Prof. Dr. Ekey and his colleagues created and organised the Rheinischer Unternehmertag 2008 (www.rheinischer-unternehmertag.de) which took place on 24^th October 2008 in Cologne.

In co-operation with Mr Rolf Friedrich, a partner from malik management zentrum St. Gallen AG, Mr Sebastian Prinz von Schoenaich-Carolath, president of Kölner Bank von 1867 eG, Mr Burkhard Krüger from R+V Versicherung, our lawyers Manuel Jansen and Prof. Dr. Friedrich L. Ekey invited enterprisers and consultants from the Rhineland area to discuss the following topics:

• The new Limited Liability Company Law (Manuel Jansen, lawyer)
• When is the manager personally liable? (Prof. Dr. Friedrich L. Ekey, lawyer)
• Right and good management – Corporate Governance of the 21^st century (Rolf Friedrich, partner malik management zentrum St.Gallen AG)
• Effects of management quality on company rating (Sebastian Prinz von Schoenaich-Carolath, Vorstandsvorsitzender, Kölner Bank eG)
• D&O Insurance – Fashion trend or existential covering? (Burkhard Krüger, R+V Versicherung AG)

Guests and lecturers discussed the mentioned topics until late in the evening. To read the lawyers Manuel Jansen and Prof. Dr. Friedrich L. Ekey’s texts click on the topics in the list above.