The Private International Law of Companies in Europe

Carsten Gerner-Beuerle; Federico M. Mucciarelli; Edmund Schuster; Mathias Siems

doi:10.17104/9783406759062

Summary

Can firms freely choose their place of incorporation and thus the applicable company law? And is it possible that a firm can subsequently reincorporate in another country, with the effect of a change of the law applicable to this company?

In the European Union, the answer to these questions has to consider the impact of the freedom of establishment and the corresponding case law of the Court of Justice. Beyond some general principles, there is, however, also considerable diversity between the laws of the Member States. This book therefore aims to provide an up-to-date analysis of this important area of law for all Member States. It is based on a comprehensive study, produced for the European Commission, on this topic.

This book should be of interest for practicing legal professionals who work in the field of cross-border transactions, as well as for legal scholars who specialise in company law, conflict of laws and EU law.

The benefits at one glance:

written in English
comprehensive, up-to-date analysis
practical analysis based on academic research

About the authors:

Carsten Gerner-Beuerle is a Professor of Commercial Law at University College London, UK.

Federico M. Mucciarelli is an Associate Professor of Business Law at the University of Modena and Reggio Emilia, Italy, and a Reader in Financial Law at the SOAS University of London, UK.

Edmund Schuster is an Associate Professor of Law at the London School of Economics and Political Science, UK.

Mathias Siems is a Professor at University of Florence.

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Bibliographic data

Copyright year: 2020
ISBN-Print: 978-3-406-71457-3
ISBN-Online: 978-3-406-75906-2
Publisher: C.H.BECK Recht - Wirtschaft - Steuern, München
Series: Beck International
Language: English
Pages: 770
Product type: Edited Book

Titelei/Inhaltsverzeichnis No access Pages I - XX
1. 1. 1. Introduction No access
  2. 2. Real seat v. Incorporation theory No access
  3. 3. Case law of the Court of Justice No access
  4. 4. Overview of our research No access
2. 1. 1. Sources of law No access
  2. 1. a) Overview No access
    2. b) Overview of national laws No access
  3. 1. a) Overview of national laws No access
    2. b) Connecting factor No access
    3. c) Outreach statutes No access
  4. 1. a) General approach No access
    2. b) Incorporation and formalities in particular No access
    3. c) The board of directors in particular No access
    4. d) Distinction between the lex societatis and the lex concursus (the law applicable to insolvency proceedings No access
    5. e) Distinction between the lex societatis and the international scope of non-contractual obligations No access
    6. f) Re-classification of company law No access
  5. 1. a) Overview of national laws No access
    2. b) Discussion No access
  6. 1. a) Outbound reincorporations No access
    2. b) Voluntary inbound reincorporations No access
    3. c) Involuntary change of law No access
  7. 1. a) Overview of national laws No access
    2. b) Discussion No access
  8. 1. a) Overview of national laws No access
    2. b) Discussion No access
  9. 1. a) Overview of national responses No access
    2. b) Discussion No access
  10. 10. Conclusions No access
1. I. Austria (Schuster/Winner) No access Pages 209 - 223
2. II. Belgium (Maresceau/Van der Elst) No access Pages 224 - 242
3. III. Bulgaria (Stancheva-Mincheva) No access Pages 243 - 265
4. IV. Croatia (Babić/Jakšić) No access Pages 266 - 279
5. V. Cyprus (Markou/Zantira) No access Pages 280 - 307
6. VI. Czech Republic (Pauknerová/Brodec) No access Pages 308 - 333
7. VII. Denmark (Birkmose) No access Pages 334 - 349
8. VIII. Estonia (Hoffmann) No access Pages 350 - 363
9. IX. Finland (Pönkä/Sillanää) No access Pages 364 - 376
10. X. France (Menjucq) No access Pages 377 - 384
11. XI. Germany (Gerner-Beuerle/Siems) No access Pages 385 - 414
12. XII. Greece (Papadopoulos) No access Pages 415 - 441
13. XIII. Hungary (Metzinger) No access Pages 442 - 460
14. XIV. Ireland (Clarke/Kenny) No access Pages 461 - 488
15. XV. Italy (Lombardo/Mucciarelli) No access Pages 489 - 513
16. XVI. Latvia (Balode-Buraka) No access Pages 514 - 526
17. XVII. Lithuania (Heemann/Gasparke) No access Pages 527 - 543
18. XVIII. Luxembourg (Conac/Cuniberti) No access Pages 544 - 554
19. XIX. Malta (Borg-Barthet/Mallia) No access Pages 555 - 566
20. XX. Netherlands (Van der Elst/Maresceau) No access Pages 567 - 590
21. XXI. Poland (Bąk/Rumiński/Morawski/Kuc/Lichnowska/Adamski) No access Pages 591 - 619
22. XXII. Portugal (Frada de Sousa) No access Pages 620 - 641
23. XXIII. Romania (Catană/Oprea/Sumandea-Simionescu) No access Pages 642 - 660
24. XXIV. Slovakia (Patakyová/Grambličková) No access Pages 661 - 683
25. XXV. Slovenia (Trstenjak/Weingerl) No access Pages 684 - 698
26. XXVI. Spain (Palao Moreno) No access Pages 699 - 720
27. XXVII. Sweden (Danelius/Sjöman/Skog) No access Pages 721 - 728
28. XXVIII. UK (Stone) No access Pages 729 - 750
Bibliography (selection) No access Pages 751 - 758
Index No access Pages 759 - 770