Naslov
The General Meetings of Shareholders in COVID-19: Lessons Learned in Comparative Context and Croatian Law

Autori
Vuletić, Dominik ; Vlahov, Antonio

Vrsta, podvrsta
Radovi u časopisima, znanstveni

Izvornik
Zbornik Pravnog fakulteta Sveučilišta u Rijeci (2023)

Status rada
Poslan

Ključne riječi
Virtual general meetings of shareholders, Company Law, Corporate Governance, COVID-19

Sažetak
The Company Law at universal level requires shareholders to participate in meetings in order to formulate number of corporate acts. Although provisions allowing the possibility for virtual only shareholder meetings have been previous implemented in some legislations COVID-19 crisis has put this relative legal novelty to a status of outmost regulatory importance. The Croatian Company Law ahead of the pandemic encompassed possibility for, under certain preconditions, virtual only shareholder general meetings of shareholders. Aforementioned possibility has been used for the first time during the outbreak of COVID-19 crisis. Introductory, paper produces comparative overview of virtual-only shareholder meetings regulations in selected jurisdictions: Switzerland, Italy, Germany and US state of Delaware. The main subject of analysis is current Croatian regulation of virtual-only general meeting of shareholders in comparative context and in light of the recent national corporate experiences. Conclusions of the paper produce regulatory policy recommendations in this field.

Izvorni jezik
Engleski

Znanstvena područja
Ekonomija, Pravo

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