recent publications
Stefan Korch's habilitation thesis on M&A contracts has been published. Thanks to the generous support of the German Research Foundation and the Johanna and Fritz Buch Memorial Foundation, it is now available open access.
In an article, published in AcP 224 (2024), 554–592, Stefan Korch analyses “Innovation and Standardization in Contract Drafting”.
In the volume by Fleischer/Koch/Schmolke on the major debates in corporate law, Stefan Korch has written the article on the valuation of companies.
In the edition on the creation of new legal forms in domestic and foreign corporate law (edited by Holger Fleischer), Stefan Korch wrote the article on the Limited Liabilty Partnership (LLP) in the United States.
Article by Jan Lüttringhaus and Stefan Korch on Elementary Professional Duties in the D&O Insurance in VersR 2024, 537–550 [Insurance Law Journal].
In ZIP [Journal for Business Law] 2024, 657–665, Stefan Korch examines duties of disclosure in the context of M&A contracts.
Peter Grunwald explains the dualist structure of German legal forms in an educational contribution to Ad Legendum 2024 at 89–94.
Human swarms arise and take shape mainly on the major internet platforms. Swarms in the law, edited by Ben Köhler and Stefan Korch, addresses the legal challenges posed by human swarms and the phenomenon of emergent collectivity, for example in relation to shitstorms, swarm trading, and wildcat strikes.
News
At the 6th Leipzig Conference on M&A on September 19, 2025, Stefan Korch will give the opening lecture and focus on current legislative proposals against the background of the existing legal practice.
On May 9, 2025, Stefan Korch will be speaking at the Corporate Restructuring Conference in Düsseldorf on corporate law issues in restructuring.
Stefan Korch will give a lecture on “The Law and Economics of Supply Chain Regulation” at Chuo University in Tokyo on April 3, 2025.
On March 31, 2025, Stefan Korch will report on European supply chain regulation at Ryukoku University in Kyoto.
On March 14, 2025, Stefan Korch offers a seminar at the Sapienza Università di Roma on the topic “Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice: M&A Contracts from a Legal and Empirical Perspective”.
On December 5, 2024, Stefan Korch gave a talk at Vienna University of Economics and Business on empirical legal studies using the example of M&A contracts.At this year's conference of the German Association for Corporate Law (VGR), Stefan Korch spoke on “Directors in Restructuring Proceedings”.
On September 12, 2024, Stefan Korch gave a lecture at the University of Innsbruck on “Shareholder Participation during Imminent Insolvency”.
On 28 June 2024, Stefan Korch gave his inaugural lecture on “Innovation and Standardization in Contract Drafting”.
At the DACH Conference on May 16 and 17, 2024 in Zurich, Stefan Korch gave a presentation on publicly traded partnerships.
Last winter term, Konstantin Chatziathanasiou and Stefan Korch offered a new course "Human Rights, Climate Protection, and International Supply Chains" (in German). Further information is available here.
Further publications
Stefan Korch contributed an article on directors’ liability for delayed filings for insolvency under the German Restructuring Act on the Stabilization and Restructuring Framework for Businesses (StaRUG) in the KTS [Bankruptcy Law Review] 2023, 181–235 [Binnenhaftung wegen Insolvenzverschleppung nach dem StaRUG].
A commentary on preventive and corrective measures (§§ 6, 7 LkSG) in supply chains by Stefan Korch has been published in Fleischer/Mankowski (eds.), The German Supply Chain Due Diligence Act, Commentary [Lieferkettensorgfaltspflichtengesetz (LkSG)], 1st edition 2023, Munich (pp. 383–448).
Stefan Korch, The Law and Economics of Corporate Social and Environmental Due Diligence Requirements [Rechtsökonomische Analyse menschenrechtlicher Sorgfaltspflichten von Unternehmen]; ZVglRWiss 122 (2023), 20–37 [Comparative Law Review].
Stefan Korch, Commentary on §§ 42, 43 of The German Restructuring Act on the Stabilisation and Restructuring Framework for Businesses, in: Seibt/Westpfahl (eds.), ‘Unternehmensstabilisierungs- und -restrukturierungsgesetz (StaRUG), Kommentar‘, 1st edition 2023, Otto Schmidt, Cologne (pp. 745–834).