Publications
I. Monographs
1. Structural Measures as Corporate Governance – The Duties of the Executive Board in Relation to Business Decisions Made by the Annual General Meeting, PhD thesis, 442 pp., Heymanns Verlag, Cologne, Berlin, Bonn, Munich 2004 (PhD thesis)
[awarded the 2003 Faculty Prize by the Faculty of Law at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, the 2nd DAI University Prize 2003 by the Deutsches Aktieninstitut e.V. and the CMS Hasche Sigle Prize 2004]
[reviewed by Pelzer, NZG 2005, 752 and Leuering, ZHR 169, (2005), 648]
2. Creditor Influence through Covenants – Hybrid Financing Instruments at the Intersection of Debt and Equity Financing, 653 pp., Mohr Siebeck, Ius Privatum series, Tübingen 2008 (habilitation thesis)
[reviewed by Schall, ZHR 173 (2009), 846]
3. Textbook on Corporate Insolvency Law, Academia Iuris series, Vahlen Publishers, Munich, planned for 2020
II. Commentaries
1. Concise commentary on Sections 611–619a of the German Civil Code (BGB) (individual employment law) in the online commentary on the BGB by LexisNexis Germany, 2004 onwards
2. Commentary on the group law of the GmbH, in Michalski/Heidinger/Leible/J. Schmidt, Commentary on the GmbHG, C.H. Beck, Munich
2nd edition 2010 (150 pp.)
3rd edition 2017 (159 pp.)
4th edition 2023 (210 pp.)
3. Commentary on Sections 78–87 of the GmbHG (90 pp.) in Baumbach/Hueck, GmbH Act, C.H. Beck, Munich, 18th edition 2005 (90 pp.) co-authored with Schulze-Osterloh
4. Commentary on Section 5, Sections 7–10, Section 12, Sections 15–18, Section 40, Sections 55–57o of the GmbHG in Baumbach/Hueck, GmbH Act, C.H. Beck, Munich, 22nd edition 2019 (322 pp.)
5. Commentary on Sections 1–5a, Sections 7–12, Sections 14–19, Sections 30–31, Section 40, Sections 55–57o of the GmbHG in Noack/Servatius/Haas (formerly Baumbach/Hueck), GmbH Act, C.H. Beck Publishers, Munich
23rd edition 2022 (657 pp.)
24th edition 2025 (680 pp.)
6. Commentary on §§ 182–191 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) (capital increase against contributions) in Spindler/Stilz, Commentary on the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG), C.H. Beck, Munich
1st edition 2007 (100 pp.)
2nd edition 2010 (108 pp.)
3rd edition 2015 (129 pp.)
4th edition 2019 (143 pp.)
5th edition 2022 (204 pp.)
7. Commentary on the group law applicable to limited liability companies (GmbH), in Ziemons/Jäger, BeckOK on the GmbH Act, C.H. Beck Publishers, Munich 2009 et seq.
8. Commentary on Sections 78–86 of the GmbHG (notification requirements, criminal liability), Sections 705–715 of the German Private Law (BGB) (societies), Sections 230–236 of the German Commercial Code (HGB) (silent societies), Section 130a of the German Commercial Code (HGB) (obligations to file for insolvency), Appendix: Public companies with prospectus liability and GmbH & Co. KG; Appendix: International company law including the English ‘Ltd.’ in Henssler/Strohn, Commentary on Company Law, C.H. Beck, Munich
1st edition 2011 (297 pp.)
2nd edition 2013 (215 pp.)
3rd edition 2016 (225 pp.)
4th edition 2019 (230 pp.)
5th edition 2021 (245 pp.)
Commentary on Sections 65–77 of the GmbHG (Winding up and annulment) in Bork/Schäfer, GmbHG, RWS-Verlag, Cologne
1st edition 2010 (62 pp.)
2nd edition 2012 (70 pp.)
3rd edition 2015 (81 pp.)
4th edition 2019 (86 pp.)
5th edition 2022 (90 pp.)
10. Commentary on Sections 53a–75 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) (Legal Relationships between the Society and its Shareholders) in Wachter, AktG, RWS-Verlag, Cologne
1st edition 2012 (167 pp.)
2nd edition 2014 (155 pp.)
3rd edition 2018 (170 pp.)
4th edition 2022 (243 pp.)
11. Commentary on Sections 262–277 of the German Stock Corporation Act (Dissolution and Annulment), Sections 278 – 290 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) (KG, dissenting opinion) and Sections 291–310 of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) (company agreements) in Grigoleit, AktG, C.H. Beck
1st edition 2013 (262 pp.)
