What does the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (CIGA) do?
CIGA introduces various changes to various provisions of the Insolvency Act 1986 and the Companies Act 2006.
Some of these changes are designed to be permanent changes to the insolvency landscape (largely implementing proposals for insolvency law reform introduced in 2018) – for example, the introduction of a moratorium, a ban on termination provisions (also known as ipso facto clauses) and a new pre-insolvency rescue and restructuring regime.
1. General aspects
The primary legislation governing insolvency and restructuring proceedings is Law 85/2014 on preventing insolvency and insolvency proceedings1 (the ”Insolvency Law”).
The Insolvency Law has been amended on October 2, 2018 by Government Emergency Ordinance no. 88/2018 for amending and supplementing regulations on insolvency2 (the ”G.E.O. no. 88/2018”).
Third parties are often caught (innocently or not) in the cross hairs of office holders seeking information and/or documents on the asset and liability position of a company in order to fulfil their functions properly and their duties to the creditors.
In the last installment of this 3-part series, Oscar van Rossum du Chattel, a Senior Case Intelligence Manager based in Omni Bridgeway’s Geneva office, and Jonathan Siklos, a Senior Case Intelligence Manager bas
The Australian government has taken swift action to enact new legislation that significantly changes the insolvency laws relevant to all business as a result of the ongoing developments related to COVID-1
GOVERNANCE & SECURITIES LAW FOCUS
JULY 2020/EUROPE EDITION
Below is a summary of the main developments in U.S., EU, U.K. and Italian corporate governance and securities law since our last update in April 2020.
See our page dedicated to the latest financial regulatory developments.
IN THIS ISSUE
UPDATED 3 AUGUST 2020
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Updated: Ireland, Israel
We take a look at some of the recent emergency legislation and measures implemented by various nations around the world in response to COVID-19. As this is a rapidly developing crisis, please ensure you keep a close eye on the Lexology Coronavirus hub page for the most up-to-date information.
Der Zusammenhalt und die Zukunft der Europäischen Union auf dem Prüfstand
EDITORIAL by John Kimbell QC
Welcome to the first edition of Aviation News!
These are challenging and uncertain times for the aviation world. Covid-19 has temporarily grounded large numbers of commercial aircraft and rumours of airline insolvency abound as pictures of empty airports regularly appear in the press. Against this background, Thomas Macey-Dare QC considers the impact of airline insolvency on slot allocation and Mark Stiggelbout and Emily McWilliams discuss the potential impact of force majeure and frustration arguments based on the pandemic.
One of the most powerful tools for insolvency practitioners when investigating the affairs of an insolvent company where wrongdoing is suspected is section 236 of the Insolvency Act 1986 (“IA 1986”). This confers power on English courts to order certain categories of parties to produce documents and an account of dealings relating to companies being wound up in the UK.