En el concurso de acreedores de Cubigel Compressors S. A. U. (Cubigel), la administración concursal calificó de subordinado el crédito de Koxka Technologies S. L. U. (Koxka) por pertenecer esta sociedad al mismo grupo que la primera. De hecho, tanto Cubigel como Koxka eran sociedades unipersonales y sus únicos socios (a su vez sociedades mercantiles) estaban participados en porcentajes del 65 % y del 79 % por una misma persona física.
On May 23, 2017, Don A. Beskrone, the chapter 7 trustee for the estate of PennySaver USA Publishing, LLC filed preference actions against 46 defendants. PennySaver was an iconic company that specialized in the production, printing, and dissemination of a free weekly publication, offering coupons and classified ads to targeted audiences.
“You have been served” – the famous phrase uttered by process servers everywhere, may never be heard by a bankruptcy defendant.
Why?
On May 17, 2017, GulfMark Offshore, Inc. (“GulfMark” or “Debtor”) filed a voluntary petition for bankruptcy relief under chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States District Court for the District of Delaware.
A continuación vamos a explorar diversos problemas que se plantean a propósito del apartado 9 de la disposición adicional 4.ª de la Ley Concursal, cuando existen garantes personales (o garantes reales por deuda ajena) en un proceso de refinanciación homologable por dicha disposición.
1. El crédito contingente contra el garante que refinancia por la disposición adicional 4.ª
Below we will explore several problems that arise in connection with para. 9 of the 4th Additional Provision ("AP") of the Insolvency Act ("LCon") when there are personal guarantors – or collateral-providers for third party debt – within refinancing arrangement ‘homologation’ (court-sanctioning) proceedings under said 4th AP.
1. Contingent claim against the guarantor who refinances under the 4th AP.
On May 8, 2017, Judge Gross ruled on a Motion to Compel Production of Documents in the Haggen bankruptcy. Judge Gross’ opinion (the “Opinion”) addresses the conflict when a party is acting on another’s behalf and that entity claims “the oldest of the common law privileges”. Opinion at *5. A copy of the Opinion is available here.
Starting on April 28, 2017, Craig R. Jalbert, as Distribution Trustee of the Corinthian Distribution Trust, filed approximately 122 complaints seeking the avoidance and recovery of allegedly preferential and/or fraudulent transfers under Sections 547, 548, 549 and and 550 of the Bankruptcy Code (depending upon the nature of the underlying transactions). The Distribution Trustee also seeks to disallow claims of such defendants under Sections 502(d) and (j) of the Bankruptcy Code.
La Dirección General de Tributos analiza las reglas de valoración aplicables en supuestos de aportaciones de capital realizadas por compensación de créditos en aquellos casos en los que la capitalización se efectúa en diferentes plazos y de forma sucesiva.
Whether a claim against company management is direct or derivative is not infrequently disputed in litigation before the Delaware Court of Chancery. This determination becomes important in many contexts, including whether it was necessary for plaintiff to make a pre-suit demand upon the board, whether derivative claims of a company have been assigned to a receiver, or whether such claims have previously been settled in a prior litigation.