2nd edition 2020 (320 pp.)
3rd edition 2025 (320 pp.)
12. Commentary on Sections 1030–1089 of the German Civil Code (BGB) (Law of Usufruct), in Beck’s Online Comprehensive Commentary, BGB, C.H. Beck, Munich 2017 et seq. (approx. 500 pp.)
13. Explanation of banks’ deposit business in Spindler/Langenbucher/Bliesener, Commentary on Banking Law, C.H. Beck, Munich
1st edition 2013 (103 pp.)
2nd edition 2016 (101 pp.)
3rd edition 2020 (121 pp.)
14. Commentary on the chapter ‘International Legal Relations of Companies’ in Leible/Reichert (eds.), Munich Handbook of Company Law, Volume 6, International Company Law, C.H. Beck, Munich
4th edition 2013 (100 pp.)
5th edition 2022 (207 pp.)
15. Chapter “Open-Ended Fund Units – Legal Principles” in Derleder/Knops/Bamberger (eds.), German and European Banking and capital market law, 3rd ed. 2017 (33 pp.)
16. Commentary on Sections 1–5 of the German Commercial Code (HGB) in Beck’s Online Comprehensive Commentary on the HGB, C.H. Beck, Munich 2019 et seq. (approx. 65 pp.)
17. Servatius , GbR, Society under Private Law (Sections 705–740c of the German Civil Code (BGB)), C.H. Beck, Munich
1st edition 2023 (894 pp.)
2nd edition 2026 (1000 pp.)
18. Temporal scope of application of the new MoPeG provisions, in: Heidel / Hirte (eds.), The New Law on Partnerships, Nomos 2023 (21 pp.)
III. Articles
1. The transfer of a limited liability company’s operating assets to shareholders for their use as a distribution within the meaning of sections 30 and 31 of the Limited Liability Companies Act (GmbHR 1998, pp. 723–727)
2. Intervention as a third party in civil proceedings (JA 2000, pp. 690–695)
3. On the validity of the claim for reimbursement due to a breach of the share capital (GmbHR 2000, pp. 1028–1034)
4. The beginning of the end for the ‘quasi-pre-company’? (NJW 2001, pp. 1696–1699)
5. On the entry of group-wide powers of representation in the Commercial Register (NZG 2002, pp. 456–459)
6. Control of group formation under German law (in: Lubos Tichý [ed.], Developments in the Law of Commercial Companies – Selected Issues from a German-Czech Perspective, Prague 2002, pp. 130–148)
7. The specific restriction on the use of share capital in transactions with shareholders (DStR 2004, pp. 1176–1183)
8. ‘A goal is money in the bank’ – The civil law treatment of interest on savings linked to footballing success (WM 2004, pp. 1804–1812)
9. The treatment under the law governing standard terms and conditions of advance interest arrangements in savings transactions (BKR 2005, pp. 295–302)
10. An employee’s liability for non-performance and defective performance (JURA 2005, pp. 838–844)
11. Registration of a preliminary notice and succession – A case study in legal methodology (JuS 2006, pp. 1060–1065)
12. Recent developments in German GmbH group law, commemorative volume for Haluk Konuralp, Ankara 2009, pp. 837–870
13. Expropriation of Bank Shareholders – The Hypo Real Estate Case, in Roth (ed.), The Europeanisation of Law, Tübingen 2010, pp. 243–260
14. Basis and Limits of Liability in the Economic Re-establishment of a GmbH, ZIP 2012, pp. 197–204 (co-authored with Carsten Herresthal)
15. Functional Deficiencies in Open-Ended Property Funds, in: Kühling/Sebastian (eds.), Festschrift for Johann Vielberth, 2012, pp. 193–208
16. Covenants in restructuring, CFL 2013, pp. 14–22
17. New Regulations for Open-Ended Property Funds – Small Steps in the Right Direction, ZfIR 2013, pp. 709–718
18. Improved Investor Protection for Closed-End Funds under the KAGB, ZfIR 2014, pp. 134–138
19. The Application of Section 179a of the German Stock Corporation Act (AktG) and Section 311b(3) of the German Civil Code (BGB) in Asset Deals, in: Habersack/Huber/Spindler (eds.), Festschrift for Eberhard Stilz, Munich 2014, pp. 601–616
20. Advisers’ duties in the distribution of open-ended property funds, ZfIR 2014, 677–687
21. Disclosure obligations and responsible lending, ZfIR 2015, pp. 178–189
22. Director liability in the event of insolvency in foreign EU companies, DB 2015, 1087–1094
23. Liability of the parent company following the termination of a corporate agreement – Quo vadis protection against withdrawal from a group?, ZGR 2015, 754–767
24. Review of standard terms and conditions regarding fee clauses in building society savings contracts – The reviewability of hybrid pricing models taking into account the building society collective, ZfIR 2016, 12–22
25. Termination of building society savings contracts during the savings phase, ZfIR 2016, 649–658
