Schoenherr | Romania, United Kingdom | 26 Feb 2018
The corporate functioning rules for joint stock companies have been repeatedly altered by Romanian legislation, especially in relation to the governing structures of companies, such as shareholders' assemblies and management bodies.
Schoenherr | Austria | 2 Mar 2015
The Supreme Court has held that agreements between shareholders on voluntary capital contributions to a company may be agreed outside the articles of…
Schoenherr | Austria, Germany, USA | 26 Mar 2014
Austria's breach of trust provision found its way back into the limelight only recently via the prominent criminal proceedings against the former…
Schoenherr | Austria | 10 Sep 2012
By law, every Austrian stock corporation must have a supervisory board.
Schoenherr | Austria | 10 Sep 2012
Overcoming so-called “agency problems” occupies centre stage in corporate law.
Schoenherr | Austria | 12 Sep 2011
Under Section 91 of the Stock Exchange Act, persons that directly or indirectly acquire or sell the shares of an issuer whose shares are admitted to trading on a regulated European Economic Area (EEA) market must immediately (or no more than two trading days later) inform the Austrian Financial Market Authority, the exchange operating company and the issuer of the share of voting rights held......
Schoenherr | Moldova | 14 Jun 2011
On 15 April 2011 the Moldovan Parliament passed the Act No. 73/2011 (Act No. 73) on amending certain legal acts, among which the Act No. 1134/1997 on Joint-Stock Companies (JSC Act).
Schoenherr | Czech Republic | 7 Mar 2011
An apparently straightforward situation has ended in a conclusion that has disturbed the Czech legal practice.
Schoenherr | Moldova | 20 Jan 2011
The rise in foreign investment in Moldova and joint projects with local investors means that supervisory boards must often be instituted in Moldovan joint-stock companies (JSC).