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Companies in Private International Law
Lörincová, Radka ; Pauknerová, Monika (advisor) ; Kučera, Zdeněk (referee)
- Companies in Private International Law The purpose of this diploma thesis is to examine regulation of companies in private international law in the Czech Republic and also from the European Union law perspective. The thesis is divided into four main chapters. First chapter provides a brief definition of the basic legal concepts that are central to this thesis - definition of a company and definition of a private international law. Second chapter explains the concept of lex personalis and two opposing conflict of law theories, which link companies to a certain system of law; the incorporation theory and the real seat theory. Third chapter focuses on the relevant Czech legislation, especially on the Czech Commercial Code, which contains provisions on determining lex personalis of a company as well as rules on cross-border transfer of seat of a company. Forthcoming re-codification of private law in Czech Republic is also discussed with regard to the regulation of companies in private international law. Fourth, the most extensive chapter of this thesis describes and analyzes the European Union law relating to the freedom of establishment of companies. First, the very concept of freedom of establishment is explained with references to primary EU law. Subsequently, six landmark decisions of the Court...
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Mobility of companies within the European Union in the light of the case law of the Court of Justice of the EU
Pikal, Daniel ; Scheu, Harald Christian (advisor) ; Šmejkal, Václav (referee)
The purpose of this thesis is to analyze the current legal issue concerning the corporate mobility within the European Union. The main focus is placed, in particular, on the analysis of the relevant case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union. Other parts of this thesis will give an overview of cross border mergers and supranational forms of companies including their ability to transfer their seat to other member states without being wound up in liquidation before the transaction within the area of the European Union. As evident from the title, the paper focuses on the topic from the European perspective only and the issue of the mobility from, or into, a non-member state is not dealt with. The first chapter provides a brief definition of the basic legal concepts that are crucial to this thesis. The definition of freedom of establishment in the context of the common market of the EU is given and also the incorporation theory and the real seat theory are briefly outlined, as well as the conflict that may arise between these two doctrines. The second chapter, the most extensive chapter which represents the core of this thesis, describes and analyzes the case law of the Court of Justice of the European Union law relating to the freedom of establishment. This chapter is divided into two...
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Relocation of the Registered Office of a Company with a Focus on the Relocation of the Head Office of a European Company
Maršíčková, Linda ; Brodec, Jan (advisor) ; Dobiáš, Petr (referee)
Main purpose of this thesis is an assessment of the possibility of companies to transfer their seat from several points of view. It is distinguished between situations of companies with regard to the relocation of head office contrary to the relocation of registered office. At first, the migration issue is analyzed in general, then from the perspective of EU law. Due to insufficiently resolved scope of the freedom of establishment, especially with respect to the transfer of registered office, the thesis focuses on the European Company. For the time being, it can be considered as the most advanced result of the common effort of EU member states to achieve a supranational company form. It was not a random choice to dedicate part of this thesis to the European Company since the possibility to move its registered office freely across the EU is one of the main attributes granted to the European Company form. The analysis of relocation process, including consideration of potential difficulties results in comparison with actual opportunities of "national"companies in this respect. With regard to the structure of thesis it is divided into four parts and a separate conlusion. First part deals with the matter of the EU common market, with an emphasis on each of four freedoms. Especially the primary and...
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Right of establishment in international private law
Štaňko, Andrej ; Pauknerová, Monika (advisor) ; Brodec, Jan (referee)
Right of establishment in International Private Law Private companies act in the international context more intensively than any time before. There are many ways how to act on the international market. One solution is to establish a branch or a representation office instead of establishing a brand new company. The right to act in the international context using branch companies and transfer of seat is known as the freedom of establishment. The thesis covers main issues concerning the freedom of establishment and also discusses the case law issued by the Court of Justice of the European Union. The comparative view of the seat and incorporation principles is used in the thesis. With a greater detail to the Czech law, the issue of the foreign companies' recognition is discussed. The Czech law recognizes foreign companies even in the form in which it is no longer possible to establish new company in the Czech Republic. In this regard basic elements of the bare trust are discussed. The case law of the the Court of Justice of the European Communities opened Europe's corporate space and allowed the competition between the national jurisdictions to begin. Author compares situation arised on the European market with the situation in the US. As an evidence of the distinction between different US states'...
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Transfer of the Seat of the Company within the European Union
Mišutová, Pavlína ; Pauknerová, Monika (advisor) ; Brodec, Jan (referee)
Subject of this thesis are contemporaneous possibilities for companies to transfer their seat outside the state of incorporation. Recently, there has been a dramatic development in private law as well as in national company laws, mainly because of the judgements of the Court of Justice of the European Union. Corporate mobility comprises the possibility to transfer a company from one state to another. Crucial issue is the transfer of the seat of the company in connection with the freedom of establishment. The Court had already given rulings on the transfer of company's seat in several judgments; however, this thesis concerns particularly the latest judgment - Cartesio. In this case the Court dealt with the question whether the freedom of establishment governed by the European law shall be interpreted broad enough to include the right of companies to transfer their real seat (their head office) or their legal and real seats (their registered seat and head office) from one member state of the EU to another. The key question is, whether the Cartesio judgment contributed to the corporate mobility and if so, the scope of such contribution. For better understanding of corporate mobility, the first part explains particular terms used and hidden implications. First part therefore describes the conflict of...
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Freedom of Establishment of Companies in European Law
Horák, Milan ; Grmelová, Nicole (advisor) ; Patočka, Radim (referee)
States have traditionally dealt with foreign companies on their territory within their private international law. The arrival of European law and enactment of freedom of establishment though considerably constrained capabilities of member states, whereas companies gained the right of establishment. The aim of this thesis is characterization and specification of the relationship between the freedom of establishment, member states and companies incorporated under laws of member states. The main focus of this thesis is analysis of ten most important cases by the Court of Justice of the European Union concerning the freedom of establishment of companies, which significantly transformed mentioned relationship. Subsequently the thesis summarizes the conclusions of analyzed cases by subject of evolution of primary and secondary freedom of establishment, standing of pseudoforeign companies, conformity with incorporation theory and real seat theory and lastly ways of statutory and/or real seat transfer. The main contribution of the thesis is the very detailed case law analysis, including the newest case Vale from July 12th 2012, and also the case law classification by object.
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The use of legal form of "limited company" for business in Germany
Kasl, František ; Grmelová, Nicole (advisor) ; Neděla, Radek (referee)
This thesis is aimed at the description of the development of the European business law, with regard to the blending of two different legal systems under the European integration, and certain modest assessment of the results. It brings at the same time description of two foreign forms of companies with limited liability, private company limited by shares and Gesellschaft mit beschränkter Haftung, comparison and evaluation of these forms for conducting business in German market and subsequent outline of suitable application and use of private company limited by shares, that can be applied not just in Germany, but in the other member states including Czech republic as well.
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Transfer of registered office in EU law
Kuklíková, Kateřina ; Grmelová, Nicole (advisor) ; Soušková, Milena (referee)
This final thesis deals with the issue of transfer of registered office within the EU law. The thesis follows three lines of legal regulations: harmonization of company law, rule-making in the field of European companies and case-law dealing with primary freedom of establishment. The goal of the thesis is to sum up possibilities of the transfer of registered office assured by current legal situation to both companies established according to intrastate legislation and European forms of companies. The thesis also deals with prospects of possible future development.
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