14 червня 2016 р. було прийнято новий закон «Про фінансову реструктуризацію» (Закон), який повинен розв’язати багато протиріч та допомогти в проведенні реструктуризації боргів в Україні.
Закон запроваджує нову процедуру реструктуризації фінансової заборгованості українських боржників-юридичних осіб (Реструктуризація).
Особливості нової процедури Реструктуризації:
On 14 June 2016 the Verkhovna Rada of Ukraine adopted the Law “On Financial Restructuring” (the Law), which aims to solve many conflicts and assist in debt restructurings in Ukraine.
The Law provides a new procedure for restructuring financial debt of Ukrainian corporate debtors (the Restructuring).
Special features of new Restructuring procedure include:
Draft Law No. 3555 “On Financial Restructuring” (the “Restructuring Law”) aimed at creating effective mechanisms for voluntary financial restructuring of Ukrainian companies’ debts (the “Voluntary Restructuring”). The Restructuring Law is adopted as a temporary measure and will be in effect for three years. The Government expects that the Restructuring Law will result in reducing the amount of bad loans and restoring bank lending.
The main novelties of the Restructuring Law are as follows:
This article provides an overview of cases of personal civil liability of banks’ shareholders for the banks’ debts towards their creditors and liability for damages caused to banks by personal wrongful acts of their shareholders. This article describes an approach that Ukrainian courts have taken to the matter and the relevant legal principles together with mechanisms that make the liability of substantial shareholders a possibility.
Introduction
The new law "On Financial Restructuring" No. 1414-VII dated 14 June 2016 ("Law") has recently been adopted by the Parliament of Ukraine. The Law came into force on 19 October and is effective until 16 October 2019. This appears to be a temporary measure to overcome a huge volume of non-performing loans in the Ukrainian lending space.
WHO OR AND OR the debtor and its related parties other creditors in relation to non-current unencumbered assets of the debtor tax, customs, treasury and state enforcement bodies, if their claims are less than 1/3 of all participating creditors’ claims Suspend for the term of restructuring any insolvency procedure against the debtor prior to the court’s ruling on the commencement of proceedings Prevent any other creditor to start insolvency proceedings against the debtor WHATcan a financial institution do?
At last, a legislative light has appeared at the end of the long dark tunnel of Ukraine's financial sector.
Adopted on 14 June 2016 and published on 19 June 2016, Ukraine's new law "On Financial Restructuring" No. 1414-VII (the "Financial Restructuring Law") is effective for a period of only three years from 19 October 2016 until 19 October 2019.
As settlement in relation to Ukraine’s successful sovereign exchange offers is expected today, we explain why this sovereign deal is groundbreaking.
Background: The Exchange Offers
On 22 September 2015, Ukraine launched Exchange Offers in relation to the following (Old Notes):
В течение последних двух лет Украина пережила существенные политические и экономические потрясения, что очень повлияло на финансовую и банковскую системы нашего государства. Как следствие на сегодняшний день процедура ликвидации применена к 65 банкам. Каждый должник должен понимать, что введение временной администрации или процедуры ликвидации банка не является спасением от взыскания с него задолженности, ведь банки, в отношении которых применяются данные процедуры, любым способом будут стараться вернуть денежные средства, за счет которых осуществлялось кредитование.
Insolvency and Restructuring International Vol 10 No 1 March 2016 23 Karyn Heavenrich Alexander is an associate in King & Spalding’s financial restructuring practice. Karyn’s practice focuses on the areas of bankruptcy law and corporate restructuring matters, with a particular focus on international insolvency proceedings. individuals, non-individuals and foreign proceedings. The new bankruptcy petition incorporates many of the ancillary filings into the petition itself.