Corporate and company law
We advise medium-sized and large or listed domestic and foreign companies and their partners/stakeholders, private and institutional investors, foundations, family offices and public authorities on all important aspects of limited liability companies, stock corporations, cooperatives, foundations and group-of-companies law. Our expertise includes:
– Selection of appropriate legal form, and setting-up and registering of partnerships and corporation
– Partnership agreements and by-laws for all companies
– Preparation and attendance of shareholder and general meetings
– Advising of companies and partners as well as bodies and board members (executive board, managing directors and supervisory board)
– Advising on measures for generating and maintaining capital (with and without the obligation to publish a prospectus), in particular capital increases with the granting of subscription rights, in-kind capital increase and capital increase from company resources, simplified capital reduction, debt-equity swapping or ordinary capital reduction
– Joint ventures and cooperations between companies of all legal forms
– Corporate succession
– Conception and implementation of employee participation programmes
– Corporate governance and the introduction of compliance systems
– Company lease and operating agreements
– Winding-up and liquidation of companies
– Conversion measures such as merging, division, spinoffs and change of legal form
– Stock corporation “Squeeze-out”
– National and international restructuring measures, in particular within a group
– Control and profit and loss transfer agreements
– Other company agreements
– Group cost-sharing agreements
– Representation in shareholder disputes, in particular in case of actions for rescission and collection procedures
– Provision of support during disputes with company bodies resulting from the corporate body relationship – in particular the assertion or defence of claims for damages against body members
– Representation in corporate law arbitration proceedings