This book gives a concise introduction to the German law of business organizations. After outlining the corporate legal framework within Germany, the book addresses some basic issues of international and European business law, such as the law applicable to corporations engaged in cross-border activities. Special emphasis is placed on some recent developments in the European Common Market. The book then describes the various types of German business organizations with a special focus on the German Limited Liability Company (GmbH) and the German Stock Corporation (AG). Key issues such as the incorporation of various business forms, questions of designing corporate contracts, corporate governance issues and the liability of shareholders and managers are also explained. The book also provides a brief outline of some recent developments in European company law with a special focus on the new multinational corporate form of the European Company (SE).

Autorentext

Prof. Dr. Martin Schulz, LL.M. (Yale) is Professor of German and International Private and Corporate Law at the German Graduate School of Management and Law (GGS) in Heilbronn. He also works as a Knowledge Management lawyer in the Frankfurt office of the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP. His research activities and areas of expertise focus on German and International Corporate Law as well as Knowledge Management for lawyers.

Ref. iur. Oliver Wasmeier works as a legal clerk at the lower district court of Freiburg im Breisgau. He has worked in the Frankfurt office of the international law firm Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP and was a research fellow at the Institute of Information and Business Law at the Karlsruhe Institute of Technology (KIT). His research activities and areas of expertise focus on German and International Corporate Law in which field he is writing his doctoral thesis.

Inhalt
Introduction.- Stock Corporation (Aktiengesellschaft).- Limited Liability Company (GmbH).- Corporate Acquisitions in Germany.- Cross-border Corporate Activities.- Supplementary Material.- Appendix.