This handbook contains detailed reports on the corporate laws of almost 50 countries worldwide. Each country report is approximately 50 pages in length, following a common structure:·Private companies with limited liability·Public companiesoLegal basesoRegisteroFoundationoDurationoNameoLegal capacityoMemorandum and Articles of AssociationoCapital and protection of capitaloRights and duties of shareholdersoCorporate bodies and officersoPower of representationoLiability of corporate bodiesoLiability of shareholders oListing of the corporationoEmployee participationoAnnual financial statement; disclosure obligationsoTransfer of sharesoEncumbrance of sharesoEstablishment of branchesoInsolvencyoLiquidation and winding-upoTaxation·Conversion ·Conflict of laws·Cross-border structuring·Overview of the law concerning capital markets·Australia ·Austria ·Belgium ·Brazil ·Bulgaria ·Canada ·China ·Croatia ·Cyprus ·Czech Republic ·Denmark ·European Union ·Estonia ·Korea ·Finland ·France ·Germany ·Greece ·Great Britain ·Hong Kong ·Hungary ·India ·Ireland ·Israel ·Italy ·Japan·Latvia ·Liechtenstein ·Luxemburg Malaysia ·Malta ·Mexico ·Netherlands ·Poland ·Portugal ·Romania ·Russian Federation ·Serbia ·Singapore ·Slovakia ·Slovenia ·Spain ·South Africa ·Sweden ·Switzerland ·Turkey ·United Arab Emirates ·USA/General ·USA/California ·USA/Delaware ·USA/New York.