Prof. Dr. Patrick C. Leyens, LL.M. (London)

Following the great response last year, Prof. Leyens is once again offering the seminar ‘Mergers & Acquisitions: Cycle of a Corporate Transaction’ in the summer semester 2025 together with RA Dr. Braun from the nationwide law firm Noerr. In the first two weeks of the course, preliminary discussions on classification and methodology will take place on Tuesdays, 8 and 15 April 2025, at 12 noon c.t. with Prof. Leyens and his team. In the third week of the course, on Friday afternoon, 25 April 2025, time t.b.d., there will be an overview of the cycle of corporate transactions with practical experience and time for questions, which will be organised by Dr. Braun.

The number of places is limited. Register now!

On 28.6.2024, the block event of this year's seminar in the university elective "International and European Business Law" took place. The topic was: "Mergers & Acquisitions: Cycle of a corporate transaction". The seminar was organized by Prof. Dr. Patrick C. Leyens, LL.M. (London), together with Dr. Markus A. Braun, M.Jur. (Oxford), lawyer (Rechtsanwalt) and specialist lawyer for commercial and corporate law and associated partner at the law firm NOERR Munich. The pictures show the conclusion of the event at a dinner hosted by the law firm NOERR.

Participants are: Y. Acet, M. Fiene, S. Kaya, L. Krieger, J. Koop, T. Lehnau, M. Meyer, R. Müller, J. Romeiser, E. Uhlig as well as Julius Goetsch, Valentin Hubert and Sebastian Köhnlein.

The handbook edited by Klaus J. Hopt, Peter Hommelhoff and Patrick C. Leyens with the title "Unternehmensführung durch Vorstand und Aufsichtsrat: Aktien-, Kapitalmarkt- und Bilanzrecht, Corporate Governance" ("Corporate Governance by the Management Board and Supervisory Board: Stock Corporation, Capital Market and Accounting Law, Corporate Governance"), draws on the interplay of all relevant legal sources (AktG, WpHG, MAR, WpÜG, accounting law, DCGK and others) to show what the management of capital market-oriented companies must do as a minimum and may do as a maximum.

Corporate governance is becoming increasingly difficult for management boards, supervisory boards, managing directors and their advisors. The challenges are also increasingly of a legal and regulatory nature. They are primarily reflected in stock corporation, capital market and accounting law with more extensive European requirements and international expectations. Responding internally with compliance, risk management and adequate, company-specific corporate governance requires great skill.

With its innovative approach, this handbook of corporate governance offers help and suggestions for adapting to new expectations, reforms, risks and obligations in good time. It explains the most important national and European legal regulations in detail and conveys the diverse interrelationships between the areas and levels of regulation (law, code, disclosure obligations). The central theme of the handbook is the so-called “Pflichtenentwicklungsrisiko” (“obligation development risk”). The main focus here is on the realization that code rules, expectations of supervisory authorities or, initially, mere transparency rules often condense into general obligations under company law. It is important for company managers and their advisors to recognize such developments at an early stage and to react appropriately.

The 50 thematic articles in the handbook are written by experienced company managers and leading practitioners and academics. The handbook has been published by C.H.BECK and will soon be available via beck-online.