26. Reviewability and reasonableness of partial and additional fees agreed under general terms and conditions in the banking sector, ZIP 2017, 745–752
27. Termination clauses in building society contracts, ZfIR 2019, 122–130
28. Software updates and (no) end in sight? The right to subsequent performance in the ‘diesel emissions cases’ – a response to Riehm, ZIP 2019, 589, ZIP 2019, 954–957
29. Shareholder loans in the age of COVID-19, Der Konzern 2020, 281–288
30. Disproportionate distribution of profits in a GmbH – a cardinal sin under company law? (in: Gebauer/Klötzel/Schütze (eds.), Festschrift für Roderich Thümmel, 2020, pp. 859–871)
31. Capital increase with subscription rights ‘below par’ (in: Bachmann/Grundmann/Mengel/Krolop (eds.), Festschrift für Christine Windbichler, 2020, pp. 1093–1110)
32. Issues of attribution under group law in relation to section 826 of the German Civil Code (BGB) – with comments on the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 8 March 2021, VI ZR 505/19 (ZIP 2021, 799) - ZIP 2021 1144–1149
IV. Comments on judgements
1. The appointment of the managing director as a substantive provision of the articles of association (NZG 2002, pp. 708–710)
2. Discussion of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), judgment of 2 June 2005 – IX ZR 263/03, Prejudice to creditors in the event of a set-off situation brought about in a voidable manner (WuB insolvency law, VI. A. § 96 InsO 5.05)
3. Judicial approval of parent-child transactions (NJW 2006, pp. 334–336)
4. Discussion of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 25 October 2005 – XI ZR 402/03, Abstract promise to pay by a limited-liability fund shareholder in a loan agreement (WuB Bankrecht, I. E. 1. Loan Agreement 2.06)
5. Commentary on the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 2 February 2006 – IX ZR 67/02, Lapse of the ‘equity substitution’ defence upon the sale of land; Voidability of payments by cheque and bill of exchange (WuB insolvency law, VI. A. § 135 InsO 2.06)
6. Discussion of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 9 February 2006 – IX ZR 121/02, Inconsistent creation of a set-off situation following assignment (WuB insolvency law, VI. A. § 96 InsO 1.06)
7. Discussion of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 13 July 2006 – IX ZB 117/04, amendment of a ruling ex officio; Assignment in the context of discharge from legal obligations as a procedural act (WuB insolvency law, VI. A. § 287 InsO 1.07)
8. Discussion of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 20 July 2006 – IX ZR 226/03, Challenge to a gift where the recognition sought through the gift as a tax allowance is not granted (WuB insolvency law, VI. A. § 134 InsO 1.07)
9. Discussion of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 2 June 2005 – IX ZR 263/03, Prejudice to creditors in the event of a set-off situation brought about in a voidable manner (WuB insolvency law, VI. A. § 96 InsO 5.05)
10. Analysis of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgment of 14 December 2006 – IX ZR 194/05, construction consortium; Insolvency challenge; priority of the company law dispute (WuB Insolvency Law, VI. A. § 95 InsO 1.07)
11. Commentary on the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 12 July 2007 – VII ZR 186/06, Effects of § 96 InsO on the preclusive effect following final payment by way of set-off pursuant to § 16 No. 3(2) VOB/B (WuB insolvency law, VI. A. § 96 InsO 2.08)
12. Discussion of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 10 December 2007 – II ZR 239/05, Piercing the corporate veil for members of a registered non-profit association, KTS 2008, pp. 339–350
13. Commentary on the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 5 May 2008 – II ZR 108/07, ‘Equity Substitution’ in the case of loans to a sister company (WuB company law, II. C. § 32a GmbHG 1.09)
14. Commentary on the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 18 December 2008 – IX ZR 79/07, Preferential treatment of creditors in connection with the sale of land in return for the granting of an easement (WuB insolvency law, VI. A. § 133 InsO 2.09)
15. Discussion of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 25 June 2009 – IX ZR 98/08, advance assignment of claims linked to a current account (WuB insolvency law, VI. A. § 91 InsO 1.10)
16. Discussion of the Munich I Regional Court (LG München I) judgement of 30 July 2009 – 5HK O 16915/08, management board report in relation to authorised capital; Shareholder’s right to challenge (WuB company law, II. A. § 186 AktG 1.10)
