Prof. Hon.-Prof. Dr. Dominik Skauradszun
+49 661 9640-2960
+49 661 9640-252
dominik.skauradszun(at)w.hs-fulda.de

Civil law, civil procedure and corporate law

LL.M. Taxation; Judge of Appeal at the Higher Regional Court

Fulda University of Applied Sciences
Building 30, Room 206
Leipziger Straße 123
36037 Fulda

Consultation hours: Please contact me by email.

Tasks

Welcome to the website of the professorship of civil law, civil procedure, and corporate law!

Dominik Skauradszun is a Professor of Law, Honorary Professor at the Law School of Nottingham Trent University, England, and Judge of Appeal at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt a.M. (Court of Appeal).

See for the team's output our video clip as annual report:  

CV

Academic Career

  • First State Examination in law at the University of Tuebingen
  • Second State Examination at the Higher Regional Court of Stuttgart

  • LL.M. Taxation at the Saarland University and the Technical University Kaiserslautern
  • Doctorate of law at the University of Tuebingen (Ph.D. equivalent)
  • Habilitation (postdoctoral qualification) at the University of Bielefeld. Venia legendi for civil law, civil procedure, insolvency law and corporate law

Professional Career

  • Professional experience as an attorney-at-law in Germany and as a judge at a local court. Later associate judge at the Regional Court of Tübingen (inter alia Court of Appeal)

  • since 2014: full professor of law at Fulda University of Applied Sciences 

  • 12/2014-10/2022: Of Counsel at Gleiss Lutz

  • 3/2015-3/2021: Head of the study programme LLB

  • since 2016: Member of the Hessian Ministry of Justice (Law Examination Authority)

  • 10/2017-9/2023: Vice Dean of the Department of Business, reelected in 2020
  • since 11/2020: Visiting Professor, Nottingham Law School, Nottingham Trent University, England
  • since 1/2023: Judge of Appeal at the Higher Regional Court of Frankfurt (Court of Appeal), 4th Civil Senate
  • since 3/2024: Honorary Professor at the Law School of Nottingham Trent University, England

Miscellaneous

  • Guest lecturer at State University of New York at Cortland/USA, Binghamton University/USA, Nottingham Trent University/England, Dublin Business School/Ireland, Universidad Rey Juan Carlos Madrid/Spain; Haute École de Gestion Arc Neuchâtel/Switzerland.
  • Expert talks on bank insolvency law before EU institutions, ministries and supervisory authorities
  • Member of the editorial board of the Zeitschrift für Miet- und Raumrecht (ZMR), member of the publisher's board of the Zeitschrift für Restrukturierung und Insolvenz (ZRI), member of the advisory board of the Zeitschrift für Jura, Studium und Examen (JSE)
  • Award 2018 in the competition "Professor of the Year" by the UNICUM Foundation with the 3rd place in the category economics/law
  • 5/2022 Election by the Senate of the University as ombudsperson for safeguarding good academic practice

Teaching Areas

  • Civil law
  • German and European civil procedure (court trial and law enforcement)
  • German and European restructuring and insolvency, including law restructuring law
  • Commercial and corporate law, including groups of companies and transformation law

Areas of Research

  • Theory of legal transactions, esp. decision-making in collective bodies under private law
  • Condominium law, in particular the theory of associations and procedural law
  • German and European civil procedure, including enforcement law
  • German and European restructuring and insolvency law
  • German and European restructuring and resolution law for institutions (German Banking Act, SRMR, BRRD)
  • Corporate law, esp. resolutions and insolvency-related corporate law
  • Crypto-assets and crypto custody business in civil law, law enforcement and insolvency law as well as in corporate law

Memberships

  • Zivilrechtslehrervereinigung
  • Vereinigung der Prozessrechtslehrer
  • Wissenschaftliche Vereinigung für Unternehmens- und Gesellschaftsrecht (VGR)
  • INSOL Europe
  • Conference on European Restructuring and Insolvency Law (CERIL), co-head of the working party "crypto-assets in insolvency"
  • PHI DELTA PHI, Richard von Weizäcker Inn

