»Voting Rights for Shares in Usufruct« Shares and partnership interests in usufruct are an essential building block of succession planning. However, questions remain as to whether a usufructuary is entitled to exercise voting rights. The author analyzes the issue from a comparative perspective. Against the backdrop of French law, German provisions on the »Nießbrauch« clearly point towards awarding voting rights to the usufructuary, a solution in line with the protective framework on voting rights represented by the »Abspaltungsverbot«.weiterlesen