Introduction to Company Law I
This part of my lecture “Fundamentals of Company Law” gives a brief outline on basics such as legal forms and minimum capital requirements in different countries, corporate bodies and the differences between the one tier board and the two tier board...
Introduction to Company Law II
During this part of my lecture “Fundamentals of Company Law”, students learn more about this doctrine dealing with the external liability of shareholders in France, Finland and Germany. In addition, we have a deeper look into the Business Judgment Rule and...
M&A
As M&A plays an important role for achieving corporate growth, this part of my lecture “Fundamentals of Company Law” focuses on structures and processes related to the acquisition of companies. Firstly, we take a look at the legal matters and major...
Equity Capital
This part of my lecture “Fundamentals of Company Law” is about equity capital – i.e. funds that are available to the company in the long term, are non-repayable and lead to the opportunity for investors to benefit from dividends and the equity...
Debt Capital
In this part of my lecture “Fundamentals of Company Law” participants learn details about debt capital – i.e. repayable financial resources, which are usually interest-bearing. For example, we look at the details and differences between bilateral...
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
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
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...