17. Discussion of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), judgement of 7 May 2013 – IX ZR 191/12, authorised dealer agreement; claim for compensation (WuB insolvency law, VI. A. § 130 InsO 2.13)
18. Analysis of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 12 March 2013 – II ZR 73/11, public limited company; recovery of distributions (WuB company law, II. F. § 169 HGB 1.14)
19. Analysis of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 27 September 2016 – XI ZR 81/15, recourse in the case of shareholder guarantees, WuB 2017, 190–194
20. Commentary on the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 15 December 2016 – IX ZR 224/15, Commencement of the limitation period under insolvency law upon a change of administrator; secondary burden of proof; insolvency challenges, WuB 2017, 282–286
21. Commentary on the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) judgement of 16 May 2017 – II ZR 284/15, silent partnership; equity character, WuB 2018, 361–364
22. Commentary on the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), judgement of 19 October 2017 – II ZR 284/15, parties against whom a challenge may be brought in the case of indirect payments, WuB 2018, 473–476
23. Commentary on the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), judgment of 8 December 2020 – VI ZR 244/20, Liability under section 826 of the German Civil Code (BGB) for diesel vehicles purchased after 22 September 2015, EWiR 2021, 139–140
24. Commentary on the Hamburg Higher Regional Court (OLG Hamburg) judgment of 12 February 2021 – 11 AktG 1/20, No breach of the duty of loyalty in the case of a capital increase with subscription rights at a price below the stock market price, EWiR 2021, 227–228 (external link, opens in a new window)
25. Commentary on the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), judgement of 9 May 2023 – XI ZR 544/21, No claim by the borrower for negative interest rates, NJW 2023, 2189–2190
26. Review of the Federal Court of Justice (BGH), judgement of 17 October 2023 – II ZR 72/22, Insolvency without assets, directors’ liability, WuB 2024, 436–439
27. Commentary on the Higher Regional Court of Schleswig, order of 20 June 2024 – 2x W 36/24, Registration in the Land Register of a compulsory mortgage against a GbR despite its lack of entry in the Register of Companies, EWiR Brief Commentary, ZIP 2025, 495–496
28. Review of the Higher Regional Court of Bremen, decision of 26 June 2025 – 2 W 56/24 (raising capital in the formation of a relay company), WuB 2026, 144–147
V. Book reviews
1. Review of Rowedder/Schmidt-Leithoff (eds.), Commentary on the GmbHG, 4th edition 2002 (NZG 2003, p. 624)
2. Review of Michalski (ed.), Commentary on the GmbHG, 2002 (WM 2004, 1988–1989)
3. Review of Kiefner, ‘Corporate Restructuring and the Subsidiary’s IPO’, 2005, and Kowalewski, ‘The Pre-emption Right of Parent Company Shareholders in the Event of a Subsidiary’s IPO’, 2008 (ZHR 174 [2010], 505–515)
4. Review of Reul/Rose/Gärtner, Grounds for Voidability and Annulment in Company Law, 2014 (NZG 2014, 1382)
VI. Miscellaneous
1. Company law (approx. 250 pp.), in JuS-Lern-CD civil law III, edited by Lorenz/Riehm, C.H. Beck
-1st edition, Munich 2001
-2nd edition, published in the ‘JuS Studium’ module of the ‘Beck-Online’ internet portal, C.H. Beck, Munich 2003]
2. Guest commentary on the incorporation of the duty of loyalty into the articles of association of a public limited company (Börsenzeitung, 18 December 2004, p. 18)
3. “A Misunderstanding with Far-Reaching Consequences”, written exam in civil law/property law, JA 2006, 692–697
4. Discussion report on the Conference on Efficient Creditor Protection in European Company Law, Munich 2005 (organised by Prof. Eidenmüller and Schön), EBOR 2006, Vol. 7, 461–464, in English
5. Entries on “Auditor’s liability for advice” and “Liability of the board of directors” in Freidank/Lachnitt/Tesch, Vahlen’s Comprehensive Auditing Encyclopaedia, Vahlen Publishers, Munich 2007
6. Farewell to the “jack-of-all-trades”, guest article on the planned reform of open-ended property funds (Börsenzeitung, 27 October 2010, p. 2)
7. Statement to the German Bundestag on the enactment of the KAGB, 13 March 2013
8. Conference report on the 9th Regensburg Real Estate Law Conference “Real Estate Law and Situations of Imbalance” held on 10 October 2014, ZfIR 2014, 883–884
9. “Responsible Ownership – in dubio, company law!”, Editorial, NZG 2021, 569–570
VII. Editorial roles
