DUBLIN--(BUSINESS WIRE)--Research and Markets (http://www.researchandmarkets.com/research/45702a/eu_shipping_law_3r) has announced the addition of the "EU Shipping Law 3rd Edition" book to their offering.
EU Shipping Law, 3rd Edition has been completely revised to include recent developments and features in-depth commentary and analysis on the revolutionary changes in EU shipping law in recent times spanning areas such as competition, safety, consortia, State aid and transport law generally.
The new edition brings the story of how the European Union applies to the shipping sector right up to date. In particular, it deals with:
- The new competition/antitrust regime applicable to the shipping sector since the abolition of Regulation 4056/86
- The new guidelines on how competition law applies to the maritime sector (including the rules on information exchange)
- The new safety and environmental rules
- The saga of the two proposed port services directives
- The new consortia regime
- All of the new EU Commission and Court cases spanning shipping and ports
- New rules on security and ports
- Freedom of establishment and freedom to provide shipping services in the EU
Covering various aspects of EU shipping law in detail, this fully updated new edition takes a commercial as well as a legal perspective throughout.
This is an essential reference work for professionals who are under pressure to provide advice to clients on how EU law affects their business and how to avoid the pitfalls and take advantage of the extended market in any European transaction.
Reviews:
"pioneering work" "the most impressive guide to this area" "all law firms with even the pretence of a maritime practice should buy a copy"
International Company and Commercial Law Review
Author:
Vincent Power specialises in EU and Irish competition, and transport law. He is Head of A&L Goodbody's EU & Competition Unit which has been consistently ranked at the forefront of Irish law firms for over a decade. In 2004 the Unit was involved in 40% of the mergers before the Irish Competition Authority.
He has been involved in most of the significant competition and State aid cases in Ireland including the major take-overs, investigations, court cases and studies. He advises both national and multinational clients as well as public and private bodies. He regularly advises clients in sectors as diverse as aviation, banking, computers, drinks, food, insurance, professional services and shipping.
Vincent has been recommended by Chambers Global, PLC Which Lawyer, The Legal 500, European Legal Experts, Who's Who of Competition Lawyers, Life Sciences Handbook, Chambers Client Report and named in Who's Who in Irish Business. He has been described by these publications as an "acknowledged guru" with an "encyclopaedic knowledge"; a "gifted lawyer" and has a "great record in competition work".
He is the author or editor of six books including Competition Law and Practice, Irish Competition Law and the award-winning EC Shipping Law. He has a master's and a doctorate from Cambridge University and was the first ever law graduate to be awarded the Distinguished Alumunus award from University College Cork.
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