European and German Company Law
Christian Armbrüster
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Zusätzl. Angaben / Voraussetzungen
WICHTIG: Die Veranstaltung ist für Studierende ab dem 3. Fachsemester geeignet.
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Course Description
In any state companies are essential market players. In the European Union, the rules whichgovern important types of companies have been gradually harmonized, in some cases – in particular with regard to corporations as opposed to partnerships – to a large extent. In addition, some independent company types have been developed at the European level. At the same time Member States continue to keep their own rules in those areas of company law which are not (or not yet) governed by EU law. For instance, German company law is still partly dominated by rules that are in some respects different from those of other Member States, e.g. with regard to partnerships.
The course mainly aims at offering orientation on EU company law. However, subjects include an introduction to the functions and general principles of company law and some orientation on German company law as well. In addition a guest speaker will be invited to offer an intervention on basics and recent developments of Italian company law.
Active oral participation of students in class will be encouraged. Any prior insight in the basic structures of company law will be helpful but this is not requested.
The course will cover the following topics:
- European Legislation on National Company Law
- Publicity of Company Data
- Capital Maintenance
- Mergers and Divisions
- Financial Accounting
- European Companies
- Private International Law
- Golden Shares
- German Company Law (Overview)
- The German Public Limited Company (AG)
- The German Private Limited Company (GmbH)
the respective units. For those who wish to consult a textbook in addition you might consider one of the following: Nicola de Luca, European Company Law. Text, cases and materials, Cambridge University Press, 2nd ed. 2021 or Andrea Vicari, European Company Law, de Gruyter, 2021
This course is recommended to Themis students
Course Type:
Practical language exercise / 2 hrs per week. The course will be taught as a block of 4 hrs perweek from Wednesday 15 Oct 2025 until 3 Dec 2025. Please note that classes start at 9:30am sharp in lecture hall III in Van’t-Hoff-Strasse 8.
Course Registration:
Please register via Campus Management, Module "Fremdsprachenfachkompetenz A or B"Exam:
There will be a written final exam on 3 December 2025. Details will follow in class.Frequency:
The course will be held in every winter semester. Schließen8 Termine
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Course Description
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