Declining attendance figures, monotonous procedures, little room for debate: the annual general meeting (AGM) has been the subject of criticism for years. Sven Erwin Hemeling, Head of Stock Corporation Law at Deutsches Aktieninstitut, sees the main reason for this in Germany's strict rules on defective resolutions, which enforce caution and formalism instead of lively exchange. Read the article to find out what he proposes to make the general meeting of the future more modern, attractive, and dialogue-oriented.

The article appeared in issue 03/2025.

Declining attendance figures, monotonous procedures, little room for debate: the annual general meeting (AGM) has been the subject of criticism for years. Sven Erwin Hemeling, Head of Stock Corporation Law at Deutsches Aktieninstitut, sees the main reason for this in Germany's strict rules on defective resolutions, which enforce caution and formalism instead of lively exchange. Read the article to find out what he proposes to make the general meeting of the future more modern, attractive, and dialogue-oriented.

The article appeared in issue 03/2025.

Declining attendance figures, monotonous procedures, little room for debate: the annual general meeting (AGM) has been the subject of criticism for years. Sven Erwin Hemeling, Head of Stock Corporation Law at Deutsches Aktieninstitut, sees the main reason for this in Germany's strict rules on defective resolutions, which enforce caution and formalism instead of lively exchange. Read the article to find out what he proposes to make the general meeting of the future more modern, attractive, and dialogue-oriented.

The article appeared in issue 03/2025.