englischThis study makes a significant contribution to the discussion initiated by the German Federal Ministry of Finance on a possible need for change with regard to the regulation of § 43 of the German Securities Trading Act (WpHG).

The study does not only consider the legal requirements or [...]

englischThe study analyzes the group organization from the perspective of legal facts and legal doctrine. It focuses in particular on internal guidelines, which control the cooperation of the individual group companies and whose legal classification has not yet been clarified. Internal group [...]

englischThe executive board of a public limited company makes its decisions mostly as a collegial body. However, there are no special regulations for liability in case of erroneous collective decisions. The study examines in detail the preconditions and limits of such liability for the individual [...]

englischManaging directors are increasingly burdened with obligations. If this tendency persists, they must be given the possibility to share these responsibilities among them. Only if they are allowed to distribute the numerous liability risks inherent to their duties they are able to focus on the [...]

englischIt has been under discussion for a long time to create a European company form especially for SMEs operating across Europe. Characteristic of this "European private company" according to the Commission's draft regulation is a far-reaching freedom of contract regarding the Articles of [...]

englischThe thesis presents a comprehensive analysis of the national provisions on conflict of laws and substantive company law for the choice of the seat of mixed-type partnerships, taking into account the freedom of establishment of shareholders and directors under European law. It uses this [...]

englischThis thesis addresses a gap in research: Partnerships have so far been largely ignored in research and legislation in international corporate law. However, cross-border mergers and changes to the legal form of partnerships are becoming increasingly important in practice. This is [...]

englischThe performance of German restructuring and insolvency law has been put to the test by the consequences of the global financial crisis and competition from English restructuring procedures in recent years. This dissertation examines whether the ESUG (the German law on facilitating the [...]

englischGroups of companies are used to avoid liability risks and, as a rule, one company is not made liable for another company’s debts. However, sustaining this separated liability is not always successful and, in exceptional cases, a parent company is made liable. This fact is well known in [...]

englischThis book constitutes a pioneering work in the field of Societas Privata Europaea. It analyzes the law applicable to SPE – from the corresponding regulation to statute sand national law. The book gives an introduction to this new type of company and deals with almost all aspects of a SPE – [...]