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Introduction
Japan, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Surety, Debtor, Fraud, Liability (financial accounting)
Japan, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Debtor, Clearing house (finance), Debt
On March 1 2011 Tokyo District Court issued a decision which admitted the right of avoidance exercised by the court-appointed administrator of a corporate debtor in possession under civil rehabilitation proceedings, where the debtor company had settled a mortgage for a financing company as the real guarantor of its parent company.
The recent case of In re Tousa, Inc. (Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors of Tousa, Inc., v. Citicorp North America, Inc., Adv. Pro. No. 08-1435-JKO (Bankr. S.D. Fla., October 13, 2009)) has attracted considerable attention – and dread – in the banking and legal communities.
USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (Bryan Cave), Bankruptcy, Debtor, Unsecured debt, Collateral (finance), Interest, Liquidation, Subsidiary, Citigroup, Title 11 of the US Code, United States bankruptcy court