Klaus J. Hopt

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Board Models in Europe - Recent Developments of Internal Corporate Governance Structures in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy

ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 18/2004, European Company and Financial Law Review, pp. 135-168, 2004, Company & Securities Law Review, Vol. 1, pp. 217-245, 2005, VOC 1602-2004: 400 YEARS OF COMPANY LAW, Ella Gepken-Jager, Gerard van Solinge, Levinus Timmerman, eds., Deventer (Kluwer), 2005
Number of pages: 30 Posted: 20 Jan 2004
Klaus J. Hopt and Patrick C. Leyens
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and University of Bremen
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Auditing, Aufsichtsrat, banking system, board models, comply or explain, Corporate Governance Codes, directors' duties and liabilities, directors' independence, Higgs Report, internal control, labour co-determination, management and control, path dependency, shareholder activism, supervisory board

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Modern Company and Capital Market Problems: Improving European Corporate Governance after Enron

AFTER ENRON, IMPROVING CORPORATE LAW AND MODERNISING SECURITIES REGULATION IN EUROPE AND THE U.S., pp. 445-496, J. Armour, J. A. McCahery, eds., Oxford (Hart), 2006, ECGI Law Working Paper No. 05/2002, ECGI Finance Working Paper
Number of pages: 58 Posted: 11 Dec 2002 Last Revised: 06 Dec 2009
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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European corporate governance, company law, board structure, corporate disclosure, control by shareholders and auditors, capital markets law, corporate control, Enron, European corporate governance, 13th Directive

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Comparative Company Law

ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 77/2006, THE OXFORD HANDBOOK OF COMPARATIVE LAW, Mathias Reimann & Reinhard Zimmermann, eds., p. 1161-1191, Oxford University Press, 2006
Number of pages: 37 Posted: 17 Apr 2007 Last Revised: 04 Jul 2011
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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capital market law, code movement, Company Law Action Plan, comparative law, corporate governance, enforcement, European company law, European Court of Justice, groups of companies, harmonization, investor protection, Konzernrecht, legal families, principal-agent, regulatory competition

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Comparative Corporate Governance: The State of the Art and International Regulation

American Journal of Comparative Law, Vol. 59, p. 1, January 2011, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 170/2011
Number of pages: 83 Posted: 25 Nov 2010 Last Revised: 10 Mar 2011
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Corporate Governance, Stock Exchange Law, Corporate Governance Codes, Boards, Conflicts of Interest, Gatekeepers

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Boards in Europe – Accountability and Convergence

American Journal of Comparative Law 61 (2013) 301-375, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 205/2013, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 40/2013
Number of pages: 67 Posted: 09 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2013
Paul L. Davies and Klaus J. Hopt
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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corporate law, corporate boards in Europe, accountability, convergence, two-tier boards, independent directors, diversity, board committees, cumulative voting, labor codetermination, conflicts of interest, enforcement, remuneration, shareholder activism, decision-making

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Report of the High Level Group of Company Law Experts on Issues Related to Takeover Bids in the European Union

REFORMING COMPANY AND TAKEOVER LAW IN EUROPE, G. Ferrarini, K. J. Hopt, J. Winter, E. Wymeersch, eds., Annex 2, pp. 825-924, Oxford (Oxford University Press) 2004
Number of pages: 101 Posted: 07 Jun 2002 Last Revised: 05 Nov 2010
Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter, Jan Schans Christensen, José M. Garrido Garcia, Klaus J. Hopt, Jonathan Rickford, Guido Rossi and Joelle Simon
Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam, University of Copenhagen, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI), Independent and French Business Confederation MEDEF
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European Corporate Governance, Takeovers, Board of Directors, Company Law, Corporate Law, European Union, Break-through Rule

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Groups of Companies - A Comparative Study on the Economics, Law and Regulation of Corporate Groups

This article is to be published as ch. II 26 Groups of Companies in Jeffrey Gordon/Georg Ringe, eds., Oxford Handbook of Corporate Law and Governance, Oxford University Press 2015., European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 286/2015
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 08 Feb 2015 Last Revised: 28 Feb 2015
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Groups of Companies, Corporate Governance, Principal Agent Conflicts between Minority Shareholders and Controlling Shareholders, Creditor Protection, Konzernrecht, Tunneling, Related Party Transactions, Conflict of Interest, Mandatory Disclosure, Fairness Opinions, Enforcement, Veil-piercing

