The European Private Company - Societas Privata Europaea (SPE) (eBook)

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Heribert Hirte, Universität Hamburg; Christoph Teichmann, Universität Würzburg.

Preface 5
List of Contributors 9
Abbreviations 11
Societas Privata Europaea (SPE) – General Report 13
Why Do We Need The European Private Company (Societas Privata Europaea)? 45
The SPE as a Corporate Form for International Investors 59
The Law Applicable to the European Private Company 83
The Proposed SPE Regulation and Beyond – Complementary Functions of Private International Law 111
Formation of the European Private Company (SPE) in the Light of the CEE Company Law 141
The Internal Organisation of the European Private Company: Freedom of Contract under National Constraints? 159
Model Articles for the Societas Privata Europaea? 195
Shareholders Conflicts in the European Private Company (SPE) 205
Directors’ Duties and Liability 255
The European Private Company and Capital Protection 275
What Kinds of Companies will a “One-Euro-EPC” generate? 305
Market data and observations from the German “laboratory” 305
Insolvency of the European Private Company (SPE) 361
Co-determination by Workers under the proposed European Private Company (SPE) 387
The SPE in German Tax Law 409
Annex I. Text of a Council Regulation on the Statute for a European private company as proposed by the European Commission and amended under the French, Czech, Swedish and Hungarian Presidency 447
Annex II. Bibliography on the SPE 509
Index 517