The Supreme Court of Justice's July 5 2016 decision in Case 6034/13.8TBBRG-N1.S1 examined whether the payment due for the termination of an employment contract as a result of a collective dismissal following an employer's declaration of insolvency was a debt of the insolvent estate or the insolvent company.

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Las normas del Derecho rector de la filial en materia de grupos resultan, en principio, aplicables a la matriz aunque esta sea extranjera. No cabe descartar que, además, el Derecho rector de la matriz se aplique para imponer una responsabilidad por las instrucciones que perjudicaron a la filial, aunque el Derecho de ésta no contemple normas especiales al respecto.

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 CONTENTS CORPORATE LAW NEWSLETTER I MARCH, 2017 I CAPITALIZAR PROGRAMME – PRESS RELEASE FROM THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF 16 MARCH 2017 2 II NATIONAL LEGISLATION 5 III NATIONAL CASE LAW 6 NEWSLETTER I CORPORATE WWW.CUATRECASAS.COM NEWSLETTER I CORPORATE 2/7 NEWSLETTER CORPORATE LAW I CAPITALIZAR PROGRAMME – PRESS RELEASE FROM THE COUNCIL OF MINISTERS OF 16 MARCH 2017 One of the priorities of the programme of the 21st Constitutional Government is to reduce the high level of corporate borrowing and to improve conditions for investment, which is why the capitalisation of companies is one

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No passado dia 1 de julho de 2017 entrou em vigor o Decreto-lei 79/2017 de 30 de junho de 2017 (“DL 79/2017”), que altera, entre outros, o Código da Insolvência e da Recuperação de Empresas, alterando, nomeadamente, o regime jurídico do Procedimento Especial de Revitalização (“PER”) que fica agora reservado a empresas.

Destacamos ainda outras alterações relevantes introduzidas pelo DL 79/2017: 

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Law no 8/2018, of 2 March 2018 was published last Friday, establishing the Regime Extrajudicial de Recuperação de Empresas (Extrajudicial Framework for Business Recovery) ("RERE"), which is effective as of 3 March 2018.

The RERE, which must be read together with the other instruments making up Programa Capitalizar, enacts a material change of the national business recovery framework.

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BANCO ESPÍRITO SANTO, S.A. – EM LIQUIDAÇÃO has announced that the time limit for the lodgement of claims under its liquidation proceedings ends on 11 December 2017.

The time limit for lodging claims is set with reference to the last service of notice to a creditor abroad and the 60-day period counted from said date. According to the aforementioned announcement, the last known notice was served on 11 October.

The announcement reserves the possibility of extending the time limit in the event of subsequent services.

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On 1 July 2017, Decree-law 79/2017, of 30 June 2017 (“DL 79/2017”), entered into force. This piece of legislation amends, most notably, the Insolvency and Recovery of Companies Code and the legal framework of the Special Revitalization Procedure (“SRP”), which is now reserved only to companies.

Other noteworthy amendments introduced by DL 79/2017 are as follows:

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With the aim of pursuing its objectives of re-launching the Portuguese economy and creating employment by reducing the high level of corporate indebtedness and improving conditions for investment, in particular by eliminating or mitigating the constraints currently faced by companies in the access to the financing (own or before third parties), Portuguese Government established a new regime respecting the appropriation of the assets / rights pledged through a commercial pledge – Decree-Law 75/2017, dated June 26, an in force since July 1, 2017.

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DOING BUSINESS IN PORTUGAL A legal and tax perspective This guide provides general information to investors intending to operate in Portugal on legal issues on which they may need advice. It is not intended, and cannot be considered, as a comprehensive and detailed analysis of Portuguese law or, under any circumstances, as legal advice from Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira. This guide was drafted on the basis of information available as of October, 2015. Cuatrecasas, Gonçalves Pereira is under no obligation and assumes no responsibility to update this information. All rights reserved.

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Portaria (Ordinance) No 261/2014 - Diário da República (Portuguese official gazette) No 242/2014, Series I of 2014-12-16

Amending for the first time the Regulation of the Local Support and Micro-company Incentive Scheme.

Law No 79/2014 - Diário da República (Portuguese official gazette) No 245/2014, Series I of 2014-12-19

Reviewing the legal framework of urban lease.

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