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Corporate Governance of Banks after the Financial Crisis

"Corporate Governance of Banks after the Financial Crisis”, in: E. Wymeersch, K. J. Hopt, G. Ferrarini, eds., Financial Regulation and Supervision, A post-crisis analysis, Oxford University Press 2012, pp. 337-367, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 181/2011
Number of pages: 5 Posted: 29 Aug 2011 Last Revised: 23 Dec 2013
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Corporate governance of banks, equity governance vs. debt governance, financial crisis and bank reform proposals, supervisory requirements as to bank governance, separation of management and control by a bank two-tier board, bank group-wide corporate governance, bank risk management, fit and proper

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The Consequences of Brexit for Companies and Company Law

University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 22/2017
Number of pages: 57 Posted: 03 Mar 2017 Last Revised: 12 Apr 2017
Peter Böckli, Paul L. Davies, Eilis Ferran, Guido Ferrarini, José M. Garrido Garcia, Klaus J. Hopt, Adam Opalski, Alain Pietrancosta, Markus Roth, Rolf Skog, Stanislaw Soltysinski, Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter, Martin Winner and Eddy Wymeersch
Böckli Bodmer & Partners, University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, University of Warsaw - Faculty of Law and Administration, Sorbonne Law School, University of Marburg - Faculty of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam, Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Business Law and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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Brexit, freedom establishment, incorporation or seat theory, cross border mergers, auditors, listed companies

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European Company Law and Corporate Governance: Where Does the Action Plan of the European Commission Lead?

ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 52/2005, CORPORATE GOVERNANCE IN CONTEXT - CORPORATIONS, STATES, AND MARKETS IN EUROPE, JAPAN AND THE US, K. J. Hopt, E. Wymeersch, H. Kanda, H. Baum, eds., pp. 119-142, Oxford (Oxford University Press) 2005
Number of pages: 31 Posted: 02 Dec 2005 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2009
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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EU Company Law Action Plan, Corporate Governance, board members liability, directors remuneration, investor protection

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Corporate Governance in Europe: A Critical Review of the European Commission's Initiatives on Corporate Law and Corporate Governance

New York University Journal of Law & Business, Vol. 12, Fall 2015, Number 1, 139-213, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 296/2015
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 15 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2016
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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European corporate governance, European corporate law, shareholder rights directive, institutional investors, related party transactions, transfer of seat, corporate finance, takeover law, codification, model law

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Takeovers, Secrecy, and Conflicts of Interest: Problems for Boards and Banks

TAKEOVERS IN ENGLISH AND GERMAN LAW, J. Payne, ed., p. 33-63, Hart, 2002, ECGI - Law Working No. 003/2002
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 22 Oct 2002 Last Revised: 08 Apr 2024
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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German takeover act, takeover law, information disclosure, conflicts of interests in takeovers, board structure, inducement fee, Chinese walls, all-purpose banks, self-regulation

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Corporate Governance of Banks and Financial Institutions: Economic Theory, Supervisory Practice, Evidence and Policy

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Corporate Governance of Banks and Financial Institutions: Economic Theory, Supervisory Practice, Evidence and Policy

European Business Organization Law Review (EBOR), Vol. 22, No. 1, pp. 13-37, March 2021, DOI: 10.1007/s40804-020-00201-z, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 21/6
Number of pages: 27 Posted: 31 Mar 2021
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Corporate governance, Economics of bank governance, Debtholder governance, Purpose of the (bank) corporation, Financial institutions, Bank regulation, Bank supervision

Corporate Governance of Banks and Financial Institutions: Economic Theory, Supervisory Practice, Evidence and Policy

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 507/2020
Number of pages: 36 Posted: 13 Mar 2020 Last Revised: 19 Mar 2020
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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corporate governance, economics of bank governance, debtholder governance, purpose of the (bank) corporation, financial institutions, bank regulation, bank supervision

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The Structure of the Board of Directors: Boards and Governance Strategies in the US, the UK and Germany

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 567/2021, RESEARCH HANDBOOK ON COMPARATIVE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE (Afra Afsharipour & Martin Gelter eds., 2021)
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 17 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 24 Feb 2023
Klaus J. Hopt and Patrick C. Leyens
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and University of Bremen
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board models, corporate governance law, corporate purpose, directors’ duties, director independence, related party transactions, shareholder approval, takeover law, employee co-determination

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Better Governance of Financial Institutions

