directives and the right to free movement and establishment in the Treaty of Rome, are considered. It makes a contribution to a better understanding of European company law at a time of reform and change.