englischGoogle, Facebook, Zoom and many other successful Silicon Valley companies have another thing in common besides their location: their founders and CEOs all hold multiple voting shares. In Germany, multiple voting shares have been prohibited since the German Law on Control and Transparency in [...]

englischThis work offers a detailed and in-depth examination of the methodological, dogmatic and substantive aspects of the European prohibition of abuse of law that are relevant to practice. Among other things, its legal nature, the dogmatic location of the examination, prerequisites for [...]

englischQuestions and Answers of the European Supervisory Authorities pursuant to Art. 16b of the ESA Regulation have an enormous factual relevance. However, it is unclear what the legal nature of these statements is and how the judge has to deal with them. This thesis attempts to clarify these [...]

englischWith the legal form SE & Co. KG it is possible to avoid co-determination at company level and to end existing co-determination. The paper examines under which conditions (in particular when a GmbH & Co. KG is restructured into an SE & Co. KG) co-determination is transferred to an SE & Co. KG [...]

englischInternational corporate governance standards are exercising unrelenting pressure on German company law. One of the most pressing questions in current corporate governance debate is to what extent the supervisory board can participate in the investor relations of a public limited company [...]

englischAfter an extensive overview of the GDPR, this work examines the new right to representation enshrined in Art. 80 (1) GDPR, which right permits data subjects to designate a competent association to exercise their rights to enforcement, including the right to obtain compensation, on condition [...]

englischA big risk in business life is a deadlock in corporate decision-making. What is the most efficient way to prevent and resolve a shareholder conflict? This question, which should be raised in practice when founding a company, is answered comprehensively. Buy-Sell Agreements are analyzed from [...]

englischThe study focuses on the relationship between the European market abuse regulation and the German corporate law. The study analyses the implications of the duty to disclose inside information according to Article 17 MAR on the imputation of knowledge and on the obligation of secrecy of the [...]

englischIn recent years, companies that are listed at the German stock exchange such as Wirecard or ProSieben have increasingly become victims of short selling attacks, so that their share prices have fallen massively within a very short period of time.

This work examines such attacks [...]

englischThe digital and global world of work combines elements of dependence and independence. Achieving an appropriate balance between protection and freedom is becoming increasingly important as a protective purpose. This encourages an understanding which moves away from reducing labour law to a [...]