Caballeros, escuderos, píldoras y joyas : carencias y retos de la regulación colombiana en relación con las estrategias de defensa contra una oferta pública de adquisición hostil

Abstract

Takeover bids as a mechanism to obtain control of companies whose shares are listed on the Colombian Stock Exchange Market have been conducted for several years. Although there have been acquisitions through friendly offers, until 2021, they had not been presented in the form of hostile takeovers. In this sense, the purpose of this thesis is to identify the challenges that the Colombian regulation has regarding the means of defenses of these hostile takeover bids, and whether the application of these mechanisms would presuppose a violation of the current financial regulation. In addition, to present a comparative law study with the United States to analyze the feasibility of applying the mechanisms of that legislation to the Colombian case.