The rise in foreign investment in Moldova and joint projects with local investors means that supervisory boards must often be instituted in Moldovan joint-stock companies (JSC). This leads to effective and operative control over the company's management.

Pursuant to Sec 76 of the Austrian Act on Limited Liability Companies (GmbHG), agreements on a transfer of shares in a GmbH must be drawn up in the form of an Austrian notarial deed.

In recent decisions the Supreme Court has established an economic approach to the qualification of shareholders as consumers or entrepreneurs for the purposes of Section 1 of the Consumer Protection Act.

The European Union has enacted its first comprehensive harmonisation of insolvency law across member states, establishing common standards for avoidance actions, directors' filing obligations, pre-pack sales, creditor committees, and asset tracing.

Kritiker der Frauenquote warnen vor einer Flucht von der Börse und anderen Ausweichmanövern. Doch betroffen sind weniger als 100 Großunternehmen.

While stock corporations (Aktiengesellschaften, AG) are required for certain purposes – such as if the company is to be listed, if it is a bank, insurance company or is engaged in other

Some things never change, do they? In fact, they do. The 2009 Stock Corporation Amendment Act (Aktienrechtsänderungsgesetz; AktRÄG) has not only implemented a number of important changes to the provisions of the Stock Corporation Act (Aktiengesetz; AktG) governing shareholders’ meetings of Austrian Stock Corporations.

The last few months were dominated by out of control stock markets and a previously unseen liquidity crunch.

Seit 1.1.2024 gelten für GmbH und AG neue Bestimmungen, die zu einer zwingenden Abberufung von Vertretungsorganen führen...

A compliance officer (CO) is liable for criminal conduct within the company if the CO can be charged with dereliction of duties.

Der Bekl war seit 1989 einer von zuletzt drei Geschäftsführern der Kl, die Ende 2015 Opfer eines sog Fake President Fraud (FPF) wurde. Beim FPF handelt es sich um eine Betrugsmethode, ...

Recent rulings by the Austrian Takeover Commission (TC) reflect a case by case approach to acting in concert situations and changes in shareholder arrangements.

Cor­po­rate reor­ga­ni­za­tions are very com­mon in cor­po­rate prac­tice. The lia­bil­ity risks borne by MB and SB mem­bers in the con­text of cor­po­rate reor­gan­i­sa­tions should not be underestimated.

Most start-ups are founded by first-time founders directly after graduation, with the founding team consisting, also in most cases, of not more than two members.

The new EU Market Abuse Regulation (MAR) will take direct effect across EU member states from 3 July 2016 onwards.

Austria recently experienced a significant boom in start-ups and has produced some major international players (eg, Runtastic, bwin, last.fm and Whatchado).

Management teams have found themselves confronted by a whole new world of perilous risks since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic.

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