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Newsletter "Corporate Law, Deals & Capital Markets"
The Newsletter “Corporate Law, Deals & Capital Markets” provides you with monthly updates on current topics in corporate law, M&A, and capital markets law.
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Christian Speckert
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Attorney at Law (Germany), Specialist lawyer for commercial and corporate law
Patrick Satzinger
Partner
Attorney at Law (Germany), Specialist lawyer for commercial and corporate law
Thomas Löhrer LL.M. (Singapore)
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Attorney at Law (Germany)
Issue May 2026
View all Insights20.05.2026
On the Scope of the Register Court’s Duty to Examine When Including a Shareholder List in the Register
According to a recent decision by the Munich Higher Regional Court (OLG München), the Register Court must only review shareholder...
20.05.2026
Investment Screening – The Decisive Factor for Transaction Success?
In recent years, German cross-sector investment screening under foreign trade law has become a central element in transaction practice for...
20.05.2026
IPOs in Germany
IPOs on the German capital market: status quo, challenges and outlook
Issue April 2026
View all Insights22.04.2026
Liability of Management Board Members for Corporate Fines Imposed Under Capital Markets Law
Illegal conduct by members of the management board of a stock corporation can lead to fines against both the individual...
22.04.2026
Current BGH Case Law Facilitates the Use of Leaver Clauses
In spring 2026 (II ZR 71/24 of February 10, 2026), the Federal Court of Justice (BGH) significantly clarified the legal...
22.04.2026
Application for a special audit at the AGM: No dishonesty or gross breach of duty where the legal situation is unclear, and requirements for substantiating suspicion of a breach of duty
The special audit is a key instrument of minority protection under stock corporation law and is intended to enable shareholders...
Issue March 2026
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Validity of a statutory redemption clause without a time limit upon the death of a GmbH shareholder
On the scope of the register court's examination authority for restated articles of association: A redemption clause for the existence...
18.03.2026
Location Promotion Act: Strengthening the Capital Market
The German economy is experiencing one of the most severe economic crises in decades and faces immense structural challenges. The...
18.03.2026
M&A Vocabulary – Understanding Experts: “Business Judgement Rule”
Business decisions are associated with risks – however, not every failure automatically leads to liability for the decision-maker. The Business...
Issue February 2026
View all Insights18.02.2026
No money for Wirecard shareholders from insolvency estate
The Wirecard insolvency continues to affect shareholders to this day. Many are hoping for damages – if necessary, from the...
18.02.2026
When spinning off a sole proprietorship as a Sachagio, the contributor must formally waive the granting of shares
In its order of 16 June 2025 (ref.: 22 W 11/25), the Berlin Higher Regional Court (Kammergericht, KG) held that,...
17.03.2025
M&A Vocabulary – Understanding the experts: “Carve-out”
In this ongoing series, rotating M&A experts from Rödl’s offices around the world introduce an important term from the English...
Issue January 2026
View all Insights21.01.2026
Liability of the removed managing director for immoral damage
In its judgment of December 2, 2025 (Case No.: II ZR 114/24), the German Federal Court of Justice (BGH) ruled...
21.01.2026
Increased duties of a public company’s supervisory board in crisis
The discharge of the board members (management board and supervisory board) of a stock corporation (the "Company") is an essential...
21.01.2026
M&A Vocabulary – Understanding Experts “Russian-Roulette and Texas-Shoot-Out”
Russian-Roulette and Texas-Shoot-Out clauses are contractual instruments used in shareholder constellations with equal voting rights to quickly end deadlock situations,...
Issue December 2025
View all Insights17.12.2025
Municipal utilities as partners for private equity investments in the energy transition
The energy transition in Germany and Europe requires massive investments in infrastructure – particularly in heating and electricity distribution networks....
17.12.2025
Holzmüller Doctrine in International Corporations (Part I) – OLG Cologne Judgment of June 26, 2025
In a recent decision, the OLG Cologne dealt with unwritten powers of the general meeting in the stock corporation and...
17.12.2025
M&A Vocabulary – Experts Understand “NBI Report”
The so-called “NBI Report” plays a central role in transactions in which W&I insurance is to be concluded and forms...