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

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Australia;

Austria ;

Belgium ;

Brazil

Bulgaria

Canada ;

China ;

Croatia ;

Cyprus

Czech Republic;

Denmark

European Union;

Estonia

Korea ;

Finland ;

France

Germany

Greece

Great Britain ;

Hong Kong ;

Hungary ;

India;

Ireland;

Israel ;

Italy ;

Japan ;

Latvia ;

Liechtenstein

Luxemburg

Malaysia ;

Malta

Mexico ;

Netherlands

Poland

Portugal ;

Romania

Russian Federation

Serbia ;

Singapore ;

Slovakia

Slovenia ;

Spain

South Africa ;

Sweden

Switzerland

Turkey

United Arab Emirates;

USA/General ;

USA/California

USA/Delaware

USA/New York