Introduction
Measures against abusive insolvencies

Introduction
Facts
Supreme Court decision
Comment

Introduction

Introduction
Regulation
Foreign bankruptcy decrees

Introduction

Drawing on the experiences gained from the Swissair grounding in 2001, many critical voices have been raised that Swiss insolvency law should be revised and should focus more on the restructuring of companies rather than their liquidation. Now, 12 years after the commencement of the Swissair insolvency proceedings and after various discussions and negotiations in the Swiss parliament, the revised Swiss insolvency law finally entered into force as of 1 January 2014.

Introduction
Facts
Decision
Comment

Introduction

Latest proceedings
Circular

Latest proceedings

The debt restructuring proceedings of former national carrier Swissair are still ongoing and keeping the courts busy.

Stilli Park declares bankruptcy
Recent case law

Stilli Park declares bankruptcy

On June 2 2014 Stilli Park AG, the leaseholder of the Intercontinental Davos – a hotel with the singular shape of a golden egg – declared bankruptcy.

The insolvency of Petroplus has increased the few debt moratorium cases by one and reminded us of its importance. Despite a comprehensive revision of the Swiss Debt Collection and Bankruptcy Act in 1997 there has been little change to the fundamental idea of bankruptcy law that both available options, namely bankruptcy and debt moratorium, lead mostly to the same result and that is: liquidation.

Introduction
Crucial points of revision
Harmonisation of restructuring law
Restructuring law in financial sector
Outlook

The Zurich High Court,(1) as court of second instance, recently dismissed a liability claim, to the amount of €150 million, initiated by the liquidator of Swissair against former members of Swissair's board of directors.