Corporate Laws of the World: A Handbook

This handbook contains detailed reports on the corporate laws of almost 50 countries worldwide. Each country report is approximately 50 pages in length, following a common structure:

• Private companies with limited liability
• Public companies
• Legal bases
• Register
• Foundation
• Duration
• Name
• Legal capacity
• Memorandum and Articles of Association
• Capital and protection of capital
• Rights and duties of shareholders
• Corporate bodies and officers
• Power of representation
• Liability of corporate bodies
• Liability of shareholders
• Listing of the corporation
• Employee participation
• Annual financial statement; disclosure obligations
• Transfer of shares
• Encumbrance of shares
• Establishment of branches
• Insolvency
• Liquidation and winding-up
• Taxation
• Conversion
• Conflict of laws
• Cross-border structuring
• Overview of the law concerning capital markets