This overview includes case law since mid-2022 and provides an overview of legal amendments that have a practical impact on national and international contracts.
Insolvency-based rescission clauses
Diese Übersicht umfasst die Rechtsprechung seit Mitte 2022 und bietet einen Ausblick auf relevante Gesetzesänderungen, die sowohl für nationale als auch internationale Verträge von praktischer Bedeutung sind.
Insolvenzabhängige Lösungsklauseln
On 21 April 2020, the Russian Supreme Court issued clarifications addressing various issues related to COVID-19 (“Clarifications”).
Terms of performance of obligations
According to the Clarifications, the period from 30 March to 30 April 2020, which was declared to be non-working by the Decree of the Russian President, does not extend the terms of performance of obligations, including payment terms.
Limitation period
The confirmed number of persons in Russia infected with SARS-CoV-2/Covid-19 (Corona) exceeds 32,000. Many people and enterprises are affected by non-working days, lock down measures and the resulting direct and indirect impact on work, business and finances. This summary highlights some recent legal issues in connection with the Corona crisis in Russia.
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Forderungsanmeldung bei Senior Facilities Agreements mit Parallel Debt Struktur
Germany needs more professional insolvency courts: this is the opinion of more than 90 per cent of the experts surveyed in the insolvency law analysis “InsO Survey 2018” which has now been presented by the management consulting firm McKinsey & Company and the law firm Noerr.
Boom in promissory note market
Mit Urteil vom 26. April 2018 (IX ZR 238/17) hat der IX. Zivilsenat des Bundesgerichtshofs (BGH) erstmals die in Literatur und Praxis bisher hochumstrittene Frage entschieden, ob Geschäftsleiter einer eigenverwalteten Gesellschaft bei Verletzung der ihnen obliegenden insolvenzspezifischen Pflichten gegenüber Dritten gemäß §§ 60, 61 InsO analog grundsätzlich persönlich haftbar gemacht werden können. Der BGH hat in seinem Urteil eine solche persönliche Haftung angenommen und damit die Haftung von Geschäftsführern und Vorständen in der Eigenverwaltung verschärft.
In Germany, the Christian Democratic Union (CDU) and Social Democratic Party (SPD) have agreed to a continuation of the grand coaltion, and a majority in favour of this appears to be forming at grassroots level in the SPD. It is therefore useful to take an initial look at the insolvency law provisions of the Coalition Agreement, given that the potential new government has made it clear that a key objective is unrestricted compliance with the principle of equal treatment of all creditors.
Pre-insolvency restructuring proceedings