"Corporate Governance of Banks and Other Financial Institutions After the Financial Crisis", Journal of Corporate Law Studies 13 Part 2 (2013) 219-253 (Part B), “Corporate Governance of Banks after the Financial Crisis”, in: E. Wymeersch, K. J. Hopt, G. Ferrarini, eds., Financial Regulation and Supervision, A post-crisis analysis, Oxford University Press 2012, pp. 337-367 (Part A), ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 207
Number of pages: 71 Posted: 09 Feb 2013 Last Revised: 22 Dec 2013
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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corporate governance of banks, debt governance, financial crisis, bank reform, bank supervision, bank two-tier board, governance of financial groups, bank risk management, fit and proper test, major shareholders of banks, independent directors, experience of directors

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The German Law of and Experience with the Supervisory Board

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The German Law of and Experience with the Supervisory Board

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 305/2016
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Jan 2016
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Board, supervisory board, one- and two-tier systems, convergence, labor codetermination, German Stock Corporation Act, German Corporate Governance Code, European harmonization, liability, independent directors

The German Law of and Experience with the Supervisory Board

Foreign Investments on Chinese Capital Markets. Enforcement Concepts from a Chinese and German Comparative Perspective, pp. 121-142, Rüdiger Veil, Xujun Gao, eds., Mohr Siebeck, 2017, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 17/21
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 15 Dec 2017
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Board, supervisory board, one- and two-tier systems, convergence, labor codetermination, German Stock Corporation Act, German Corporate Governance Code, European harmonization, liability, independent directors

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The Future of European Company Law

Columbia Law and Economics Research Paper No. 420
Number of pages: 21 Posted: 04 Jun 2012
Peter Böckli, Paul L. Davies, Eilis Ferran, Guido Ferrarini, José M. Garrido Garcia, Klaus J. Hopt, Alain Pietrancosta, Katharina Pistor, Rolf Skog, Stanislaw Soltysinski, Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter and Eddy Wymeersch
Böckli Bodmer & Partners, University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Sorbonne Law School, Columbia University School of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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company law, harmonization, company mobility, cross-border mergers, cross-border voting, group law, capital maintenance, alternative legal forms

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Corporate Governance of Banks and Other Financial Institutions After the Financial Crisis: Regulation in the Light of Empiry and Theory

Journal of Corporate Law Studies, Volume 13, Part 2, pp. 219-253.
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 03 Oct 2013 Last Revised: 14 Nov 2013
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Corporate governance of banks, board, financial crisis, bank reform, bank supervision, governance of financial groups, bank risk management, fit and proper test, major shareholders of banks, independent directors, experience of directors

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Conflict of Interest, Secrecy and Insider Information of Directors - A Comparative Analysis

European Company and Financial Law Review 2013, 167-193, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 208
Number of pages: 33 Posted: 21 Nov 2012 Last Revised: 17 Dec 2013
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Duty of loyalty of corporate directors, conflict of interest, self-dealing, competing with the company, corporate opportunities, secrecy, inside information, prevention techniques and remedies, enforcement

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European Company Law Experts' Response to the European Commission’s Green Paper 'The EU Corporate Governance Framework'

Number of pages: 24 Posted: 20 Aug 2011
Paul L. Davies, Klaus J. Hopt, Guido Ferrarini, Alain Pietrancosta, Rolf Skog, Stanislaw Soltysinski, Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter and Eddy Wymeersch
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, Sorbonne Law School, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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corporate governance, European company law, boards, shareholder activism, corporate governance codes, comply or explain

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The European Company Law Action Plan Revisited: An Introduction

THE EUROPEAN COMPANY LAW ACTION PLAN REVISITED, REASSESSMENT OF THE 2003 PRIORITIES OF THE EUROPEAN COMMISSION, LEUVEN, pp. 9-23, K. Geens, K. J. Hopt, eds., Leuven University Press, 2010, ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 140/2010
Number of pages: 23 Posted: 12 Mar 2010 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2010
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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European Company Law Action Plan, legal capital, corporate governance,one share/one vote, financial reporting, corporate mobility, regulatory strategies, enforcement

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The Board of Nonprofit Organizations: Some Corporate Governance Thoughts from Europe

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 125/2009, COMPARATIVE CORPORATE GOVERNANCE OF NON-PROFIT ORGANIZATIONS, K. J. Hopt, T. von Hippel, eds.,p. 531-563, Cambridge University Press, 2010
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 08 Jul 2009 Last Revised: 03 Dec 2010
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Audit, board, business judgment rule, comparative nonprofit law, corporate, governance, deficit of control, independence of directors, labor codetermination, monitoring, nonprofit organization, one-tier/two-tier board, professionalization, remuneration, standard of conduct.

