Modern Company Law for a Competitive South African Economy presents a progressive discussion of selected corporate law matters brought about by the new Companies Act 71 of 2008. The book covers the areas of corporate formation and corporate finance, corporate governance and mergers and takeovers, business rescue, and the enforcement and regulatory regime.

In memoriam - Tshepo H Mongalo  
Foreword - Rochelle Le Roux  
Preface - Tshepo H Mongalo  
An overview of company law reform in South Africa: From the Guidelines to the Companies Act 2008 - Tshepo H Mongalo 

PART I: CORPORATE FORMATION AND CORPORATE FINANCE

• Keep it simple and set it free: The new ethos of corporate formation - Philip Knight   
• Transparency and accountability under the new company law - Caroline B Ncube  
• The registration of securities under the new Companies Act 71 of 2008 - Muthundinne Sigwadi 
• The reform of the law of uncertificated securities in South African company law - Maria Vermaas  
• Public offerings of company securities: A closer look at certain aspects of chapter 4 of the Companies Act 71 of 2008 - Jacqueline Yeats  
• The new legal capital regime in South Africa  - James J Hanks, Jr  
• The challenge of treasury shares - Farouk H I Cassim  
• Financial assistance to directors—the Companies Act 71 of 2008 - Richard Jooste   

PART II: CORPORATE GOVERNANCE AND MERGERS & TAKEOVERS

• Corporate governance, finance and growth: Unravelling the relationship - Simon Deakin  
• South Africa moves to a global model of corporate governance but with important national variations - John F Olson  
• Governance under the Companies Act 2008: Flexibility is the keyword - Michael M Katz  
• A comparative analysis of directors’ duty of care, skill and diligence in South Africa and in Australia - Jean J du Plessis  
• A comparative analysis of the derivative litigation proceedings under the Companies Act 61 of 1973 and Companies Act 71 of 2008 - Lindi Coetzee  
• A critical analysis of the new South African takeover laws as proposed under the Companies Act 71 of 2008 - Nigel Boardman  
• A microscopic analysis of the new merger and amalgamation provision in the Companies Act 71 of 2008 - Ezra Davids, Trevor Norwitz & David Yuill

PART III: Business rescue

• A critical analysis of the business rescue regime in the Companies Act 71 of 2008 - Jonathan Rushworth  

• Dealing with corporate defaulters: Curbing the unfettered exercise of criminal law - Dennis M Davis  
• The potency of co-ordination of enforcement functions by the new and revamped regulatory authorities under the new Companies Act - Dorothy Farisani  
• The synergies and interaction between King III and the Companies Act 71 of 2008 - Mervyn E King  
• The impact of South African company law reform on close corporations: Selected issues - Johan J Henning