Part I General Report -- The interaction between Company Law and the Law of Succession – a comparative perspective; Susanne Kalss -- Part II National Reports -- The influence of the Law of Succession and Company Law on Business Succession – the Austrian way; Christopher Cach -- Company Law and the Law of Succession in Brazil; Gustavo Vieira da Costa Cerqueira -- Business Succession in Cyprus; Venetia Argyropoulou and Andreas Chr. Christoforou and Eleni-Tatiani Synodinou -- The interaction between Company Law and the Law of Succession in England; Jane Ball -- Company Succession in Scandinavia using the example of the Finnish legal system; Eira Kuisma -- Company Law and the Law of Succession in Germany; Anne Sanders -- Business Succession in Greece; Nikolaos Vervessos and Triantafyllos Stavrakidis -- Company Succession in the Latin Law Tradition using the example of the Italian legal system; Andrea Fusaro -- Legal Aspects about the interaction between Company Law and the Law of Succession in Japan; Tomoyo Matsui -- Business Succession in Malaysia; Chan Wei Meng and Usharani Balasingam -- Company Succession in the Netherlands; Wouter Burgerhart and Leon Verstappen -- The Law of Succession and the Company Law in Poland at the beginning of the 21st century; Stanisław Sołtysiński -- The Law of Succession and Company Law in Great Britain: The Scottish model – an exception?; Remus Valsan -- Business Succession in Taiwan; Ying-hsin Tsai -- About the editor and the authors.