| Abstract [eng] |
The Lithuanian securities market began its development just before the decade and is now already in a stage of enormous acceleration. Consequently, an elaborate system of relations as well as sophisticated mechanism of legal regulation was created through a short period of time. Therefore, the subject of this work was chosen in accordance with the abovementioned circumstances. This work aims to examine, by critical and comparative analysis, the theoretic fundamentals of the securities market as well as to take a glance at the practical aspects of regulation of securities market and the problematical issues of regulation. The author analyses the following issues: – Examines the definition of securities, formulates the features of securities, determines the initial classifying characteristics which may assist in perceiving the essence and purposes of securities; – Analyses the system of regulation of securities market, defines securities law as a separate and independent branch in the system of Lithuanian law, identifies its position in the system of regulation and formulates critical and essential principles of securities law; – Investigates investors’ right to information and determines the right to information as a ground and basement of fair, efficient and transparent securities market; – Explores institutes of squeeze-out and mandatory bid which are new to the Lithuanian law as well as to the law of European Union and which raise numerous discussions among the academics of the law. The author examines the concept and legal nature of institutes, premises of formation, terms and restrictions of application, constitutionality of institutes and relations with the rights and interests of shareholders. Additionally, the author analyses the rise of the abovementioned institutes, investigates practice of application in foreign jurisdictions, studies the jurisprudence of national and foreign courts and explores the mechanism of regulation of squeeze-out and mandatory bid institutes. |
