Professor of Law
Georg-August-Universität Göttingen

Email: lehrstuhl.spindler@jura.uni-goettingen.de
Website: http://www.lehrstuhl-spindler.uni-goettingen.de


Biography

Prof. Dr. Gerald Spindler is the Head of the Chair of Civil Law, Commercial and Economic Law, Comparative Law, Multimedia- and Telecommunication Law at the University of Göttingen, Germany. This Department is, among other topics, mainly occupied with legal questions regarding E-Commerce, i.e., Internet and Telecommunication Law.

Apart from teaching, various books, more than 90 articles in law reviews, as well as expert legal opinions are published by Professor Spindler. He is editor of one of the most renowned German law reviews covering the whole area of cyberspace law and telecommunication law. Prof.Spindler was the national and European reporter for E-Commerce during the XVIth International Conference of the International Academy of Comparative Law in Brisbane/Australia, 2002. He also acted as a speaker at the IST-Conference of the EEC on new developments in Information Society in Nice, 2000.

Prof. Spindler is Vice-Chairman of the German Society of Law and Information Science and has also advised the German, as well as the European legislator regarding various questions concerning the information society.

Selected Publications

Unternehmensorganisationspflichten - zivilrechtliche und öffentlich-rechtliche Regulierungskonzepte, Köln 2001
(Organizational Duties of a Company - Civil and Public Law Aspects Concerning Concepts of Regulation; Cologne 2001)

Kommentierung zu §§ 76-96 AktG (Vorstand), Fortführung von Hefermehl, in: Kropff/Semler (Hrsg.), Münchener Kommentar zum AktG, 2. Aufl., 2003 München
(Commentary on sec. 76-96 Stock Corporation Law (Board of Directors), in: Kropff/Semler (eds.) Munich Commentary of Stock Corporation Law, 2nd edition, 2003, Munich)

Kommentierung Hauptversammlungsrecht, in: Lutter/Hommelhoff/Schmidt, AktG und Europ. AG, erscheint 2006
(Commentary on the Legislation of Shareholder Meetings, in: Lutter/Hommelhoff/Schmidt, Corporation Law and European Stock Corporation, to be published 2006)

Kommentar (Zweibändig) zum AktG (Hrsg.), (zusammen mit Bachmann, Cahn, Casper, Fleischer, Hefendehl, Kirchner, Marsch-Barner, Randow, Veil) - Bearbeiterteil: Recht des Aufsichtsrats, C.H. Beck Verlag, München, Anfang 2005
(Commentary (two volumes) on Stock Corporation Law (eds.), in corporation with Bachmann, Cahn, Casper, Fleischer, Hefendehl, Kirschner, Marsch-Barner, Randow, Veil) - Working package: Regulations on the Supervisory Board, C.H. Beck Publishers, Munich, Spring 2005)

Deregulierung des Aktienrechts?, in: AG 1998, S. 53-74
(Deregulation of Corporate Law, in: Stock Corporation (journal), 43 (1998), p. 53-74)

Internet und Corporate Governance - ein virtueller (T)raum?, in ZGR 2000,S. 420-445
(Internet and Corporate Governance - a virtual dream (a virtual space)?, in Journal for Corporation and Company Law 29 (2000), p. 420-445)

Internet, Kapitalmarkt und Kollisionsrecht - unter besonderer Berücksichtigung der
E-Commerce-Richtlinie, in: ZHR 165 (2001), S. 324-361
(Internet, Capital Market and Conflict of Laws - under consideration of the E-Commerce Guideline, in: Journal for Commercial Law and Economy 165 (2001), p. 324-361)

Path Dependence, Corporate Governance and Complementarity (zusammen mit (in corporation with) Prof. Dr. rer. pol. Reinhard H. Schmidt), in: International Finance, Vol. 5 (2002), S. 311-335

Deutsches Gesellschaftsrecht in der Zange zwischen Inspire Art und Golden Shares, in RIW 2003, S. 850-858
(German Corporate Law in the tongs between Inspire Art and Golden Shares, in: Law of International Economy, 49 (2003), p. 850-858)

Corporate Governance: Legal Aspects, in: Jan P. Krahnen/R.H. Schmidt (eds.), The German Financial System, 2003 Oxford University Press (zusammen mit (in corporation with) Dr. Oliver Rieckers), S. 350-358

Vergütung und Abfindung von Vorstandsmitgliedern, in: DStR 2004, S. 36-45
(Remuneration and Settlement of managing Directors, in: German Tax Law, 42 (2004), p. 36-45)
Die Entwicklung des Kapitalmarktrechts in den Jahren 2003/2004, Betriebsberater 2004, S. 2197-2205 (zusammen mit Fabian Christoph)
(The Development of Securities Law during 2003/2004, Business Adviser 59 (2004), p. 2197-2205 (in corporation with Fabian Christoph)

Kapitalmarktreform in Permanenz - Das Anlegerschutzverbesserungsgesetz, in: NJW 2004, S. 3449-3455
(Securities Law Reform in Permanence - The Act of Improvement regarding the Protection of Investors, in: New Jurisdictional Weekly Journal 57 (2004), p. 3449-3455)

Haftungsrisiken und Beweislast bei ec-Karten, in: Betriebsberater 2004, S. 2766-2769
(Risk of Liability and Burden of Proof regarding European Cheque Cards, in Business Adviser 59 (2004), p. 2766-2769)

Persönliche Haftung der Organmitglieder für Falschinformationen des Kapitalmarktes, in: WM 2004, S. 2089
(Personal Liability of Legal Persons for False Information regarding the Capital Market, in Journal for Economy and Bank Law 58 (2004), p. 2089)