法律英语-公司法.pptVIP

Compare * 法律英语 * Publicly held corporations Shares are publicly traded on organized markets Closely held corporations Restrict the number of shareholders Forbid transfers of shares …… No federal corporate legislation State create the legal framework to govern corporations that are incorporated in its state. 州制定管制在本州成立公司的法律。 Secretary of state office, whose corp. division handles the administrative matters for corporations 州务部长下面的公司部处理公司的管理事务。 * 法律英语 * Administrative matters Incorporation 设立 Business registration 商务注册 Dissolution 解散 The ownership of a corporation resides in its stockholders 公司所有权属于其股东 任命权 * 法律英语 * A corporation does not need to be organized under the law of state where it conducts business or is the principal place of business for that corporation. 公司无须在其开展业务的州或公司主要营业地所在的州设立。 Delaware --- Carlifornia It will be necessary, however, for the corp. to register itself in states other than its “home” state in order to do business in that state. WHY? Such registration will typically be with the secretary of state of those states where business is to be carried out. * 法律英语 * Failure to register--Consequences A: The corporation cannot sue in that state 公司在该州不得提起诉讼 B: The imposition of a fine 被罚款 C: Contract made by the corporation void or voidable 公司订立的合同无效、可撤消 * 法律英语 * Requirements to register? More than one isolated contract 多于一项单独的合同； A sale in the state by a sales representative whose primary territory was elsewhere 主要业务范围在其他地方的销售代表在该州做一笔生意。 * 法律英语 * 2. Different state laws governing corporation Different legal requirements exist for setting up a corporation depending upon the state of corporation. 公司设立的不同条件以各州公司法为准。 * 法律英语 * Delaware One director District of Columbia Three directors Delaware 特拉华州 Most “liberal” corporation law 最“自由的”公司法 Has registered more corporations than other states Advantages？Minimizing the liability of “independent” directors for certain wrongs committed by the corporation 将“独立的”董事们对公司某些错误行为应负的责任降至最小限度。 * 法律英语