Hybrid Capital

Hybrid Capital

This part of my lecture “Fundamentals of Company Law” deals with mezzanine capital including hybrid bonds, subordinated loans and shareholder loans. We also look at how convertible bonds work, what processes are required to issue these instruments, and how...
Cash Management

Cash Management

In this part of my lecture “Fundamentals of Company Law”, we first look at cash pooling, which is mainly used by large companies to save interest costs by bundling liquidity of all Group companies on a daily basis. We look at how physical and virtual cash...
Tax

Tax

In this part of my lecture, “Fundamentals of Company Law” participants will get an overview of the most important tax types for companies such as corporate tax, commercial tax, value added tax or payroll tax. We also look at special German topics such as...
Accounting

Accounting

In this part of my lecture “Fundamentals of Company Law”, we look at the fundamentals of accounting and the differences between IFRS and local GAAP using the example of Germany. In addition, participants learn about the process of preparing the annual...
Restructuring & Insolvencies I

Restructuring & Insolvencies I

In this part of my lecture “Fundamentals of Company Law” we deal with the legal obligations of the management in a corporate crisis. This starts with restructuring duties and leads to information obligations towards shareholders or non-executives up to the...
Restructuring & Insolvencies II

Restructuring & Insolvencies II

In this part of my lecture “Fundamentals of Company Law” we first of all look at typical crisis symptoms and the consequences of a Covenant Breach (e.g. Net Debt/EBITDA). Thereafter, we cover various solutions for financial restructurings of loans such as...