§ 65 Registration and entry of dissolution
(1) The dissolution of the company is to be registered for entry in the Commercial Register. This does not apply in cases in which insolvency proceedings are opened or the opening of insolvency proceedings is refused or when a court establishes that the articles of association are defective. In such cases, the court is to enter the dissolution and the grounds therefor ex officio. In the event of the company being deleted from the Commercial Register (section 60 (1) no. 7), the entry regarding the dissolution is not made.
(2) The liquidators are to announce the dissolution in the company’s designated publications. The announcement must include a request that the company’s creditors contact the company.
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Rechtsanwaltskanzlei Christian Knittel
About the author, Christian Knittel, attorney-at-law
Christian Knittel has been involved in restructuring and reorganization law for around 15 years. He specializes in advising board members and managing directors of corporations, the implementation of double-profit trusteeships, litigation, in particular for and against insolvency administrators and the implementation of self-administration proceedings.
Vita:
1998 - 2003 studied law at the University of Heidelberg
2004 - 2006 legal clerkship at the Higher Regional Court Frankfurt am Main
2006 - 2016 Wellensiek Rechtsanwälte PartG mbB, Counsel
2016 - 2017 Ashurst LLP, Counsel
2017 - 2020 Brinkmann & Partner mbB, partner
since 2020 BBL Brockdorff & Partner
References:
- Automotive supplier (OEM) with approx. 800 employees and plants abroad, activity: Advising the management of the parent company on insolvency law issues
- Leading company in the building materials industry, activity: Advising management on liability issues in the area of insolvency
- German automobile manufacturer, activity: Advising management on liability issues
Publications:
Trust solutions, in: Theiselmann (Ed.) Handbuch des Restructuringrechts, 4th edition 2020 pp. 799-828 (together with Alfred Hagebusch)
The field of tension between existence-destroying interference and justified assertion of shareholder claims in the GmbH group, in: Festschrift für Jobst Wellensiek, Munich 2011, pp. 451-460 (together with Alfred Hagebusch)
Duties of the managing director in times of crisis, GmbH tax consultant, 2015, p. 138
Memberships:
Frankfurt Lawyers Association
TMA Turnaround Management Association e.V.
Working group on insolvency law and restructuring in the German Lawyers' Association