englischThis paper answers the question of the relationship between the ban on insider trading and capital increases. It examines the interface between corporate law and capital market law, in particular the question of whether corporate law must accept restrictions under capital market law. The [...]

englischFor the first time, this work deals in detail with the requirements of Section 4 (1a) FinDAG, which is important for supervisory practice. The work not only outlines the regulatory objective in the first sentence of the provision, but also examines the facts and legal consequences of the [...]

englischWhich aspects need to be taken into consideration when deciding to cooperate with investigating authorities? From the perspective of corporate law, this dissertation examines whether a member of the management board can exercise business judgement when deciding to cooperate. Furthermore, the [...]

englischAlthough many German companies have already been supervised by a corporate monitor due to pressure from U.S. authorities, the practice lacks guidelines for dealing with this instrument. The author closes this gap with his paper. After a comprehensive analysis of U.S. monitorships, the paper [...]

englischHaving come to public attention in the context of cryptocurrencies, the blockchain is also suitable as a basis for the tokenization of company shares. Economically their tokenization is likely to become highly relevant, especially for AGs (stock companies) and GmbHs (limited companies). In [...]

englischIn contrast to upward information the topic of information duties of a parent company towards its subsidiaries has received next to no attention. This is hardly surprising since efficient information systems are part of a good corporate group governance and since the subsidiaries’ boards [...]

englischEven after the adoption of the MoPeG, there has so far been a lack of analysis of the civil law company (GbR) shareholder. This gap is filled by the thesis. In a first step, the thesis tries to define the real-typical GbR shareholder and points out the gaps that remain in such a definition. [...]

englischThis practical work uses concrete case studies to shed light on the possibilities and limits of additional bodies in the GmbH. It develops criteria for the classification of advisory boards, supervisory boards and administrative boards as corporate bodies and examines the legal consequences [...]

englischThis study analyses in detail different forms of third-party participation in the provision of hidden contributions in kind within the meaning of § 19 para. 4 GmbHG and § 27 para. 3 AktG. The objects of investigation are constellations in which the transactions typical for a hidden [...]

englischThe book designs a new type of holdings-related disclosure in order to compensate for the functions of behavior control and the guarantee of correctness of the formation of collective wills associated with the proportionality of voting power and economic risk (capital principle) for the [...]