Who is the shareholder? The (ir)relevance of introducing an EU-harmonised definition of ‘shareholder’ in the context of the SRD II review process

This contribution reflects a presentation the author delivered to the members of the Belgian Company Law Centre during the PhD Seminar in April 2023. It addresses a subtopic of the author's ongoing doctoral research, which focusses on 'chains of intermediaries'. This contribution is a normative and critical analysis of an ongoing discussion and should be interpreted as such