This handbook covers the corporate law of about 50 jurisdictions worldwide: Australia, Austria, Belgium, Brazil, Bulgaria, Canada, China, Croatia, Cyprus, Czech Republic, Denmark, European Union, Estonia, Finland, France, Germany, Greece, Great Britain, Hong Kong, Hungary, India, Ireland, Israel, Italy, Japan, Korea, 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. Each country report will be about 40 pages, following a common structure: Private companies with limited liability Public companies Regarding the companies the authors, by following a common questionnaire, cover all the relevant issues from foundation to liquidation and winding-up of a company. Dr Gerhard Wegen is a partner in Gleiss Lutz in Stuttgart, Professor of Law at the University of Tübingen, and one of Germany’s leading arbitration lawyers. Dr Andreas Spahlinger is a partner in Gleiss Lutz, Stuttgart; he heads the firm’s restructuring practice. Dr Marcel Barth is managing partner of the Hanover branch of Price Waterhouse Coopers. The authors work for well-known international law firms and are experts on the company law of their respective countries.