German and Nordic Perspectives on Company Law and Capital Markets Law

edited by Holger Fleischer, Jesper Lau Hansen and Wolf-Georg Ringe

Book cover: German and Nordic Perspectives on Company Law and Capital Markets Law

Extent: 287 pages

Publisher: Mohr Siebeck

Subjects: Law

Series: Beiträge zum ausländischen und internationalen Privatrecht

Series volume number: 109

Language: English

Hardback (Published)

(April 2015)

ISBN: 9783161539077

6.57 x 9.13 inches

Price: $99.00

Out of stock

~ENG~This volume offers a broad comparative analysis of company and capital markets law in Germany and the Nordic states. It reveals the distinctive features of company law in Scandinavia and Germany, the newly created entrepreneur company in Germany and Denmark, the role of shareholders and boards in public companies and matters regarding the law of corporate groups, acting in concert, ownership disclosure and takeover law.


The volume traces back to a symposium held at the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Hamburg and offers a broad comparative analysis of company and capital markets law in Germany and the Nordic states. It details the special elements of company law in Scandinavia that developed amid the twin forces of innovative experimentation and the drive for harmonization, contrasting them with the distinctive features of German company law. Further contributions deal with the newly created entrepreneur company in Germany and Denmark, as well as the role of shareholders and boards in public companies. It also contains detailed analyses of the law of company groups in Germany and the Nordic states. the volume is further rounded out with contributions on capital markets law and takeover law, including issues involving acting in concert, ownership disclosure and the interaction between the legislator and the takeover panel in Sweden.

  • Edited by Holger Fleischer
  • Edited by Jesper Lau Hansen
  • Edited by Wolf-Georg Ringe