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Corporate Purpose and Stakeholder Value - Historical, Economic and Comparative Law Remarks on the Current Debate, Legislative Options and Enforcement Problems -

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 690/2023
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 16 Mar 2023 Last Revised: 30 Jan 2024
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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corporate purpose, corporate social responsibility, stakeholders, stakeholder capitalism, stakeholder governance, corporate governance, accountability, comparative law, legislative options

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Directors’ Duties and Shareholders’ Rights in the European Union: Mandatory and/or Default Rules?

Rivista delle Società 61 (2016) 13-32, European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 312/2016
Number of pages: 29 Posted: 19 Mar 2016 Last Revised: 22 Apr 2016
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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mandatory law, default rules, fallback provisions, reasons given for mandatory law (contracting failures, opportunistic midstream charter amendments, standardization), US corporate law, corporate law of Germany and of eight other European countries

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Takeover Defenses in Europe: A Comparative, Theoretical and Policy Analysis

Columbia Journal of European Law Vol. 20.2 (2014) 249-282
Number of pages: 40 Posted: 20 Dec 2014 Last Revised: 07 Feb 2015
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Shareholder Engagement and Identification

Number of pages: 9 Posted: 01 Mar 2015
Peter Böckli, Paul L. Davies, Eilis Ferran, Guido Ferrarini, José M. Garrido Garcia, Klaus J. Hopt, Alain Pietrancosta, Markus Roth, Rolf Skog, Stanislaw Soltysinski, Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter and Eddy Wymeersch
Böckli Bodmer & Partners, University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Sorbonne Law School, University of Marburg - Faculty of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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Comparative Company Law 2018

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 460/2019
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 17 Jul 2019
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Bank Governance, Capital Market Law, Code Movement, Company Law Action Plan, Comparative Law, Corporate Governance, Enforcement, European Company Law, European Court of Justice, Groups of Companies, Harmonization, Investor Protection, Konzernrecht, Legal Families, Principal-Agent

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Auditor's Liability and its Impact on the European Financial Markets

Cambridge Law Journal, Vol. 67, No. 1, pp. 62-68, 2008
Number of pages: 7 Posted: 02 Nov 2008
Walter Doralt, Alexander Hellgardt, Alexander Hellgardt, Klaus J. Hopt, Patrick C. Leyens, Markus Roth and Reinhard Zimmermann
University of Graz (Austria), University of Augsburg - Faculty of Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, University of Bremen, University of Marburg - Faculty of Law and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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auditor liability, liability cap, general meeting, auditor independence

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Groups of Companies - A Comparative Study on the Economics, Law and Regulation of Corporate Groups, 2nd edition

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 752/2024
Number of pages: 64 Posted: 29 Jan 2024
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Groups of Companies, Corporate Governance, Principal Agent Conflicts between Minority Shareholders and Controlling Shareholders, Creditor Protection, Konzernrecht, Tunneling, Related Party Transactions, Conflict of Interest, Mandatory Disclosure, Fairness Opinions, Enforcement, Veil-piercing

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Auditor Independence at the Crossroads – Regulation and Incentives

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Comments on the European Commission Green Paper

Rivista delle Società, Vol. 56, pp. 485-493, 2011, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 10/24
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Dec 2010 Last Revised: 17 Nov 2015
Walter Doralt, Andreas Martin Fleckner, Klaus J. Hopt, Christoph Kumpan, Felix Steffek, Reinhard Zimmermann, Alexander Hellgardt, Alexander Hellgardt and Susanne Augenhofer
University of Graz (Austria), Humboldt University of Berlin - Faculty of Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Bucerius Law School, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, University of Augsburg - Faculty of Law and University of Innsbruck
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audit, independence, rotation, Big Four, market concentration, internationalization, legal harmonization, standardization

