Corporate Laws of the World
A Handbook

This handbook contains detailed reports on the corporate laws of almost 50 countries worldwide. Following a common structure, each country report is approximately 50 pages in length.

Within each report the following information is presented:
. The legal status of private limited liability companies
. the legal status of public companies
. registration requirements
. foundation; duration
. name; legal capacity; memorandum and articles of association
. capital and protection of capital
. rights and duties of shareholdersv corporate bodies and officers
. power of representation
. liability of corporate bodies
. liability of shareholders
. listing of the corporation; employee participation
. annual financial statement: disclosure obligations
. transfer of shares
. encumbrance of shares
. establishment of branches
. insolvency
. liquidation and winding-up
. taxation; conversion
. conflict of laws
. cross-border structuring
. overview of the law concerning capital markets

Gerhard Wegen is a partner in Gleiss Lutz in Stuttgart.

Andreas Spahlinger is a partner in Gleiss Lutz, Stuttgart Marcel Barth is managing partner of the Hanover branch of Price Waterhouse Coopers.