Liability Risks of Shareholders of a German Limited Liability Company

• Foreign Directors of a German limited liability company
• General Provisions
• Liability during the formation period
• The differential liability of the co-founders
• Special cases of liability in the formation period
• Liability towards the company – general provisions
• Liability towards the Company – liability to maintain the share capital of the limited liability company, §§ 30, 31 GmbHG (German Limited Liability Commpany law)
• Liability towards the company – Liability for substitution of one's own capital loan §§ 32a, 32b GmbHG (German Limited Liability Company Law)
• Liability towards the Company – Hidden Distribution of Profit
• Liability towards third parties
• Liability towards the shareholders
• Liability of a group of companies