1. Co-editor of the online commentary on the German Civil Code (BGB) by LexisNexis Germany, responsible for Books I and II of the BGB (sections 1 to 534, 611 to 630, 652 to 853 BGB), 2004 onwards
2. Co-editor of the textbook *Real Estate Economics*, Volume II (Legal Foundations), Oldenbourg, Munich 2013
3. Editor of the book *Corporate Litigation*, RWS-Verlag, Cologne, 2nd ed. 2021
4. Member of the Editorial Advisory Board of the *ZfIR* (*Journal of Real Estate Law*), RWS-Verlag, Cologne, since 2014
5. Co-editor of the series *Schriften zum gesamten company law* (Writings on Company Law), Nomos Verlag, Baden-Baden, since 2015
VIII. Lectures
1. “The Control of Group Formation under German Law”
delivered at the 3rd Symposium of the Faculties of Law of Charles University, Prague and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, held in Prague on 27 April 2001
2. “Directive 2002/14/EC establishing a general framework for informing and consulting employees in the European Community – Anticipated implementation under German law?”
delivered at the Symposium on European Employment and Equality Law organised by the Faculties of Law of the University of Oxford and Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich
3. “Current Reforms of German Family Law”
delivered at the University of Castilla-La Mancha in Toledo, Spain, on 27 March 2007
4. “Unconscionability due to financial overburden – protection of the individual versus protection of the function”
Trial lecture at the University of Hamburg, delivered on 27 October 2007
5. “Liability for causing insolvency and liability for destroying a business’s livelihood in the case of a GmbH”
Trial lecture at the University of Erlangen-Nuremberg, delivered on 8 January 2008
6. “The Assignment of Credit Claims as a Requirement for their Capital Market Eligibility in ABS Transactions”
Habilitation lecture before the Faculty of Law at Ludwig Maximilian University of Munich, delivered on 7 February 2008
7. “Investor protection versus creditor protection in property funds”
Trial lecture at the University of Regensburg, delivered on 17 June 2008
8. “The significance of company law for foreign investment”
Delivered at the German-Ukrainian conference on the legal framework in Kyiv on 18–19 June 2009
9. “Expropriation of Bank Shareholders – The Hypo Real Estate Case”
Delivered on 26 January 2010 at the University of Regensburg as part of the lecture series “The Europeanisation of Law”
10. “Law – what did you actually study?”
Commemorative lecture at the graduation ceremony of the Faculty of Law at the University of Regensburg, delivered on 19 February 2010
11. “The Freedom of Establishment of Societies from a German Perspective”
delivered at the Czech-German symposium on “The Establishment of Foreign Legal Entities in the Czech Republic and the Realisation of the Freedom to Provide Services”, in cooperation with Charles University in Prague, on 11 November 2011 in Prague
12. “Stricter liability of banks for providing incorrect advice”
delivered at the Juristische Studiengesellschaft e.V. Regensburg on 15 November 2011 in Regensburg
13. “Why open-ended property funds do not work in times of crisis”
delivered on 16 January 2012 as part of the lecture series on the research cluster “Property and Capital Markets” at the University of Regensburg
14. “Property Funds – Legal Framework and Risks for Investors”
delivered on 8 November 2013 at the 7th Regensburg Real Estate Law Conference on the topic of “Property Markets and Consumer Protection”
15. “Banks’ Duty to Provide Information When Granting Loans”
delivered on 10 October 2014 at the 9th Regensburg Real Estate Law Conference on the topic of “Real Estate Law and Situations of Imbalance”
16. Lecture on “Company Law”
delivered at Charles University in Prague as part of the DAAD programme on 19 November 2014
17. “Six Years of the MoMiG – Experiences and Outlook”
delivered at Yildrim Beyazit University, Ankara, on 26 November 2014
18. “Asset Management – Regulation under German and European Law”
delivered at Charles University in Prague on 5 November 2015
Publications on company law as a whole
Concept of the series
The Nomos publishing house’s series ‘Schriften zum gesamten company law’, edited by Prof. Dr Wolfgang Servatius and Prof. Dr Carsten Herresthal, LL.M., comprises legal studies addressing fundamental and current issues across the entire spectrum of company law. Given the far-reaching influence of EU law, great emphasis is placed on the European and international legal context. Cross-cutting topics relating to company law, capital markets law, insolvency law and labor law are also covered.