Auditor Independence at the Crossroads – Regulation and Incentives

European Business Organization Law Review (EBOR), Vol. 13, No. 1, pp. 89-101, March 2012, DOI: 10.1017/S1566752912000043, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 12/1
Number of pages: 14 Posted: 14 Jan 2012 Last Revised: 03 Jun 2015
Walter Doralt, Andreas Martin Fleckner, Klaus J. Hopt, Christoph Kumpan, Felix Steffek, Reinhard Zimmermann, Alexander Hellgardt, Alexander Hellgardt and Susanne Augenhofer
University of Graz (Austria), Humboldt University of Berlin - Faculty of Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Bucerius Law School, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, University of Augsburg - Faculty of Law and University of Innsbruck
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audit, independence, rotation, Big Four, market concentration, internationalization, legal harmonization, standardization

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Stock Exchange Law: Concept, History, Challenges

Virginia Law & Business Review (VLBR), Vol. 7, No. 3, pp. 513-559, 2013, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 14/4
Number of pages: 48 Posted: 29 May 2012 Last Revised: 27 Jan 2016
Andreas Martin Fleckner and Klaus J. Hopt
Humboldt University of Berlin - Faculty of Law and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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stock exchange, bourse, securities trading, demutualization, internationalization, market fragmentation, algorithmic trading

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Comparative Corporate Governance

Cambridge University Press, 2013, XXXIII + 1141 pp.
Number of pages: 42 Posted: 02 Aug 2013 Last Revised: 23 Apr 2015
Andreas Martin Fleckner and Klaus J. Hopt
Humboldt University of Berlin - Faculty of Law and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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corporate governance, company law, corporate law, joint stock company, stock corporation, comparative law

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Making Corporate Governance Codes More Effective: A Response to the European Commission's Action Plan of December 2012

Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 56/2014
Number of pages: 13 Posted: 12 Dec 2013
Peter Böckli, Paul L. Davies, Eilis Ferran, Guido Ferrarini, José M. Garrido Garcia, Klaus J. Hopt, Alain Pietrancosta, Katharina Pistor, Markus Roth, Rolf Skog, Stanislaw Soltysinski, Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter and Eddy Wymeersch
Böckli Bodmer & Partners, University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Sorbonne Law School, Columbia University School of Law, University of Marburg - Faculty of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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Corporate Governance, Corporate Governance Codes, comply or explain, code effectiveness, disclosure, enforcement, European Commission, Action Plan

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Response to the European Commission's Report on the Application of the Takeover Bids Directive

University of Cambridge Faculty of Law Research Paper No. 5/2014, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 55/2014
Number of pages: 15 Posted: 02 Dec 2013 Last Revised: 09 Sep 2014
Peter Böckli, Paul L. Davies, Eilis Ferran, Guido Ferrarini, José M. Garrido Garcia, Klaus J. Hopt, Alain Pietrancosta, Katharina Pistor, Rolf Skog, Stanislaw Soltysinski, Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter and Eddy Wymeersch
Böckli Bodmer & Partners, University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Sorbonne Law School, Columbia University School of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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takeover bids, European Company Law, acting in concert, mandatory bid rule, defensive measures

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Multiple-voting shares in Europe -A comparative law and economic analysis -

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 786/2024
Number of pages: 72 Posted: 08 Jul 2024
Klaus J. Hopt and Susanne Kalss
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and Vienna University of Economics and Business
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multiple voting rights, multiple voting shares, corporate governance, sustainable corporate goverance, shareholder, comparative law, Europe, financing Act, dual- class votes

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A Proposal for Reforming Group Law in the European Union - Comparative Observations on the Way Forward

Number of pages: 39 Posted: 11 Oct 2016 Last Revised: 24 Oct 2016
Peter Böckli, Paul L. Davies, Eilis Ferran, Guido Ferrarini, José M. Garrido Garcia, Klaus J. Hopt, Adam Opalski, Alain Pietrancosta, Markus Roth, Rolf Skog, Stanislaw Soltysinski, Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter, Martin Winner and Eddy Wymeersch
Böckli Bodmer & Partners, University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, International Monetary Fund (IMF), Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, University of Warsaw - Faculty of Law and Administration, Sorbonne Law School, University of Marburg - Faculty of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Komisja Kodyfikacyjna Prawa Cywilnego, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam, Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Business Law and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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Parent-Subsidiary Relations, Minority and Creditor Protection, Related Party Transactions, European Regulation

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Implementation of the SRD II Provisions on Related Party Transactions

