Binding Capital to Free Purpose: Steward Ownership in Germany

IF 1.3 Q1 LAW

European Company and Financial Law Review Pub Date : 2022-08-01 DOI:10.2139/ssrn.4144623

Anne Sanders

引用次数: 2

Abstract

Abstract 622This paper discusses steward ownership, a concept of business ownership aiming at long-term and purpose-oriented entrepreneurship developed in Germany. Steward ownership can be seen in the context of the current worldwide discussion of corporate purpose and legal innovations like the US-American benefit corporation and the French société a mission has developed a unique approach. The concept is currently put into practice using German company law and the law of foundations. However, in the coalition agreement of the current German government, a new legal form is envisaged to facilitate the founding of steward-owned businesses. The paper presents the concepts and discusses a draft law developed as food for thought for the legislature.

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资本与自由目的的绑定：德国的管家所有权

摘要622本文讨论了管家所有制，这是德国发展起来的一种旨在长期和目标导向创业的企业所有制概念。管家所有权可以从当前全球范围内对公司宗旨和法律创新的讨论中看出，如美国福利公司和法国社会使命制定了一种独特的方法。这一概念目前正利用德国公司法和基金会法付诸实践。然而，在现任德国政府的联合协议中，设想了一种新的法律形式，以促进管家所有企业的成立。本文介绍了这些概念，并讨论了一项为立法机构思考而制定的法律草案。

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European Company and Financial Law Review LAW-

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期刊介绍： In legislation and in case law, European law has become a steadily more dominant factor in determining national European company laws. The “European Company”, the forthcoming “European Private Company” as well as the Regulation on the Application of International Financial Reporting Standards (“IFRS Regulation”) have accelerated this development even more. The discussion, however, is still mired in individual nations. This is true for the academic field and – even still – for many practitioners. The journal intends to overcome this handicap by sparking a debate across Europe on drafting and application of European company law. It integrates the European company law component previously published as part of the Zeitschrift für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (ZGR), on of the leading German law reviews specialized in the field of company and capital market law. It aims at universities, law makers on both the European and national levels, courts, lawyers, banks and other financial service institutions, in house counsels, accountants and notaries who draft or work with European company law. The journal focuses on all areas of European company law and the financing of companies and business entities. This includes the law of capital markets as well as the law of accounting and auditing and company law related issues of insolvency law. Finally it serves as a platform for the discussion of theoretical questions such as the economic analysis of company law. It consists of articles and case notes on both decisions of the European courts as well as of national courts insofar as they have implications on European company law.