Publications

Publication series "Schriften zum Unternehmensrecht mitsamt seinen ökonomischen Bezügen"

 

For all publications see the German page. Publications in the English language:

  • "Cross-border Transaction Avoidance against European Tax Authorities - a German Court of Appeal as Troublemaker" in: In and Out of Solvency - A Tribute to Prof. Reinout Vriesendorp (Hrsg. J.M.G.J. Boon, J.A.A. Adriaanse, H. Koster, J.M.W. Pool), Wolters Kluwer, 2025, S. 237-247
  • "The Proper Procedure for the Enforcement of Money Claims in Digital Assets", in: Digital Assets in Enforcement and Insolvency (ed. Christian Koller and Matthias Lehmann), Hart 2025, p. 93-106
  • "Why a Sanction Order Pursuant to Part 26A UK CA Cannot Be Recognised in Germany" in: International Corporate Rescue (ICR) 2024, p. 349-357 (Part One), 2025, p. 7-13 (Part Two) (together with Johannes Schröder and Jeremias Kümpel)
  • "MiCAR, UNIDROIT Principles on Digital Assets and Private Law, and their Insolvency Principles", in: Zeitschrift für Vergleichende Rechtswissenschaft (ZVglRWiss) 123 (2024), p. 261-288 (together with Ngoc Nguyen)
  • "Corporate Financing through Crypto Securities and Financial Restructuring in the Case of Company Distress", in: Nottingham Insolvency and Business Law eJournal (2024) 12 NIBLeJ, p. 1-24 (together with Selina Schweizer) (open access)
  • "Formation of Classes in German Preventive Restructuring Frameworks under the StaRUG", in: Revista General de Insolvencias & Reestructuraciones/Journal of Insolvency and Restructuring (R&I) 12 (2024), p. 397-412, forthcoming (together with Johannes Schröder)
  • "Crypto-assets in Enforcement and Insolvency", in: CERIL Report 2023-3, 36 pages (open access; together with Paula Moffatt)
  • "The Proper Procedure for the Enforcement of Money Claims in Digital Assets" in: Digital Assets in Enforcement and Insolvency (eds. Matthias Lehmann, Christian Koller), European Banking Institute/Hart Publishing, Oxford 2023, forthcoming
  • "Crypto custodians in financial distress", in: International Insolvency Review (Int Insolv Rev) 32 (2023), p. 538-561 (open access; together with Jeremias Kümpel)
  • "Prohibited Restructuring Measures and Disguised Non-Market-Conformity in Restructuring Plans", in: International Corporate Rescue (ICR) 2023, p. 379-388 (together with Johannes Schröder)
  • "Crypto-Assets in Enforcement and Insolvency", in: Fintech Regulation and the Licensing Principle (Hrsg. Vicente/Duarte/Granadeiro), European Banking Institute, Lisbon 2023, S. 90-106 (free PDF)
  • "The Transposition of the Directive on Preventive Restructuring Frameworks into Greek Law", in: Nottingham Insolvency and Business Law eJournal (2022) 10 NIBLeJ, S. 1-32 (together with Georgia Tsignopoulou) (free PDF)
  • "Challenges of the Transposition of the Directive on Preventive Restructuring Frameworks in German Law" in: El Derecho Concursal y la transposición de la Directiva sobre Reestructuración Preventiva (ed. Francisco Javier Varona, Lourdes Garnacho Cabanillas), Wolters Kluwer 2021, S. 65-91
  • "Restructuring Companies During and After the Covid-19 Pandemic: A Law & Economics Approach" in: Nottingham Insolvency and Business Law eJournal (2021) 9 NIBLeJ, p. 1-29 (free PDF)
  • "The Toolbox for Cross-Border Restructurings Post-Brexit - Why, What & Where?" in: Nottingham Business and Insolvency Law e-Journal (2019) 7 NIBLeJ 1, p. 1-25 (together with Walter Nijnens; free PDF)
  • "Directive on Preventive Restructuring Frameworks: New toolbox, new questions" in: eurofenix 2019/III, p. 19-21 (together with Walter Nijnens)
  • "Brussels Ia or EIR Recast? The Allocation of Preventive Restructuring Frameworks" in: International Corporate Rescue (ICR) 2019, p. 193-201 (together with Walter Nijnens, SSRN)