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 543/2020
Number of pages: 55 Posted: 22 Sep 2020 Last Revised: 10 Sep 2023
Paul L. Davies, Susan Emmenegger, Guido Ferrarini, Klaus J. Hopt, Adam Opalski, Alain Pietrancosta, Andrés Recalde Castells, Markus Roth, Michael C. Schouten, Rolf Skog, Martin Winner and Eddy Wymeersch
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Bern - School of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, University of Warsaw - Faculty of Law and Administration, Sorbonne Law School, affiliation not provided to SSRN, University of Marburg - Faculty of Law, University of Amsterdam, Faculty of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Business Law and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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related party, approval, majority-of-the-minority, disclosure, materiality, Shareholder Rights Directive, harmonisation

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European Takeover Reform of 2012/2013 – Time to Re-Examine the Mandatory Bid

European Business Organization Law Review (EBOR), Vol.15, No. 2, pp. 143-190, June 2014, DOI: 10.1017/S1566752914001098, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 15/2
Number of pages: 49 Posted: 24 Jan 2015 Last Revised: 10 Feb 2015
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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takeover regulation, mandatory bid, reform of the 13th European Directive, Application Report of the European Commission of 2012, control threshold, options, low balling and creeping in, derogations, acting in concert.

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Internal Investigations, Whistleblowing and External Monitoring: Comparative Experiences, Economic Insights, Findings from Corporate Practice

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 574/2021
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 26 Mar 2021 Last Revised: 29 Mar 2021
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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corporate governance, internal investigations, whistleblowing, external monitoring, monitor, comparative law, compliance system, whistleblower directive, Sarbanes-Oxley Act, Dodd-Frank Act, Bribery Act 2010

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Conflict of Interest, Secrecy and Insider Information of Directors, A Comparative Analysis

European Company and Financial Law Review (ECFR), Vol. 10, No. 2, pp. 167-193, June 2013, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 13/26
Number of pages: 28 Posted: 28 Aug 2013
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Comparative company law, boards in Europe, duty of loyalty, conflicts of interest, board secrecy, insider dealing, loans to directors, self-dealing, competition with the company, corporate opportunities, directors' remuneration, remedies, enforcement

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The Dialogue between the Chairman of the Board and Investors: The Practice in the UK, the Netherlands and Germany and the Future of the German Corporate Governance Code Under the New Chairman

ECGI - Law Working Paper No. 365/2017
Number of pages: 25 Posted: 08 Sep 2017
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Board, Investor Dialogue, Investor Relations, Supervisory Board, German Stock Corporation Act, German, UK and Dutch Corporate Governance Codes, Institutional Investors, Secrecy, Inside Information, Equal Treatment of Shareholders

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The Commission’s 2018 Proposal on Cross-Border Mobility – An Assessment

European Company and Financial Law Review Forthcoming, Oxford Legal Studies Research Paper No. 25/2018
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 19 Oct 2018
Paul L. Davies, Susan Emmenegger, Eilis Ferran, Guido Ferrarini, Klaus J. Hopt, Niamh Moloney, Adam Opalski, Alain Pietrancosta, Markus Roth, Rolf Skog, Martin Winner, Jaap W. Winter, Jaap W. Winter and Eddy Wymeersch
University of Oxford - Faculty of Law, University of Bern - School of Law, University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law, University of Genoa - Law Department and Centre for Law and Finance, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, London School of Economics - Law School, University of Warsaw - Faculty of Law and Administration, Sorbonne Law School, University of Marburg - Faculty of Law, University of Gothenburg - Department of Law, Vienna University of Economics and Business - Department of Business Law, Vrije Universiteit AmsterdamUniversity of Amsterdam and Ghent University - Financial Law Institute
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cross-border conversions, cross-border divisions, cross-border mergers

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The German Supervisory Board

Revista da Faculdade de Direito da Universidade de Porto (RFDUP) 2020-2021, 539-562
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 20 Oct 2022
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Corporate covernance, company law, board structure, control by shareholders and auditors, corporate control, two-tier board, supervisory board

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Non-Shareholder Voice in Bank Governance: Board Composition, Performance and Liability

European Corporate Governance Institute (ECGI) - Law Working Paper No. 413/2018
Number of pages: 38 Posted: 06 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 27 Aug 2018
Paul Davies and Klaus J. Hopt
University of Oxford - Harris Manchester College and Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Corporate Governance of banks, role of debt-holders and creditors, civil and criminal liability of bank directors, fit and proper, bank supervision, board composition, enforcement

