The European Company

Dirk Van Gerven is a Partner at NautaDutilh (a Benelux law firm), Brussels, and is a member of the Brussels Bar and the New York Bar. He has extensive experience in all areas of corporate law, including litigation, international arbitration, securities regulation, and finance. He is head of continuing legal education for the Dutchspeaking Bar of Brussels, a research fellow at the University of Leuven, and has published widely in the fields of corporate and financial law. Since 2003 he has been a member of the Supervisory Board for the Banking, Finance and Insurance Commission of Belgium. Paul Storm is a retired Partner of NautaDutilh, Rotterdam, and is Emeritus Professor of Law at Universiteit Nyenrode. Until 2005 he was Chair of the Combined Committee on Company Law instituted by the Royal Dutch Notarial Society and the Netherlands Bar Association. He is co-author of one of the leading Dutch textbooks on business organisations.

List of contributors; Preface Dirk Van Gerven, NautaDutilh; Part I. The European Legal Framework: 1. The Societas Europaea: a new opportunity? Paul Storm, NautaDutilh; 2. Provisions of Community law applicable to the Societas Europaea Dirk Van Gerven, NautaDutilh; 3. European involvement: rights and obligations Philippe François and Julien Hick, NautaDutilh; 4. International tax aspects of the Societas Europaea Roderik Bouwman and Jan Werbrouck, NautaDutilh; Part II. Application in each Member State: National Reports for EU Member States; 5. Austria Andreas Hable and Horst Lukanec, Binder Grösswang Rechtsanwälte; 6. Belgium Dirk Van Gerven and Elke Janssens, NautaDutilh; 7. Denmark Vagn Thorup, Nikolaj Hansen, Claus Juel Hansen and Arne Ottosen, Kromann Reumert; 8. Finland Berndt Heikel and Johan Nybergh, Hannes Snellman; 9. Germany Wilhelm Haarmann and Clemens Philipp Schindler, Haarmann Hemmelrath; 10. The Netherlands Marianne de Waard, Frits Oldenburg and Paul Storm, NautaDutilh; 11. Estonia Sven Papp and Maarja Oviir-Neivelt, Raidla & Partners; 12. Hungary Jacques de Servigny, Gide Loyrette Nouel; 13. Lithuania Zilvinas Kvietkus, Mindaugas Civilka, Norcous & Partners; 14. Poland Agnieszka Szydlik, Jacek Bondarewski, Magdalena Moczulska, Malgorzata Kozak, Michal Bernat and Morvan Le Berre, Wardynski & Partners; 15. Slovak Republic Katarina Cechová, Michaela Jurková and Cechová Rakovsky; 16. Sweden Klaes Edhall, Anne Rutberg, Helena Rempler, Annika Andersson, Anna-Karin Liljeholm and Kerstin Kamp-Wigforss, Mannheimer Swartling; 17. United Kingdom Nigel Boardman, Slaughter & May; National reports for EEA Member States: 18. Iceland Thorunn Gudmundsdottir, Thorunn Gudmundsdottir Lex Law Office; Part III. Annexes: Annex Ia. Council Regulation (EC) No 2157/2001 of 8 October 2001 on the Statute for a European Company (SE); Annex Ib. Public limited-liability companies referred to in Article 2(1) of the Regulation; Annex Ic. Public and private limited-liability companies referred to in Article 2(2) of the Regulation; Annex II. Council Directive 2001/86/EC of 8 October 2001 supplementing the Statute for a European company with regard to the involvement of employees; Annex III. List of national laws implementing the Regulation and the Directive.