Definition of production unit (UPA in its Spanish acronym)
UPA means a "set of organised means necessary for the exercise of an essential or ancillary business activity" (sec. 200.2 TR LC). If there is one or more UPAs of goods or services within the bankruptcy assets, these shall be detailed in an annex to the inventory, with a reference to the goods and services of the bankruptcy assets comprised thereunder (sec. 200.1 TR LC).
On December 27, 2020, President Trump signed into law the Consolidated Appropriations Act of 2021 (CAA), the omnibus funding bill that makes consolidated appropriations for the fiscal year ending September 30, 2021. The CAA also provides various forms of economic relief to address the effects of the COVID-19 pandemic.
As part of its coronavirus response, the CAA includes a number of amendments to the Bankruptcy Code. The key amendments are addressed below.
Temporary statutory protection of certain arrearage repayments under forbearance arrangements
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DJ Miller, Thornton Grout Finnigan
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This chapter highlights the flexible nature of Canada’s restructuring regime, where creative solutions to novel and complex issues are welcomed by the judiciary.
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Luiz Fernando Valente de Paiva, Giuliano Colombo, Andre Marques, Carolina Kiyomi Iwamoto and Ana Beatriz Araujo Ribeiro do Valle, Pinheiro Neto Advogados
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Adrián Thery, Borja García-Alamán, Juan Verdugo and Juan María Jiménez, Garrigues
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Ken Baird, Mark Liscio, Samantha Braunstein, Katharina Crinson and Kevin Connolly, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
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Job van Hooff and Sophie Beerepoot, Stibbe
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Patrick Gearon and Roger Elford, Charles Russell Speechlys
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