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A New Framework for Bank Rescue in Germany - Regulatory Challenges for Modern Company, Corporate Insolvency and Constitutional Law

European Business Organization Law Review, Vol. 10, pp. 515-554, 2009
Number of pages: 35 Posted: 07 Nov 2009 Last Revised: 29 Nov 2010
Klaus J. Hopt, Christoph Kumpan and Felix Steffek
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law, Bucerius Law School and University of Cambridge - Faculty of Law
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Bank rescue, constitution, expropriation, financial crisis, insolvency, Financial Market Stabilisation Act, takeover

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Abschlussprüfung in Deutschland und Europa nach der europäischen Reform von 2014 (Auditing in Germany and Europe after the European Reform of 2014)

Zeitschrift für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (ZGR), Vol. 44, No. 2, pp. 186-203, April 2015, DOI: 10.1515/zgr-2015-0186, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 15/17
Number of pages: 19 Posted: 20 Aug 2015 Last Revised: 11 Dec 2015
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Abschlussprüfung, Wirtschaftsprüferrecht, europäische Reform des Abschlussprüferrechts, Abschlussprüferverordnung, externe Rotation, Abschlussprüferhaftung, Internationalisierung des Wirtschaftsprüferrechts, Abschlussprüfer und Corporate Governance, nationale Aufsichtsbehörden, ESMA

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Europäisches Gesellschaftsrecht im Lichte des Aktionsplans der Europäischen Kommission vom Dezember 2012 (European Company Law in the Light of the Action Plan of the European Commission of December 2012)

Zeitschrift für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (ZGR), Vol. 42, No. 2, pp. 165-215, April 2013, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 13/22
Number of pages: 52 Posted: 13 Jun 2013
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Company law, European law, comparative law, Action Plan, mobility, shareholder protection, transparency, company forms, cross-border merger, transfer of seat, division, corporate finance, company groups, stakeholders, employee share ownership

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Corporate Governance und Krise: Verwaltungsrat und/oder Vorstand und Aufsichtsrat in Europa (Corporate Governance and Crisis: One- and Two-tiered Boards in Europe)

Europäisches Privat- und Wirtschaftsrecht in der Krise, pp. 269-282, Jens-Hinrich Binder and Georgios Psaroudakis, (Hrsg.), Mohr Siebeck, 2018, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 19/11
Number of pages: 16 Posted: 19 Jun 2019 Last Revised: 24 Jul 2019
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Verwaltungsrat, Board, Vorstand, Aufsichtsrat, ein- und zweistufiges System der Unternehmensleitung, Wahlrecht zwischen beiden Systemen, Konvergenz der Systeme, deutsches und europäisches Aktienrecht, Finanzkrise, Bank Governance

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Die Treuepflicht des Vorstands der Aktiengesellschaft (The Fiduciary Duties of the Board in Stock Companies)

Αναμνηστικός Τόμος για τον Λεωνίδα Γεωργακόπουλο [Gedächtnisschrift für Leonidas Georgakopoulos/Commemorative Volume for Leonidas Georgakopoulos], Vol. 1, pp. 293-310, Bank of Greece, 2016, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 16/26
Number of pages: 20 Posted: 07 Dec 2016 Last Revised: 09 Dec 2016
Klaus J. Hopt and Markus Roth
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and University of Marburg - Faculty of Law
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Treuepflicht des Vorstands, Prioritätsgrundsatz, Interessenkonflikte, Treuepflicht im Konzern, Wettbewerbsverbot, Geschäftschancendoktrin, Eigengeschäfte mit der Gesellschaft; Vergütung des Vorstands, Zuwendungen an Vorstandsmitglieder, eigennützige Zuwendungen an Dritte

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Corporate Governance and the Shareholders: The German Law on Virtual General Meetings 2022

Number of pages: 12 Posted: 17 Oct 2022
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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General Meeting, Hauptversammlung, Virtual General Meeting, Virtual Shareholder Meeting, Virtuelle Hauptversammlung, Corporate Governance, Shareholders' rights

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Der Aufsichtsrat – Bedeutungswandel, Konvergenz, unternehmerische Mitverantwortung, Pflichten- und Haftungszuwachs (The Supervisory Board – Its Growing Importance and the Move toward Convergence, Entrepreneurial Co-Responsibility, Broader Legal Duties and Stricter Liability)

