Creditor protection in private companies : Anglo-German perspectives for a European legal discourse / / Thomas Bachner [[electronic resource]]

• Autore: Bachner Thomas
• Pubblicazione: Cambridge : , : Cambridge University Press, , 2009
• Descrizione fisica: 1 online resource (xxxvi, 315 pages) : digital, PDF file(s)
• Disciplina: 346.077
• Soggetto topico: Private companies - Germany - Finance; Corporations - Finance - Law and legislation - Germany; Debtor and creditor - Germany; Corporation reserves - Law and legislation - Germany; Directors of corporations - Legal status, laws, etc - Germany; Private companies - Great Britain - Finance; Corporations - Finance - Law and legislation - Great Britain; Debtor and creditor - Great Britain; Corporation reserves - Law and legislation - Great Britain; Directors of corporations - Legal status, laws, etc - Great Britain
• Note generali: Title from publisher's bibliographic system (viewed on 05 Oct 2015).
• Nota di bibliografia: Includes bibliographical references (p. 283-304) and index.
• Nota di contenuto: Introduction -- Avoidance of acts that are detrimental to creditors -- Capital maintenance and unlawful distributions -- Directors' liability for contraventions of capital maintenance rules -- Directors' liability for conduct in the vicinity of insolvency.
• Sommario/riassunto: Limited liability companies form the backbone of our modern economy. However, there is a persistent danger of moral hazard on the part of directors and shareholders, particularly in closely held or private companies. Like all developed legal systems, English and German law both provide mechanisms designed to protect creditors from such risks. This book investigates some of these mechanisms, including the avoidance of pre-insolvency acts, capital maintenance and creditor-regarding duties of directors. By analysing the different conceptual and doctrinal perspectives inherent in the English and German systems, this book seeks to advance a discourse between audiences with different legal backgrounds. It will be an invaluable guide for those wishing to understand how the protective mechanisms operate and interact with each other, and how they do so in quite different ways in the two jurisdictions.
• Titolo autorizzato: Creditor protection in private companies
• ISBN: 1-107-20150-0; 1-282-10389-X; 9786612103896; 0-511-51745-9; 0-511-57655-2; 0-511-51547-2; 0-511-51794-7; 0-511-51440-9; 0-511-51675-4
• Formato: Materiale a stampa
• Livello bibliografico: Monografia
• Lingua di pubblicazione: Inglese
• Record Nr.: 9910454476003321
• Lo trovi qui: Univ. Federico II
• Serie: International corporate law and financial market regulation.