Jens Ekkenga

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Jens Ekkenga (* 1956 in Emden ) is a German legal scholar and professor at the Justus Liebig University in Giessen .

Life

Ekkenga studied from 1975 jurisprudence at the University of Frankfurt , where he graduated in 1981 with the First State Exam. After taking the second state examination in 1984, Ekkenga initially worked as a lawyer in Frankfurt until 1995 . In 1989 he did his doctorate with Hans-Joachim Mertens in Frankfurt. iur. In 1995 Ekkenga completed his habilitation there and received the Venia Legendi for the subjects civil law, commercial and company law, international private law, comparative law and labor law.

For Ekkenga, he was deputy professor at the universities of Dresden , Berlin and Mannheim . Since the winter semester 1996/97 he has held the chair for civil law, commercial and economic law and comparative law at the University of Giessen . In addition, Ekkenga has worked as an of counsel and scientific advisor for various law firms . His main areas of work are business law, corporate law and capital market law.

Publications

Selection :

Monographs

  • with Heyo Maas: The right to issue securities . Erich Schmidt, Berlin 2006, ISBN 978-3-503-09314-4 .
  • The content control of franchise contracts - A study on the civil law limits of contract drafting in the area of ​​franchising including the law of authorized dealers . Deutscher Fachverlag, Frankfurt am Main 1990, ISBN 978-3-8005-1045-0 (dissertation).
  • Investor protection, accounting and the capital market - a comparative study on European, German and British accounting, corporate and capital market law . Mohr Siebeck, Tübingen 1998, ISBN 978-3-16-146984-8 (habilitation thesis).

Collective works

  • Cologne Commentary on the Stock Corporation Act , Volume 4. From this, commentary on Sections 182–191, Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne, 3rd edition 2017 ISBN 978-3-452-27675-9
  • GmbHG Law on Limited Liability Companies - Commentary , Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne, 2nd edition 2015 ISBN 978-3-452-28141-8
  • Munich Commentary on the GmbHG , Volume 1, processing of §§ 29–31, 305 pages, Verlag CH Beck, 2nd edition 2014 ISBN 978-3-406-66271-3 .
  • Commentary on the German Civil Code , Volume 3/2: Law of Obligations 1/2, Kohlhammer Verlag 13th edition 2014, preliminary remarks on § 249, §§ 249–254 (General Damage Law); § 275 (impossibility) (together with Thilo Kuntz)
  • Handbook of AG Financing (Ekkenga / Schröer, ed.) Sections restructuring financing , regular capital increase (together with P. Jaspers), authorized capital (together with T. Bernau), capital increase in insolvency (together with U. Becker), Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne, January 2014 ISBN 978-3-452-27151-8
  • Munich Commentary on HGB , Volume 6 "Bank Contract Law", Section "Securities Business" pp. 1389–1714, Verlag CH Beck / Verlag Vahlen, 3rd edition 2014 ISBN 978-3-406-61026-4
  • Banking and stock exchange law for study and practice , Verlag CH Beck, 5th edition 2014. § 7 Securities Law ISBN 978-3-406-64005-6
  • Cologne commentary on the Stock Corporation Act. Commentary on Sections 202–206, Sections 207–220 (together with M. Lutter), Sections 222–240. Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne, 3rd edition 2017 ISBN 978-3-452-27675-9
  • Cologne Commentary on the Stock Corporation Act , Volume 3, Sections 150–178 AktG. Commentary on §§ 150, 152, 158, 160, 170–176 AktG, Carl Heymanns Verlag, 3rd edition 2012 ISBN 978-3-452-27592-9
  • Cologne commentary on accounting law. Commentary on §§ 253 and 255, Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne ISBN 978-3-452-27156-3
  • Handbook on German and European banking law § 57 Securities business (with Timo Bernau), Springer Verlag, 2nd edition 2009 ISBN 978-3-540-76644-5
  • Handbook of Management Board Law Verlag Beck 2006, 927 p., Section "§ 21 Management Board Duties for Authorized Capital", March 2006
  • European Company and Financial Law Review (ECFR), Special Volume 1: Fixed Capital under German Stock Corporation Law and its Significance for the Protection of Investors and Minority Shareholders (with Walter Bayer, Jena), Verlag Walter de Gruyter, Berlin 2006
  • The capital of the stock corporation in Europe a. Fixed capital in stock corporation law and its importance for minority and investor protection (with Walter Bayer, Jena), Verlag Walter de Gruyter, June 2006 ISBN 3-89949-339-7
  • Commentary on the WpÜG (Introduction, Sections 27, 28, 32 to 39), Verlag Beck, 2003
  • Capital market law . Loseblattsammlung Verlag Erich Schmidt (Ed., Successor Kümpel / Ott, since January 1, 2000), processing of the section "Securities Issues" (with H. Maas), December 2005