Published titles
1. The duty of the executive board of a public limited company to obtain information – A contribution to the appropriate information basis within and outside the business judgement rule
by Dr Dorothee Kauer, Solicitor
2. Instruments for the pre-insolvency restructuring of the parent company – Stakeholder interests – Mode of operation – Liability risks – Need for reform
by Dr Johannes Hüttinger
3. The cross-border transfer of the registered office of limited companies within the European Union – The need for and structure of a directive on the transfer of registered offices
by Dr Gregor Janisch, Solicitor
4. Risks of abuse by opposing bondholders under the new Debt Securities Act
by Dr Tobias Moser, Solicitor
5. Liability for causing insolvency under section 64, sentence 3 of the Limited Liability Companies Act (GmbHG) as a distribution restriction modelled on the concept of wrongful trading
by Dr Jakub Lorys, Solicitor
6. Mergers with the exclusion of minority shareholders of the transferring public limited company pursuant to section 62(5) of the German Merger Act (UmwG)
by Dr Daniel Widmann, Solicitor
7. Protection of non-controlling shareholders in a group of limited liability companies (GmbH)
by Dr Bernhard Maierhofer, Solicitor
8. Membership of an investment public limited company: a critical assessment and its implications for general company law
by Dr Stefan Blenk, Solicitor
9. The prohibition on multiple representation in groups comprising public limited companies and limited liability companies: the applicability of Section 181, alternative 2 of the German Civil Code (BGB)
by Dr Verena Stenzel, Solicitor
10. The responsibility of the stock exchange operator in the structuring of alternative market segments
by Dr Florian Beer, Public Prosecutor
11. The liability of the debtor GmbH/AG and its management bodies during (provisional) self-administration
by Dr Björn Grotebrune, Solicitor
12. International jurisdiction in corporate disputes within the legal framework of the European Single Market
by Dr Gerhard Anliker, Solicitor
13. Prospectus liability – On the relationship between codification and case law
by Dr Wolfgang Doblinger, Solicitor
14. Reform of the review of standard terms and conditions in the B2B sector
by Prof. Dr Carsten Herresthal
15. Profit-independent payments to limited partners in public limited partnerships and closed-end investment limited partnerships
by Dr Andreas Kupsch, LL.M. (Berkeley), Solicitor
16. Quis custodiet ipsos custodes – Development, quality and enforcement of the supervisory board’s duties
by Dr Felix Müller-Mürnseer, Solicitor
17. The legal admissibility of compliance amnesty programmes
by Dr Tobias Graf
18. Blanket consent and blanket refusal in the transfer of restricted shares
by Dr Larissa Rumpf
19. The admissibility and limits of the duty of supervisory board members of a public limited company to incriminate themselves
by Julia Schöfer
20. Shareholder activism in the context of the annual general meeting
by Christina Albath
21. The Executive Board and Digitalisation
by Matthias Nowak
22. The special representative in company law as a minority right
by Claudio Kühn
23. Corporate recourse for fines under capital market law
by Tim Kupfer
24. The Attribution of Conduct and Knowledge in Corporate Transactions
by Maximilian Kuchernig
25. The legal classification of private mileage leasing contracts
by Betina Maria Fischer
26. The prohibition of asset stripping in the context of LBO transactions
by Louis Schuchmann
27. Culpa in contrahendo in the context of post-M&A disputes
by Julia Lösch
28. The supervisory board and digitalisation
by Alexander von der Wense
29. Exclusion of the Executive Board employment contract from the review of general terms and conditions
by Vincent Ziller
30. Shareholders’ rights to information in the context of virtual general meetings
by Elena Krenn
31. Directors’ duties in the event of a sudden corporate crisis
Leopold von Buttlar
32. Protection of confidential information in a partnership
by Lukas Semmelmayer
Expert reports/arbitration proceedings
Prof. Dr Wolfgang Servatius practises as a legal adviser and foreign legal expert across the entire spectrum of civil and commercial and business law, as well as acting as an arbitrator (e.g. under DIS rules).
His working languages are German and English.
Please send confidential enquiries regarding legal opinions or the appointment of an arbitrator directly by email to wolfgang.servatius@jura.uni-regensburg.de