Zeitschrift für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (ZGR), Vol. 48, No. 4, pp. 507-543, August 2019, DOI: 10.1515/zgr-2019-0016, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 19/17
Number of pages: 39 Posted: 09 Oct 2019 Last Revised: 25 Oct 2019
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Aufsichtsrat, Verwaltungsrat, board, ein- und zweistufiges System, Konvergenz, Arbeitnehmermitbestimmung, Investorendialog, vorstandsunabhängige Information, related party transactions, Verhaltenspflichten, zivil- und strafrechtliche Haftung

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Insidergeschäfte und Ad-hoc-Publizität bei M&A – Unternehmenskäufe und Übernahmeangebote und Marktmissbrauchsverordnung (MAR) (Insider Trading and Ad-hoc Disclosure in M&A Transactions – Acquisitions, Takeovers and the Market Abuse Regulation (MAR))

Zeitschrift für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (ZGR), Vol. 46, No. 6, pp. 756-828, 2017, DOI: 10.1515/zgr-2017-0036, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 18/9
Number of pages: 66 Posted: 07 Aug 2018 Last Revised: 11 Sep 2018
Klaus J. Hopt and Christoph Kumpan
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and Bucerius Law School
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Insidergeschäfte, Ad-hoc-Publizität, M&A, Marktmissbrauchsverordnung (MAR), Unternehmenskäufe, Übernahmeangebote, Paketerwerbe, due diligence, letter of intent, warehousing, Beteiligungsaufbau, Übernahme-Verteidigungsmaßnahmen, weiße Ritter

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Insiderrecht – Grundlagen Internationale Entwicklung, ökonomischer Hintergrund, offene Fragen (Insider Regulation – International Development, Economics, Open Questions)

Festschrift 25 Jahre WpHG – Entwicklung und Perspektiven des deutschen und europäischen Wertpapierhandelsrechts, pp. 503-522, Lars Klöhn, Sebastian Mock, eds., De Gruyter, 2019, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 20/12
Number of pages: 22 Posted: 17 Aug 2020 Last Revised: 17 Sep 2020
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Insiderhandel, Kapitalmarktrecht, Marktmissbrauchsverordnung, europäisches Insiderrecht, US-amerikanisches Insiderrecht, Texas Gulf Sulphur, ökonomische Analyse des Insiderrechts, Geschichte des Insiderrechts, disclose or abstain, Arbitrageure

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Corporate Governance von Finanzinstituten. Empirische Befunde, Theorie und Fragen in den Rechts- und Wirtschaftswissenschaften (Corporate Governance of Financial Institutions. Empirical Findings, Theory and Questions in Law and Economics)

Zeitschrift für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (ZGR), Vol. 46, No. 4, pp. 438-459, August 2017, DOI: 10.1515/zgr-2017-0018, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 17/23
Number of pages: 24 Posted: 08 Dec 2017 Last Revised: 06 Aug 2018
Klaus J. Hopt
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law
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Corporate Governance, Finanzinstitute, Bank Governance, Creditor Governance, Bank Board, Aufsichtsrat, supervisory board, Organisations und Verhaltenspflichten

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Basic Issues Surrounding the TOD's Transposition 

European Corporate Governance Institute - Law Working Paper No. 794/2024
Number of pages: 45 Posted: 26 Aug 2024
Markus Roth, Klaus J. Hopt and Adam Opalski
University of Marburg - Faculty of Law, Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and University of Warsaw - Faculty of Law and Administration
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Takeover, Takeover Directive, TOD, stakeholder, shareholder, capital markets, European Union, United Kingdom, corporate governance

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Mehrstimmrechtsaktien – Grundsatzprobleme, Regelungsbausteine, Praxisfragen (Multiple-voting Share Structures: Basic Problems, Regulatory Elements, and Practical Questions)

Zeitschrift für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (ZGR), Vol. 53, No. 1, pp. 84-154, February 2024, Max Planck Private Law Research Paper No. 24/7
Number of pages: 73 Posted: 20 Aug 2024
Klaus J. Hopt and Susanne Kalss
Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law and Vienna University of Economics and Business
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multiple-vote share structures, European Directive on multiple-vote share structures, golden shares, multiple-vote share structures in the USA and in the 27 EU Member States, loyalty shares, sunset clauses, Mehrstimmrechtsaktien, Europäische Richtlinie zu Mehrstimmrechtsaktien, Mehrstimmrechtsaktien in den USA und in den 27 Mitgliedstaaten der EU, one share one vote, Treueaktien