Essays

  • Participation of shareholders on performance-based remuneration for employees, in: Die Aktiengesellschaft 2017, pp. 89–99. ISSN  0002-3752
  • Chargebacks by the absorbing company when companies are merged by means of a capital increase in kind, in: R real in the course of European and German legal policy , commemorative publication 200 years of Carl Heymanns Verlag, Cologne 2015, pp. 163–176
  • Restrictions on voting rights and positive voting obligations of the controlling company in the GmbH Group, in: The Group 2015 , pp. 409–416
  • More recent developments on the bidder's price responsibility in takeover law - the Postbank judgment of the BGH, in: ZGR 2015, pp. 485–506
  • Individual decision-making processes in the law of ad hoc publicity, in: NZG 2013 , pp. 1081-1087, ISSN  1434-9272
  • How to deal with overvalue contributions in kind in general and with mixed (hidden) contributions in kind in particular, in: ZIP 2013 , pp. 541–550 ISSN  0723-9416
  • New plans of the European Commission for a European group law: First impressions, in: Die Aktiengesellschaft 2013 , pp. 181–184, ISSN  0002-3752
  • Вступительное слово к книге Оскара Бюлова "Учение о процессуальных, in: The messenger of civil procedure law No. 1 2012, pp. 175–177. ISSN  2226-0781
  • New suggestions for crediting nominal value in the debt-equity swap - progress in knowledge or attempts to revive the unsuitable property? in: Der Betrieb 2012 , pp. 331–337 ISSN  0005-9935
  • The doctrine of defenses and the process requirements in: Der Bote des Zivilprozessrechts, No. 1 2012, pp. 175–177 ISSN  2226-0781
  • Profit participation rights in the contract group. Considerations on the distribution of profits and losses between the parent company and beneficiaries following the LG Frankfurt a. M., judgment of December 14, 2010 - 3–5 O 65/10, together with research associate Udo Becker, in: The Group 2011 , pp. 593–600. ISSN  1611-2296
  • Structuring of the facts through window dressing: The "Lehman Bros" case from a European perspective in: The Group 2011, pp. 321–330 ISSN  1611-2296
  • For the protection of creditors and shareholders in the case of material financing of an AG: What leeway does the AktG grant? in: Festschrift for Günter H. Roth on his 70th birthday , pp. 91-101, Verlag CH Beck 2011 ISBN 978-3-406-61786-7
  • Applied legal methodology using the example of insolvency law downgrading of "shareholder" loans in: Festschrift for Jan Schapp on his seventieth birthday , Verlag Mohr Siebeck, 2010, pp. 125–142 ISBN 978-3-16-150557-7
  • Raising capital in the group-wide cash pool: unsolved problems and remaining scope in: ZIP 2010 , pp. 2469–2478. ISSN  0723-9416
  • Dividends in kind for shareholders - a useful design tool or a useless fantasy product of a hypertrophic financial economy? in: Festschrift for Klaus J. Hopt on his 70th birthday on August 24, 2010, Company, Market and Responsibility , Volume 2, pp. 1733–1751, Verlag de Gruyter 2010. ISBN 978-3-89949-628-4
  • Capital increase in kind against debt discharge ZGR 2009 , pp. 581–622 ISSN  1612-7048
  • On income taxation of restructuring profits in the event of capital shifts in: Ubg 2009 , pp. 761–773.
  • The new WpHG: Diligent implementation of Community law or decline of the national legislative culture or both? in: BB 2007 , "The First Page".
  • The capital reduction according to the new EC capital directive: changes, additions and need for implementation. The Group 2007 , pp. 413-418 ISSN  1611-2296
  • Open questions about the accounting of a private company based in Germany Limited by Shares in: Rechtswwissenschaft im Wandel - Festschrift of the Faculty of Law on the 400th anniversary of the Justus Liebig University Giessen, Verlag Mohr Siebeck 2007. ISBN 978-3-16-149267-9
  • Equity substitution and risk financing according to future GmbH law WM 2006 , pp. 1986–1995.
  • Individual financial statements according to IFRS - end of capital maintenance under stock corporation and GmbH law? AG 2006 , pp. 389-397.
  • Amendments and supplements to the government draft of a new Securities Prospectus Act BB 2005 , pp. 561–564.
  • Paths of influence and consequences of influence in the de facto group of companies - results of an empirical study - in: The Group 2005 , pp. 261-274 together with Christoph Weinbrenner and Katja Schütz. ISSN  1611-2296
  • Accounting for stock option plans according to US-GAAP, IFRS and HGB in: DB 2004 , pp. 1897–1903.
  • The insolvency liability towards the "new shareholders" according to GmbH and stock corporation law in: Festschrift für Walter Hadding , 2004, pp. 343–364.
  • Questions of tortious liability for price manipulation and insider trading ZIP 2004 , p. 781–793.
  • Principles of a conflict of laws for cross-border takeover bids Ekkenga / Kuntz, WM 2004 , pp. 2427–2436.
  • Section 33 WpÜG: Requirement of neutrality and preparedness principle? in: Festschrift for Siegfried Kümpel , 2003, pp. 95–110.
  • The Securities Acquisition and Takeover Act with J. Hofschroer , DStR 2002, 724–734 (Part I) and 768–777 (Part II)
  • Course maintenance and course manipulation according to current and future law in: WM 2002, 317–325
  • IPO and exclusion of subscription rights in: VGR Volume 3 (2001), pp. 77–101.
  • The right to organize the Authorized Capital in: AG 2001 , 567–579 (Part 1) and 615–629 (Part 2)
  • Capital market law aspects of "Investor Relations" in: NZG 2001 , 1 - 8
  • Reorganization of European accounting law for listed companies: concerns about the strategy of the EC Commission in: BB 2001 , 2362–2369
  • The ad hoc publicity in the system of market regulations in: ZGR 1999 , 165 - 201
  • Is there “beneficial ownership” in trade accounting law? in: ZGR 1997 , 261-270
  • Advantages and disadvantages of the no-par share in: WM 1997 , 1645 - 1650
  • On the ability to activate and deposit rights of use according to commercial balance sheet and company law in: ZHR 161 (1997), 599 - 627
  • The annual auditor's liability for negligence for insolvency damage to third parties in: WM 1996 , special supplement 3, 1 - 16
  • Securities conditions as the subject of judicial review of general terms and conditions? in: ZHR 160 (1996), 59 - 74
  • The transition of employment relationships by virtue of a legal succession of functions in: ZIP 1995 , 1225 - 1236
  • Capital market law aspects of subscription rights and exclusion of subscription rights in: AG 1994 , 59 - 66
  • The packaging ordinance between administration and private sector cooperation in: BB 1993 , 945 - 949
  • Compensation claim analogous to Section 89 b of the German Commercial Code and the income value method - attempt at reorientation in: AG 1992 , 345 - 357
  • On the enforceability of cooperation in airline traffic under competition law in: BB 1991 , 1134 - 1139 (with Hopf)
  • Basic questions of the general terms and conditions control of franchise contracts in: AG 1989 , 301 - 316
  • “Vertical group cooperation” and German antitrust law: reason for a renaissance of the theory of cartel forms? in: AG 1987 , 373-376
  • Insider dealing by executive bodies in stock corporation and GmbH law with special consideration of the one-man company in: AG 1985 , 40 - 48

