On 31 October 2023, Federal Law No. 51 of 2023 Promulgating the Financial and Bankruptcy Law (the Bankruptcy Law) was published in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Official Gazette, repealing the prior federal law on bankruptcy (Federal Law No. 9 of 2016, the Prior Law) and significantly developing the bankruptcy regime in the UAE.
In a case that should alarm secured creditors who thought they could lawfully exercise their secured creditor rights to foreclose on collateral, the Second Circuit Court of Appeals upheld sanctions against a secured creditor that did exactly that. In 2006, the State Employees Federal Credit Union ("SEFCU") made a loan to Mr. Weber, secured by Mr. Weber’s pick-up truck (the principles in this case apply equally in the corporate finance world). After Mr. Weber defaulted on the loan in 2009, SEFCU legally repossessed Mr.
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