recent publications
Do shareholders have a vote on the commencement of a restructuring proceeding under the German Reorganization Act (StaRUG)? Stefan Korch explores this question in his article in ZHR 189 (2025) 647–688.
Contribution by Stefan Korch on public partnerships published in the edited volume Vogt/Fleischer/Kalss, Die Personengesellschaften (Partnerships).
Joint article with Ben Köhler on the liability of participants in a shitstorm published in JZ 2025, 685–694.
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.
Article published by Stefan Korch on Directors in Restructuring Proceedings in the proceedings of the 2024 Conference of the German Association for Corporate Law.
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.
News
At the ZGR conference on January 16, 2026, Stefan Korch will give a presentation on the potential risks of abuse in restructuring proceedings under the German Restructuring Act (StaRUG).
On November 7, Stefan Korch gave a presentation at KU Leuven with the title: Bridging the Gap between Theory and Practice: M&A Contracts from an Empirical Perspective.
At the 6th Leipzig Conference on M&A on September 19, 2025, Stefan Korch gave the opening lecture and focussed on current legislative proposals against the background of the existing legal practice.
On May 9, 2025, Stefan Korch spoke at the Corporate Restructuring Conference in Düsseldorf on corporate law issues in restructuring.
Stefan Korch gave 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 reported on European supply chain regulation at Ryukoku University in Kyoto.
On March 14, 2025, Stefan Korch offered 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 the conference of the German Association for Corporate Law (VGR) in November 2024, 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
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.
Article by Jan Lüttringhaus and Stefan Korch on Elementary Professional Duties in the D&O Insurance in VersR 2024, 537–550 [Insurance Law Journal].