  • Article 2 No 13 and 14, Articles 41-44 and Articles 56-60 European Insolvency Regulation (Cooperation and communication between courts, practitioners in secondary insolvency proceedings and insolvency proceedings of members of a group of companies), in: Brinkmann, Commentary on the European Insolvency Regulation, C. H. Beck/Hart/Nomos, 2019 (together with Andreas Spahlinger)

  • "Legal Protection against Decisions of the Single Resolution Board pursuant to Article 85 Single Resolution Mechanism Regulation" in: European Company and Financial Law Review (ECFR) 2018, p. 123-147 (SSRN)

  • "Is the Recognition of Insolvency Proceedings under the Recast EIR Like Buying a Pig in a Poke?" in: International Corporate Rescue (ICR) 2018, p. 106-108 (together with Steven Greif) (SSRN)

  • "Preparation of Virtual Secondary Insolvency Proceedings under the Recast EIR" in: eurofenix 2017/III, p. 20-22 (SSRN)

  • "Developments, Decisions and Strategies – Reforms in German Insolvency Plan Proceedings and its Meaning for Investors" in: International Corporate Rescue (ICR) 2015, p. 115-117 (together with Tobias Rupprecht) (SSRN)

  • "Main Insolvency Proceedings in UK and Secondary Proceedings with Self-Administration in Germany" in: International Corporate Rescue (ICR) 2010, p. 234-238

  • "Approaching or Overtaking – transferring copyright in Germany and in the UK" in: Journal of Intellectual Property Law and Practice (JIPLP) 2011, p. 651-656 (SSRN)

 

Lectures

  • "The Jam in the Sandwich - the EIR's Strengths and Shotcomings in a Crypto-asset Market", INSOL Europe Academic Forum, 11.10.2023 in Amsterdam/Niederlande

  • "Corporate Financing through Crypto Securities and Financial Restructuring in Case of Company Distress", Nottingham Trent University, Law School, Annual Conference on the Intersection between Corporate Law and Technology, 26.06.2023 online

  • "Dürfen auch Institute unter der Geltung des KWG Anträge auf Eigenverwaltung und Schutzschirm stellen?", 07.07.2023, 6. Bodensee-Forum

  • "Elektronische Wertpapiere als Kreditsicherung sowie die Zwangsvollstreckung der Sparkassen in elektronische Wertpapiere", Akademie des Sparkassenverbands, 06.10.2022 in Stuttgart

  • "Kryptowerte im Zivilrecht, insbesondere als Einlage in Kapitalgesellschaften", 17. Deutscher Handels- und Gesellschaftsrechtstag, 01.10.2022 in Berlin

  • "Zur Begründung einer Restrukturierungsverschleppungshaftung", 3. Bremer Insolvenzrechtstag, 30.09.2022 in Bremen

  • "Crypto custody business and creditor rank in insolvency – total loss or fully protected", Token World Conference, Law School, University of Pontificia, 27.09.2022 in Madrid/Spain

  • "Vorbereitung und Beschlussfassung unter virtueller Teilnahme an der Wohnungseigentümerversammlung", DeutscherAnwaltverein, 24.09.2022 in Leipzig

  • "Das Kryptoverwahrgeschäft und der insolvenzrechtliche Rang der Kunden - Aussonderung oder Insolvenzquote?", Neue Insolvenzrechtsvereinigung Deutschlands, 09.09.2022 in Berlin

  • "Crypto-assets in enforcement and insolvency", Research Centre for Private Law, Juristische Fakultät, Universität Lissabon, 30.06.2022 in Lisbon/Portugal

  • "Court review of the best interest of creditors test", Rechts- und Sozialwissenschaftliche Fakultät, Universität Rey Juan Carlos Madrid, Spanien, 12.05.2022 in Madrid/Spain

  • "Zivilprozess und künstliche Intelligenz", Universität Liechtenstein, 10.03.2022

