1. My tenant is in administration, do they have to pay the full rent and is the administrator personally liable?
The company in administration has to pay rent as an administration expense for each day that the company occupies or uses the property for the benefit of the administration. The administrator is not personally liable, but the rent is payable as a priority expense ahead of the administrator's fees.
Introducción
En las Píldoras de este mes de noviembre destacamos dos sentencias de audiencias provinciales:
la de la AP de Tarragona que anula la garantía hipotecaria de la filial en favor de la deuda de su matriz a pesar de que había sido la matriz quien le aportó los fondos para comprar los inmuebles que se hipotecan. La audiencia adapta la doctrina de la compensación equivalente y considera que se sacrifica más de lo que se gana y por tanto el sacrificio patrimonial es injustificado.
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On November 11, 2022, the world’s second-largest cryptocurrency exchange FTX Trading Ltd. filed a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (Case No. 22-11068). The company reports $10 to $50 billion in both assets and liabilities and intends to place an additional, approximately 130 affiliates into bankruptcy.
On November 7, 2022, cloud manufacturing and digital supply chain company Fast Radius, Inc. of Chicago, IL filed a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (Case No. 22-11051). The company reports $69.3 million in assets and $55.2 million in liabilities.
Entre las sentencias hechas públicas este mes de octubre reseñamos las incluidas en este resumen siendo especialmente destacable entre ellas la de la Audiencia Provincial de Asturias de 20 julio de 2022. En ella se rechaza el pacto por el cual un inmueble hipotecado adquirido en el concurso con subrogación en la deuda se pretende transmitir a otra sociedad del grupo con carga pero sin deuda.
On October 30, 2022, wealth advisory, risk management services and insurance brokerage services provider Vesta Holdings LLC of Mongomeryville, PA filed a petition for relief under Chapter 11 of the Bankruptcy Code in the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware (Case No. 22-11019) along with two affiliates. The company reports $100 million to $500 million in both assets and liabilities.
Major restructuring destinations each provide distinct mechanisms for rehabilitating companies in distress. Our table sets out the similarities and differences in the processes available in Australia, England & Wales, Hong Kong, Singapore, and the USA.
Object of schemes of arrangement
This table provides a high level overview of the restructuring and insolvency processes available in Australia, comparing their purposes, effects, advantages and disadvantages.