The manual addresses all legal issues related to joint ventures. It describes the various forms of joint ventures (such as equity, contractual, or operational joint ventures) and conveys the essential legal frameworks (tax law, accounting aspects, antitrust law, and labor law, conflict resolution). A new chapter focuses on avoiding compliance risks during contract negotiations and within the joint venture agreement itself. The structured and precise explanation of typical joint venture clauses for executing an equity joint venture, as well as all related M&A topics and corporate law issues (primarily based on the GmbH, but also with a focus on AG and Ltd. or Ltd. & Co. KG), is particularly helpful for practitioners. The discussions on equity joint ventures address the previously outlined legal aspects.