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  • 2008 - German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina - Deutsche Akademie der Naturforscher Leopoldina – Nationale Akademie der Wissenschaften Cultural Sciences

Overview

Klaus J. Hopt is affiliated with the Max Planck Institute for Comparative and International Private Law in Germany. Their academic work focuses primarily on fields related to business, management, and accounting.

The main topics covered in their research include:

  • Corporate Governance and Law
  • Corporate Finance and Governance
  • Corporate Law and Human Rights
  • Banking Stability, Regulation, Efficiency
  • Corporate Insolvency and Governance
  • Law and Political Science
  • Islamic Finance and Banking Studies

Their subfields of study consist of:

  • Strategy and Management
  • Accounting
  • Law
  • Finance
  • Economics and Econometrics

Frequent co-authors in their publications include M. Roth, Susanne Kalss, Patrick C. Leyens, and Jürgen Basedow.

The following venues are notable for several of their publications:

  • SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Zeitschrift für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht
  • European Business Organization Law Review
  • Die Aktiengesellschaft
  • European Company and Financial Law Review

Selected papers published by Klaus J. Hopt are:

  • Corporate Governance of Banks and Financial Institutions: Economic Theory, Supervisory Practice, Evidence and Policy, 2021, European Business Organization Law Review
  • Corporate Purpose and Stakeholder Value - Historical, Economic and Comparative Law Remarks on the Current Debate, Legislative Options and Enforcement Problems -, 2023, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Corporate Governance of Banks and Financial Institutions: Economic Theory, Supervisory Practice, Evidence and Policy, 2020, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • Multiple-voting shares in Europe - A comparative law and economic analysis -, 2024, SSRN Electronic Journal
  • The Structure of the Board of Directors: Boards and Governance Strategies in the US, the UK and Germany, 2021, SSRN Electronic Journal

Their book publications include titles issued by Mohr Siebeck eBooks and Verlag Dr. Otto Schmidt eBooks. These include:

  • Handwörterbuch des Europäischen Privatrechts, 2025
  • Die Rechtsstellung gleichgeschlechtlicher Lebensgemeinschaften, 2022
  • Rechtshilfe und Rechtsstaat, 2025
  • Schuldverschreibungsrecht, 2022
  • Reformbedarf im Aktienrecht, 2024

In 2008, Klaus J. Hopt received the German National Academy of Sciences Leopoldina award in Cultural Sciences.

Best Publications

  • The Anatomy of Corporate Law: A Comparative and Functional Approach

    Reinier Kraakman;John Armour;Paul Davies;Luca Enriques

  • Comparative corporate governance : the state of the art and emerging research

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  • Board Models in Europe – Recent Developments of Internal Corporate Governance Structures in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy

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  • Comparative Corporate Governance: The State of the Art and International Regulation

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  • Board Models in Europe - Recent Developments of Internal Corporate Governance Structures in Germany, the United Kingdom, France, and Italy

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  • Comparative Corporate Governance: The State of the Art and International Regulation

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  • Institutional Investors and Corporate Governance

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  • The Anatomy of Corporate Law

    R. Kraakman;J. Armour;P. Davies;Luca Enriques

  • Corporate Boards in Europe – Accountability and Convergence

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  • Modern Company and Capital Market Problems: Improving European Corporate Governance After Enron

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  • Corporate Governance of Banks after the Financial Crisis

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  • Corporate Governance in Context: Corporations, State, and Markets in Europe, Japan, and the US

    Klaus J. Hopt;Eddy Wymeersch;Hideki Kanda;Harald Baum

  • Modern Company and Capital Market Problems: Improving European Corporate Governance After Enron

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  • Corporate Governance of Banks and Other Financial Institutions After the Financial Crisis

    Klaus J. Hopt

  • Comparative corporate governance : essays and materials

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  • Mediation: Principles and Regulation in Comparative Perspective

    Klaus J. Hopt;Felix Steffek

  • The German Two-Tier Board (Aufsichtsrat) A German View on Corporate Governance

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  • Comparative corporate governance of non-profit organizations

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  • Report of the High Level Group of Company Law Experts on Issues Related to Takeover Bids in the European Union

    Jaap W. Winter;Jaap W. Winter;Jaap W. Winter;Jan Schans Christensen;José M. Garrido Garcia;José M. Garrido Garcia;Klaus J. Hopt

  • Mediation: Comparison of Laws, Regulatory Models, Fundamental Issues

    Klaus J. Hopt;Felix Steffek

  • Europäische Zeitschrift für Wirtschaftsrecht

    Jürgen Basedow;Peter Behrens;Klaus J. Hopt

  • The European Foundation : a new legal approach

    Klaus J. Hopt;W. Rainer Walz;Thomas von Hippel;Volker Then

  • Groups of Companies: A Comparative Study on the Economics, Law and Regulation of Corporate Groups

    Klaus J. Hopt

  • Auditor's Liability and its Impact on the European Financial Markets

    Walter Doralt;Alexander Hellgardt;Alexander Hellgardt;Klaus J. Hopt;Patrick C. Leyens;Patrick C. Leyens

  • Capital Markets in the Age of the EUro: Cross-Border Transactions, Listed Companies and Regulation

    Guido Ferrarini;Klaus J. Hopt;E. Wymeersch

  • Corporate Boards in Law and Practice: A Comparative Analysis in Europe

    Paul Lyndon Davies;Klaus J Hopt;R. G. J Nowak;Gerard van Solinge

  • European Business Law Review

    Klaus J. Hopt

  • Feasibility study on a European foundation statute: final report

    Klaus J. Hopt;Thomas von Hippel;Helmut Anheier;Volker Then

  • Law and Corporate Governance: Germany within Europe

    Klaus J. Hopt

  • The board of nonprofit organizations: some corporate governance thoughts from Europe

    Klaus J. Hopt

  • Beyond the Anatomy; ; ; The anatomy of corporate law : a comparative and functional approach

    Gérard Hertig;Paul Davies;Luca Enriques;Klaus Hopt

  • Response to the European Commission's Green Paper 'The EU corporate governance framework'

    P. Davies;G. Ferrarini;K. Hopt;A. Pietrancosta

  • Boards in Law and Practice. A Cross-Country Analysis in Europe

    Klaus J. Hopt

  • Corporate Governance of Banks and Other Financial Institutions After the Financial Crisis: Regulation in the Light of Empiry and Theory

    Klaus J. Hopt

  • The German Law of and Experience with the Supervisory Board

    Klaus J. Hopt

  • Non-Shareholder Voice in Bank Governance: Board Composition, Performance, and Liability

    Klaus J. Hopt;Paul Davies

  • European Company Law Experts (ECLE): The consequences of Brexit for companies and company law

    Peter Böckli;Paul L. Davies;Eilis Ferran;Guido Ferrarini

  • Comments on the European Commission Green Paper [»Audit Policy – Lessons from the Crisis«]

    Walter Doralt;Andreas M. Fleckner;Klaus J. Hopt;Christoph Kumpan

Frequent Co-Authors

Markus Roth
Markus Roth Technical University of Darmstadt
Katharina Pistor
Katharina Pistor Columbia University
Reinier Kraakman
Reinier Kraakman Harvard University
Luca Enriques
Luca Enriques Bocconi University
Joost C. F. de Winter
Joost C. F. de Winter Delft University of Technology
John Armour
John Armour University of Oxford
Henry Hansmann
Henry Hansmann Yale University

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