The Limited Liability Company under German Law (the GmbH). Dr Alexander Schröder-Frerkes

The Limited Liability Company under German Law (the GmbH) - Dr Alexander Schröder-Frerkes


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       V. Shareholders’ meeting

      71. General

      The meeting of the shareholders is the principal corporate body of a GmbH. As opposed to the case where a stock corporation is concerned, where the exact distribution of powers between the shareholders, the management and the supervisory board is prescribed by mandatory law, to a large extent, the Act on Limited Liability Companies entitles the shareholders themselves to determine and change the distribution of powers between the managing directors and the shareholders as prescribed by law, in the articles of association and accompanying by-laws.

      For the purposes of legal certainty, however, the GmbH is mandatorily represented by the managing directors in dealings with third parties. Internally, the articles of association and the by-laws


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