"So wird dem Leser und praxisorientierten Nutzer des Werkes eine Fülle von Hilfen an die Hand gegeben, die es ihm ermöglichen, Vor- und Nachteile der jeweiligen nationalen Unternehmensformen voneinander abzugrenzen." Prof. Dr. Graf von Bernstorff in AWPrax 2006, 128


"Daily Mail", "Centros", "Überseering" and "Inspire Art": The ECJ has triggered by applying the principle of freedom of establishment step by step the competition between EU corporate legal systems. Entrepreneurs and investors within the EU now can choose between the various corporate legal forms of the various member states when deciding where and how to carry out their business.

"Corporate Business Forms in Europe" is the first compendium including a review and description of the most important types of corporate business forms (i.e. public/private limited liability companies and variations thereof) in the newly enlarged Europe. In particular with respect to the proposed directive concerning the transfer of the registered office of a company from one member state to another under perpetuation of its legal capacity this compendium becomes an indispensable reference book for investors/businessmen, lawyers and students providing practical information starting with the formation and ending with the winding up of the various types of corporate entities presented.

The team of authors comprises lawyers and professionals from the various countries concerned with a profound background in corporate law.

European Company Statute (SE) Françoise Blanquet
Czech Republic Martin Holler
England Jeff McGeachy
Estonia Ermo Kosk, Peeter Lepik
France Cecilia Della Berta
Germany Frank Dornseifer
Greece Vasiliki Vavitsa-Hohenau
Ireland Paul Egan, Rory O'Keeffe
Italy Mara Bolzoni
Lithuania Rolandas Valiunas and Dovile Burgiene
Netherlands Duco Ottevangers
Norway Jo Rodin
Poland Michal Lachert, Jacek Bondarewski, Joanna Lysak, Agnieszka Szydlik
Slovak Republic Slavomír Cauder
Spain Israel Garcia Rico
Switzerland Adrian Dörig

"Corporate Business Forms in Europe" is published in co-operation with Staempfli Publishers Ltd. (Switzerland).