MELCHERS (Germany): COVID-19: The New Regulations on Shareholders’ Meetings of Limited Liability Companies (GmbH) and General Meetings of Public Limited Companies (Aktiengesellschaften)

The current measures to contain the COVID 19 pandemic severely limit the ability of many companies to act, also in terms of internal organisation. In particular, assembly bans delay or even prevent important shareholder resolutions and company decisions. The Lower House of Parliament (Bundestag) has therefore now adopted a package of measures drafted in advance by the Federal Government (Bundesregierung), with which, among other things, the ability of companies to act and make decisions is to be ensured. MORE.