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WiSe 22/23: European and German Company Law

Victor Claussen

Information for students

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Additional information / Pre-requisites

WICHTIG: Die Veranstaltung ist für Studierende ab dem 3. Fachsemester geeignet. Die Veranstaltung ist platzbeschränkt.

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Course Description

In any state companies are essential market players. In the European Union, the rules that govern important types of companies have been gradually harmonized, in some cases – in particular with regard to corporations as opposed to partnerships – to a large extent. In addition, some independent company types have been developed at the European level. At the same time Member States continue to keep their own rules in those areas of company law which are not (or not yet) governed by EU law. For instance, German company law is still partly dominated by rules that are in some respects different from those of other Member States.

The course mainly aims at offering orientation on EU company law. However, subjects include an introduction to the functions and general principles of company law and some orientation on German company law as well. In addition a guest speaker will be invited to offer an intervention on basics and recent developments of Italian company law.

An active oral participation of students in class will be encouraged. Any prior insight in the basic structures of company law helpful but this is not indispensable.

The course will cover the following topics:

European Legislation on National Company Law
Publicity of Company Data
Capital Maintenance
Mergers and Divisions
Financial Accounting
European Companies
Private International Law
Golden Shares
German Company Law (Overview)
The German Public Limited Company (AG)
The German Private Limited Company (GmbH)

Reading recommendation: Nicola de Luca, European Company Law. Text, cases and materials, Cambridge University Press, 2017.

This course is recommended to Themis students

Course Type:

Practical language exercise / 2 hrs per week (in 2021 taught as a block of 4 hrs per week from 19 Oct 2021 until 7 Dec 2021)

Course Registration:

Please register via Campus Management, Module "Fremdsprachenfachkompetenz A or B"

Exam:

There will be a written final examination.

Frequency:

The course will be held in every winter semester. close