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The rare coin company: what happens to unclaimed assets?

Key Points:

There are three things prudent insolvency practitioners can do when left with non-company assets.

A not too infrequent issue for insolvency practitioners: what can you do with unclaimed assets of third parties? Clayton Utz recently acted for the receivers and managers of Arcabi Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (known as “The Rare Coin Company”) and developed a strategy to deal with the issue.

Background

Australia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Clayton Utz
Supreme Court offers some financiers protection, creates new risks for others, in its decision on Sun Indalex, LLC v. United Steelworkers

The Supreme Court of Canada, in a decision that has implications for borrowers and lenders alike, particularly where pension funds are involved, has raised some new hurdles for the country’s banks and their business customers and, at the same time, has bolstered protection for lenders of last resort who finance insolvent companies.

The court’s decision in Sun Indalex Finance, LLC v. United Steelworkers, issued earlier this year, addresses critical questions in insolvency law regarding pension funds and DIP financing. 

Canada, Ontario, Banking, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Debtor, Liquidation, Debtor in possession, United Steelworkers, Bankruptcy and Insolvency Act 1985 (Canada)