Reviews

  • Discussion by Alexander Schall, corporate creditor protection. Reason and limits of the limitation of liability according to the capital debate, MoMiG and Trihotel, CH Beck, Munich 2009 in: ZHR 175 (2011), pp. 145,149 ISSN  0044-2437
  • Discussion of Schlüter, securities trading law in: ZHR 165 (2001), 510-512 (with Hofschroer)
  • Change of purchase contract and provision. Comment on BFH BB 2000, 1616 in: BB 2000 , 2568.
  • Special balance sheets. 2nd edition 1999 (Budde / Förschle), review, BB 2000 , 2211.
  • The ad hoc publicity (von Klitzing) review, DStR 1999 , issue 51/52, p. XIII
  • In-phase receipt of dividend income. Comment on BFH, order for reference v. 16. 12. 1998 (I R50 / 95), BB 1999 ,
  • The law of futures trading (francs) review, ZHR 162 (1998), 344 - 347
  • Legal action against the authorization of the board of directors to exclude subscription rights: Determination of the standard value in dispute Comment on OLG München AG 1989, 212 - 214
  • Discussion of Beckmann / Scholtz, Investment, and Schäfer, investor protection and the diligence of a prudent businessman when investing with special assets by capital investment companies in: AG 1988 , 178 - 180 (with Mertens)

Working papers

  • Mandatory rights of use as contributions in kind. Comment on BGH WM 2000, 1340 in: WuB II A. § ​​27 AktG 1.00 (with J. Schneider)

Judgment Notes

  • Equity-replacing transfer of use; Crisis occurrence after assignment in advance. Comment on the judgment of the Federal Court of Justice of December 5, 2007, WuB 2008, 349 (together with P. Mohren)
  • The association of the auditor with the corporation to be audited is assessed in accordance with Section 271 (2) HGB instead of Section 17 (1) AktG
  • Commentary on the BGH judgment of June 3, 2004, BB 2004, 2013
  • "Macroton" and the basic right to share ownership - the BGH as the better legislator?
  • Discussion of the decision BGH WM 2003, 533 - in: ZGR 2003, pp. 878–910
  • Company takeovers, BFuP discussion forum BFuP 5/2002, 489 ff.

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personal data
SURNAME Ekkenga, Jens
BRIEF DESCRIPTION German lawyer and university professor
DATE OF BIRTH 1956
PLACE OF BIRTH Emden