Archive – Corporate (2024)

For June, after a short pause, we are returning to the right of a shareholder to seek redemption of their share by the controlling person, addressed in judgment case no. 27 Cdo 1605/2023.

This issue of ESOP Myths aims to dispel the myth that an ESOP cannot ensure a company’s long-term viability and success after the founder's departure. It’s quite the opposite. An ESOP is a key tool for ensuring a business can continue operating even after its original founder retires or shifts focus

Incorporators, like anyone else, may perceive ESOPs to be overwhelming, complicated, and intricate, even though this need not be the case. At the same time, more than anyone else, incorporators may be concerned about giving up part of their business to managers and about the perceived loss of contro

With the April judgment (case No. 27 Cdo 3019/2023) we will visit the insolvency sphere, but with sufficient overlap into the concept of due care of a prudent manager, as befits a TOP corporate case-law judgment of the month. The Supreme Court dealt with a case in which it considered whether the exe

In the first part of the ESOP myths series, we focused on the myth that employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) are too complex from the perspective of founders and shareholders. It is true that the ESOP issue is robust and complex and can feel overwhelming. Shareholders and managers may often believ

For March, we have selected as TOP corporate case-law judgment (case no. 27 Cdo 1766/2023) a ruling concerning the delegation of the authority of managing directors to convene and organise general meetings.

ESOPs are often fraught with various myths and ensuing concerns, which we have decided to debunk. In the first part of a new series from the world of employee stock ownership plans (ESOPs) with the subtitle “myths”, we will take a look at one of the most common ones. That myth involves the concern o

Each month since May 2020 on LinkedIn, we have introduced you to a judicial decision in corporate law, carefully selected from the Supreme Court’s extensive decision-making practice. We always summarise for you those Supreme Court decisions that have a significant impact on the business life of corp

We begin 2024 with a heavyweight corporate judgment – we have picked a ruling which addresses profit distribution in limited liability companies.