  • "Kryptowerte und elektronische Wertpapiere in der Insolvenz aus Verwalter-, Gläubiger- und Richtersicht", Arbeitskreis InsO, 08.03.2022 in Köln

  • "First Experiences of the Preventive Restructuring Proceedings in Germany", 21.02.2022, University of Turku, Finnland

  • "La transposición de la Directiva sobre Reestructuración e Insolvenciay sus retos en otros ordenamientos – Alemania", 22.11.2021, Universität Rey Juan Carlos Madrid, Spanien (talk in English)

  • "Kryptowerte in der Insolvenz", Deutscher Insolvenzverwalterkongress, 04.11.2021 in Berlin
  • "Mehrheitsbeschlüsse im Umlaufverfahren", 47. Fachgespräch zum Wohnungseigentumsrecht, 27.10.2021 in Fischen
  • "Geschäftsführer und Gesellschafter nach StaRUG - gesellschaftsrechtliche Perspektive", 16. Handels- und Gesellschaftsrechtstag, 17.09.2021 in Berlin
  • "Schnittstellen zwischen Insolvenz- und Restrukturierungsverfahren - Wahrung der Interessen der Gläubigergesamtheit und Geschäftsleiterhaftung in der Folgeinsolvenz", 23. Norddeutscher Insolvenzrechtstag, 27.08.2021 in Hamburg
  • "How do we rescue our companies during and after the pandemic - European approaches to overcoming the financial crisis of small, medium and large enterprises", State University of New York, 28.04.2021 in Cortland/NY, USA
  • "StaRUG Case Study", Institut für Insolvenzrecht, 02.02.2021 in Hannover
  • "Das neue Restrukturierungsverfahren - Überblick, Analyse und Feinschliff", Deutscher Insolvenzverwalterkongress 2020, 06.11.2020 in Berlin
  • "Präventive Restrukturierungsrahmen", Arbeitskreis InsO Rhein-Main, 21.10.2020 in Offenbach
  • "Das neue Verfahrensrecht der Beschlussklagen", 4. Münchener WEG-Forum, 21.09.2020 in München
  • "Kryptowerte im Bürgerlichen Recht", Universität Bielefeld, 08.07.2020 in Bielefeld
  • "Was ändert sich im Wohnungseigentumsrecht? Der Referentenentwurf zur WEG-Novelle", 21. Kölner Verwalterforum, 15.02.2020 in Köln
  • "Umsetzung der Richtlinie über präventive Restrukturierungsrahmen in Deutschland und Frankreich - Anpassungsbedarf in Deutschland", Vierter deutsch-französischer Sanierungsgipfel, 06.12.2019 Humboldt-Universität zu Berlin
  • "Das Verhältnis der rechtsfähigen Gemeinschaft zu den Wohnungseigentümern", 45. Fachgespräch zum WEG in Fischen, eid, 23.10.2019 in Fischen
  • "Möglichkeiten und Grenzen der Anfechtung nach §§ 143 Abs. 3, 135 Abs. 2 InsO bei Sicherheiten durch Schwestergesellschaften in der Konzerninsolvenz", KTS-Tagung der Insolvenzrechtslehrer, 05./06.09.2019 Martin-Luther Universität Halle-Wittenberg
  • "The Toolboox for Cross-Border Restructurings post-Brexit - Why, What & Where?", 27.06.2019, 7th European Insolvency & Restructuring Congress, Brüssel/Belgien
  • "Restrukturierungsrichtlinie und Restrukturierungstourismus", 21. Düsseldorfer Insolvenzrechtstage, 28.05.2019 in Düsseldorf
  • "Richtlinie Restrukturierungsrahmen", Deutscher Insolvenzverwalterkongress, 09.11.2018 in Berlin
  • "Better of with real Secondary Proceedings? Chances and Risks of virtual Secondary Proceedings under the recast EIR?", European Insolvency & Restructuring Congress, 29.06.2017 in Brüssel/Belgien
  • "Sonderprüfer im Nacken der GmbH-Geschäftsführung", Anwaltsseminar, 28.03.2017 in Stuttgart
  • "Verträge im deutschen und Schweizer Konkurs", Haute école de gestion Arc, 4.10.2016 in Neuchâtel/Schweiz
  • "Einberufung der Versammlung und Bezeichnung der Beschlussgegenstände", 41. Fachgespräch zum WEG, 28.10.2015 in Fischen
  • "Absolution für Skandal-Manager?!", Antrittsvorlesung, 28.01.2015 in Fulda
  • "Die übertragende Sanierung im Insolvenzverfahren - eine Geschichte von Schnäppchenjägern und Rosinenpickern", Friedrich-Alexander-Universität Erlangen-Nürnberg, 20.05.2011 in Erlangen

