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Als Reaktion auf die aktuellen Verwerfungen auf den Energie- und Rohstoffmärkten und die damit zusammenhängenden finanziellen Belastungen für Unternehmen tritt am 9. November 2022 das Gesetz zur vorübergehenden Anpassung sanierungs- und insolvenzrechtlicher Vorschriften zur Abmilderung von Krisenfolgen (Sanierungs- und insolvenzrechtliches Krisenfolgenabmilderungsgesetz – SanInsKG) in Kraft. Kern des SanInsKG ist eine zeitlich befristete Entschärfung des Insolvenzeröffnungstatbestands der Überschuldung gemäß § 19 InsO.

The High Court in London gave judgment on Friday, 3 July 2020 on the relative ranking of over $10 billion of subordinated liabilities in the administrations of two entities in the Lehman Brothers group.

The Court of Appeal in London today gave judgment on Parts A and B of the Lehman Waterfall II Appeal, as part of the ongoing dispute as to the distribution of the estimated £8 billion surplus of assets in the main Lehman operating company in Europe, Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (LBIE).

The Supreme Court in London today gave judgment in the Waterfall I appeal, a dispute as to the distribution of the estimated £8 billion surplus of assets in the main Lehman operating company in Europe, Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (LBIE).

LBIE entered administration on 15 September 2008 and has now paid its unsecured creditors dividends of 100p in the £. The Waterfall I Supreme Court appeal addressed some of the key issues as to who should receive the surplus, which we discuss below.

“So-called” Currency Conversion Claims