You may have already noticed that when talking about business many terms like enterprise, business and company are often been used as synonyms. But are those really all the same terms? What shall you unterstand by each of those individual terms? Which legal differences shall you be informed about? If you are talking about an…
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The German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) regulates the establishment, constitution, accounting, general meetings and liquidation of stock corporations and partnerships limited by shares. The Stock Corporation Act regulates the rights and obligations of corporations based on shares. In addition to the Stock Corporation Act, the provisions of the Commercial Code and the Civil Code are…
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Permanent regulations on virtual general meetings passed On 27 April 2022, the Federal Cabinet adopted the draft law submitted by the BMJ on the introduction of virtual general meetings of public limited companies and amendments to other regulations. As a result of the measures to contain the COVID 19 pandemic, the legislator has created the…
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No introduction of a new cause of action with the restitution claim BGH v. 3.8.2021 – II ZR 283/19 It is inadmissible to introduce a new cause of action with the restitution claim. The assertion of a claim of the company against a corporate debtor as a third party by a shareholder is based on…
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