• Corporate Law Committee of the German Federal Bar
• Permanent Deputation of the Deutscher Juristentag e.V. - Association of German Jurists
• International Bar Association (IBA)
• Working Group for International Business Law of the German Bar Association
• Working Group on Commercial and Corporate Law of the German Bar Association
• Working Group Women Lawyers in the German Bar Association
• FidAR (Women on Supervisory Boards) e.V.
• German Women Lawyers Association

Books

Co-editor and co-author of the handbook Manz/Mayer/Schröder: Die GmbH
Barbara Mayer, Gerhard Manz & Albert Schröder
Haufe, 2020

Co-editor and co-author of the handbook Manz/Mayer/Schröder: The European Company
Barbara Mayer, Gerhard Manz & Albert Schröder
Nomos-Verlag, 3rd edition, 2019

Co-editor and co-author of the handbook Mayer/Manz/Schröder: The German Stock Corporation
Barbara Mayer, Gerhard Manz & Albert Schröder

The Federal Post Office: Commercial Enterprise or Public Service
Barbara Mayer 
1990

Publications

Responsible ownership - What does a new legal form bring for companies?
Barbara Mayer (quotes)
in: Platow Legal & Finance, 28.09.2023

Guideline for companies
Barbara Mayer
in: Handelsblatt, July 4, 2023, p. 34

Digitalization push: The virtual assembly arrives at the association
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Betriebs-Berater, 14/15 2023, p. 1

The virtual Annual General Meeting - 80 practical questions on the principles, preparation and implementation of the new virtual Annual General Meeting 
Barbara Mayer, Moritz Jenne & Matthias Miller
in: Betriebs-Berater, 51/51.2022, p. 2949 et seq.

"Backflip" - the government draft of the law on the introduction of virtual general meetings
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Betriebs-Berater 2022, p. 1155 et seq.

Comment on Federal Court of Justice "Arbitrability IV" of September 23, 2021 - I ZB 13/21 (on the arbitrability of shareholder disputes in partnerships)
Barbara Mayer & Stephan Strubinger
in: IWRZ, 2022, p. 82 et seq.

Borderline chaos (on the consequences of Brexit)
Barbara Mayer & Jan Barth
in: NJW 11/2021, p. 19

The virtual Annual General Meeting 2021 - 20 practical questions on the conduct of the Annual General Meeting after the amendments to the COVMG
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Betriebs-Berater 2021, p. 899 et seq.

Circular resolution procedure - no applicability of Art. 2 § 2 COVMG in case of provisions in the articles of association 
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Betriebs-Berater 2021, p. 656 et seq.

Managing Director Liability: Unconditional discharge of the general partner of a limited partnership with a private limited company as general partner by its co-shareholders
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Federal Court of Justice, judgment of 22.09.2020 - II ZR 141/19, GmbHR 2020, 1344 et seq.

Proposal with signal effect - Why the discussion about a mandate break for board members is justified
Barbara Mayer 
in: Betriebs-Berater 39.2020

Compatibility of work and family at board level
Barbara Mayer
in: BRAKmagazin 06/2020, p. 13

Annual General Meetings in times of the COVID 19 pandemic
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Comply 2/2020

The virtual general meeting - 40 practical questions on the basics, planning, convening and conducting the general meeting in accordance with the COVID-19 Company Law Act
Barbara Mayer, Matthias Miller & Moritz Jenne
in: Betriebs-Berater 2020, p. 1282 ff.

Annual General Meetings in times of epidemics and other dangerous situations - at the same time review of the COVID 19 pandemic law 
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Betriebs-Berater 2020, p. 835 et seq.

Commercial conflicts, Brexit and Co: Outlook on the M&A market 2020
Barbara Mayer 
in: Betriebs-Berater 5.2020

Judicial reviewability of a resolution of the shareholders' meeting on the introduction or increase of a managing director's remuneration (note on OLG Hamm, judgment of 09.09.2019 - 8 U 7/17)
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: GmbHR 2020, 204 et seq.

The draft on the Association Sanctions Act - overview and consequences for the monitoring activities of the supervisory board
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Der Aufsichtsrat 2019, 170 ff.

The draft of the Association Sanctions Act - Overview and implications for compli-ance management
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: Compliance-Berater 2019, issue 11, p. 405 ff.

Violation of social duty of loyalty through discharge resolutions, note to Higher Regional Court Frankfurt, judgment of May 23, 2019 - 5 U 21/18
Barbara Mayer & Moritz Jenne
in: law on limited liability companies 2019, 940 ff.

The Brexit and its Effects on the Legal Relations between the EU and the UK
Barbara Mayer & Gerhard Manz
in: Betriebs-Berater 2016, p. 1731-1740.

Challenges under Company Law in International Groups - A Summary of the Scope of Organizational Freedom and its Limits in Six Different States
Barbara Mayer & Gerhard Manz
in: IWB 14/2015, p. 529 et seq.

Barriers for Claims for Damages after Business Acquisitions
Barbara Mayer & Jan Henning Martens
in: Platow Recht No. 129, 2015, p. 7

Letters to young Lawyers
Barbara Mayer (co-authorship, editor)
in: Gostomzyk/Jahn, C.H. Beck, 2015

Non-discharge of Management due to Unexcused Violation of Duty - comment on OLG Munich, decision dated 22 July 2015, file no. 7 U 2980/12
Barbara Mayer & Jan Henning Martens
in: IWRZ 2015, p. 30 et seq.

The Tax Advisor as an Advisor to GmbHs: Update on the GmbH Reform
Barbara Mayer
in: SteuerConsultant 2/2008, p. 18 et. seq.

Risks of Liability arising out of Company Acquisitions without Conducting a Due Diligence Review
Barbara Mayer
in: SteuerConsultant 10/2007, p. 36 et. seq.

The European Company (SE): A Form of Company (also) for Small and Medium-Sized Businesses
Barbara Mayer
in: INF 21/2006

The EURO in Legal Transactions: Contract Law
Barbara Mayer 
in: published by the German-Belgian-Luxembourg Chamber of Commerce (debe-lux), Brussels, 1998

Product Liability: Risks for the Packaging Industry - Ways of Reducing Them
Barbara Mayer
in: Creativ Verpacken 6/1997

The Importance of Article 87 Basic Law (GG) for the Organization of the Federal Post Office 
Barbara Mayer
in: Peter/Rhein, Wirtschaft und Recht: Rahmenbedingungen wirtschaftlicher Betätigung, Grenzen der Wirtschaftslenkung, Wirtschaftliche Betätigung der Öffentlichen Hand, Zukunft staatlicher Monopole, Osnabrück, 1989