Legal Capital in Europe (eBook)

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Marcus Lutter, Zentrum für Europäisches Wirtschaftsrecht der Universität Bonn

Marcus Lutter, Center for European Economic Law, University of Bonn

Marcus Lutter: Legal capital of public companies in Europe - Executive summary of considerations by the expert group on "Legal Capital in Europe".

Part 1: Elements of Creditor Protection

Horst Eidenmüller/Barbara Grunewald/Ulrich Noack: Minimum Capital in the System of Legal Capital; Andreas Pentz/Hans-Joachim Priester/André Schwanna: Raising Cash and Contributions in Kind when forming a Company and for Capital Increases; Rüdiger Veil: Capital Maintenance - The regime of the Capital Directive versus Alternative Systems;Holger Fleischer: Disguised Distributions and Capital Maintenance in European Company Law; Susanne Kalss/Nikolaus Adensamer/Janine Oelkers: Director's Duties in the Vicinity of Insolvency -A comparative analysis with reports from Germany, Austria, Belgium, Denmark, England, Finland, France, Italy, the Netherlands, Norway, Spain and Sweden;Karsten Schmidt: Grounds for Insolvency and Liability for Delays in Filing for Insolvency Proceedings - Necessary Supplement to Capital Protection;Hanno Merkt/Gerald Spindler: Direct Liability of Controlling Parties (Piercing the Corporate Veil) and Related Legal Constellations;Tim Drygala: Directors Liability in the Member States of the European Union;Heribert Hirte/Tim Lanzius/Sebastian Mock: Director's disqualification and creditor protection;Jens Ekkenga/Walter Bayer: Fixed capital within the stock corporation law and its implication for minority and investor protection;Ulrich Huber/Mathias Habersack: Special Rules for Shareholder Loans (Part I): Which Consequences Would Arise For Shareholder Loans if the System of Legal Capital Should be Abolished?Christoph G. Paulus: Claw-back Rules and Creditors' Protection;Christoph Kuhner: The Future of Creditor Protection through Capital Maintenance Rules in European Company Law; Bernhard Pellens/Thorsten Sellhorn: Improving Creditor Protection through IFRS Reporting and Solvency Tests; Peter Mankowski: Does contract suffice to protect the creditors of a company and their interests?

Part 2: Single Country Reports

Great Britain Eva Micheler: England;Thomas Bachner: Creditor protection through insolvency law in England;France Isabelle Urbain-Parleani: Working Group on the Share Capital in Europe - French Answers to the Questionnaire;ItalyMassimo Miola: Legal Capital Rules in Italian Company Law and the EU Perspectives;Netherlands Harm-Jan de Kluiver/Stephan F. G. Rammeloo: Capital and Capital Protection in The Netherlands: A Doctrine in Flux;SpainJosé Miguel Embid Irujo: Capital Protection in Spanish Company Law;Poland Andrzej Kidyba/Stanislaw Soltysinski/Andrzej Szumánski: A Report on Selected Aspects of Legal Capital under Polish Code of Commercial Companies;USA Richard A. Booth: Capital Requirements in United States Corporation Law;Andreas Engert: Life Without Legal Capital: Lessons from American Law.

Index