Further Functions

Head of Fulda Colloquium for Company Law

Editor of the publication series Schriften zum Unternehmensrecht mitsamt seinen ökonomischen Bezügen

Team

Doctoral Candidates and Team in 2024 (seminar in Madrid)

Doctoral Candidates and Team in 2023 (seminar in Amsterdam)

(in the front Alicia Richter; row in the middle from left Alana Harnack, LL.B., Docotoral Candidate Rechtsassessorin Clara Wrede, Docotoral Candidate Jeremias Kümpel, LL.B., M.Sc., Selina Schweizer, LL.B., Stella Hasenauer; last row from left Docotoral Candidate Referendar Leander Bücken, Docotoral Candidate Lawyer David Blum, LL.M., Prof. Skauradszun, Dr. Walter Nijnens, LL.M., LL.M. (former doctoral candidate), Docotoral Candidate Rechtsassessor Johannes Schröder)

Doctoral Candidates and Team in 2022

(from left to right: Saskia Helmer, B.A., Alicia Richter, Alana Harnack, LL.B., Jana Kolb, Selina Schweizer, Doctoral Candidate Rechtsassessor Johannes Schröder; behind: Jeremias Kümpel, LL.B., former research assistants Steffen Schädel, LL.B., Jana Schanze, LL.B., LL.M., Claus Schindler, LL.B., Prof. Skauradszun, Doctoral Candidate Walter Nijnens, LL.M., LL.M., Doctoral Candidate Rechtsanwalt David Blum, LL.M.)

Doctoral Candidates and Team in 2021

(from left to right: Alana Julia Harnack, Doctoral Candidate David Blum, LL.M., Selina Schweizer, Dominik Skauradszun, Jeremias Kümpel, LL.B., Doctoral Candidate Walter Nijnens, LL.M., LL.M., Maja Erbe, Elisa Walther, Sasika Helmer, B.A., Max-Leon Pfeifer, Maurice Niwek; missing: Merlin Moschkau)

Doctoral Candidates and Team in 2020

(from left to right: Dominik Skauradszun, Alana Julia Harnack, Claus Schindler, LL.B., Christin Rißeler, Erika Gubarev, Jana Schanze, LL.B., Jeremias Kümpel, LL.B., Joachim Engesser, M.A., StB, Jule Seufert, Lukasz Urner, Maja Erbe, Merlin Moschkau, Selina Schweizer, Steffen Schädel, Turan Karaboga, Walter Nijnens, LL.M., LL.M.)

Team in 2019

from left to right: Philip Kwauka, LL.B., Prof. Skauradszun, StB Joachim Engesser, M.A., Lukasz Urner, Claus Schindler, Walter Nijnens, LL.M., Steffen Schädel, Pauline Hohmann, Maja Erbe, Alana Harnack.

Team in 2018

from left to right: Lukasz Urner, Steven Greif, Claus Schindler, Prof. Skauradszun, Rechtsreferendar Marijan Würtele, Jakob Schmitt, LL.B., Philip Kwauka, LL.B. (missing Marie Tschorn and Maximilian Heil).

Team in 2017/2018

from left to right: Carolin Vollmer, Claus Schindler, Marie Tschorn, Jakob Schmitt, Katharina Konz, Prof. Skauradszun, Steven Greif, Rechtsreferendar Marijan Würtele (missing Maximilian Heil).

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