englischThe use of several executors is a popular and reasonable instrument, especially in the case of extensive and complexly structured estates. Nevertheless, many questions have remained unanswered in the literature and case law over the past decades. This work addresses these issues and deals [...]

englischFamily businesses are typically considered to be companies with a small group of shareholders dominated by a few family members. In practice, however, there also exist family businesses with hundred or more shareholders. Such family businesses are thus similar to public companies known from [...]

englischThe study examines the crisis resilience of the family business. The starting point is the Corona pandemic, whose effects are compared with the consequences of the financial and economic crisis of 2008/09. In examining crisis resilience, a distinction is made between the factors of corporate [...]

englischThe present volume deals with digitization, internationalization and family governance as current challenges for family businesses.

In the field of digitization, the Internet of Things, Security on the Internet and, last but not least, networking of the world of work are primarily on focus. [...]

englischIt has not been definitively determined whether family businesses require a banking licence pursuant to sec. 32 para. 1 sentence 1 of the German Banking Act (KWG) for corporate financing with shareholder loans and profits left in the business. Considerations regarding the scope of sec. 32 of [...]

englischThe personal relationship within a family business often leads to conflicts developing into long-term, complex and emotionally motivated disputes. The solution to such a situation requires a flexible strategy of action, which systematically selects the appropriate dispute resolution [...]

englischThe author examines the legal consequences of minors as shareholders in family companies. She analyses the exercise of shareholder rights by minors against the background of minor protection provisions and aspects of company law. Her approach focuses on three main questions: Who exercises [...]

englischThe reintroduction of property tax is periodically subject to controversial discussions in Germany that do not always reflect the effects on companies as well as the constitutional restrictions legislator is subject to. The author describes the consequences of such tax for family [...]

englischThe implementation of a board (‘Beirat’) can be freely modeled by the shareholders of a family enterprise. As they define all rules concerning the structure of the board, a large variety of constructs exists. This study delineates the regulatory structure of 34 family enterprises with regard [...]

englischTo guarantee the influence of the family in family businesses is a crucial factor for the success of those businesses. Their influence is increasingly threatened from the inside and the outside. Internally conflicts within the family – between tribes or generations – about the succession may [...]