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persönlich haftende Gesellschafter

English translation: General Partner


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German term or phrase:persönlich haftende Gesellschafter
English translation:General Partner
Entered by: Marie Lowrie
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15:50 Aug 2, 2003
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Transport / Transportation / Shipping / Shipping
German term or phrase: persönlich haftende Gesellschafter
Petersen & Alpers treten als persönlich haftende Gesellschafter
Marie Lowrie
Local time: 09:55
general partner
Explanation:
Hamblock/Wessels Wörterbuch Wirtschaftsenglisch
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Nicole Trebbin
Local time: 10:55
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Summary of answers provided
4 +9partners with personal liability
SwissTell
4 +2general partner
Nicole Trebbin
4 +1personally liable shareholder
Alexander Schleber


  

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1 min   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +9
persönlich haftende Gesellschafter
partners with personal liability


Explanation:
and the German sentence would have to conclude with "auf" i.e.
P & A treten als persönlich haftende Gesellschafter auf

SwissTell
Local time: 04:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 56

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Theo Bose
1 min
  -> danke, Theo

agree  Hirendra Chatterjee
9 mins
  -> thanks, Hirendra

agree  Bob Kerns
13 mins
  -> thanks, Bob

agree  Christine Slattery
18 mins
  -> merci, cs

agree  Harald Moelzer (medical-translator)
28 mins
  -> danke, Harald

agree  EllenEZBless
43 mins
  -> thanks Ellen

agree  Kathi Stock
1 hr
  -> danke Kathi

agree  Nancy Arrowsmith: in a GesmbH, there is not personal liability
2 hrs
  -> thanks Nancy

agree  Pat Jenner
22 hrs
  -> thanks, Pat
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51 mins   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +1
personally liable shareholder


Explanation:
I cannot get any hits on Google for the other suggestions, nor find that term back in Zahn. Furthermore, a partner in a partnership is always persoanlly liable, IMO. So the term makes no sense, its a repetition.

I do get two meagre hits for my suggestion, but I still believe that this is correct.

German Contract Law: BGHZ 113, 62, 28 November 1990
... a) Where a personally liable shareholder of a limited liability company (GmbH)
which experiences financial difficulties is called upon to provide cover for ...
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/global_law/cases/ german/bundes/bundes_28nov1990.html - 25k - Cached - Similar pages

BVerfGE 20, 162 - Spiegel decision
... on the constitutional complaint by the Spiegel Publishing Company, legally represented
by Rudolf Augstein GmbH as personally liable shareholder, in turn ...
www.ucl.ac.uk/laws/global_law/cases/ german/bverfg/bverfg_5aug1966.html - 101k - Cached - Similar pages


Alexander Schleber
Local time: 10:55
Works in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman, Native in EnglishEnglish
PRO pts in category: 16

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Terranova
2 hrs
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5 hrs   confidence: Answerer confidence 4/5Answerer confidence 4/5 peer agreement (net): +2
general partner


Explanation:
Hamblock/Wessels Wörterbuch Wirtschaftsenglisch

Nicole Trebbin
Local time: 10:55
Specializes in field
Native speaker of: Native in GermanGerman
PRO pts in category: 4

Peer comments on this answer (and responses from the answerer)
agree  Cilian O'Tuama: confirmed by Langenscheidt Wirtschaft in context of BÖRSE, GESCHÄFT
17 hrs

agree  Maureen Holm, J.D., LL.M.: yes, general partners vs. limited partners
3 days20 hrs
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