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In this study dated on December 3, 2019 the European Commission analyzes the legal frameworks on insolvency and defaults in the various member states; specifically, the various individual and collective loan enforcement systems –and their effectiveness for recovering non-performing loans (NPLs).

Land and buildings Ships and aircraft Other tangible assets Liens Retention of title Intangible assets Personal security Debentures Form of debentures Assets covered by debentures Trust receipts or letters of hypothecation

Receivership

Appointment of a receiver Receivers' powers Receivers' obligations Termination of the receivership

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While every effort has been made to ensure the accuracy of the information contained in this booklet, it is only a summary and should not be relied upon as a substitute for detailed advice in individual cases.

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Contents

Introduction Corporate insolvency

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Available procedures

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Liquidation

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Members' voluntary liquidation

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Creditors' voluntary liquidation

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Compulsory liquidation

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Which procedure?

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Receivership

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Scheme of arrangement3

The Financial Shield of the Polish Development Fund is a solution aimed at supporting enterprises which have suffered losses as a result of the coronavirus epidemic.

For another week running, Garrigues examines the key legal issues that companies should be aware of to continue forward in the current context.

El nuevo Decreto 560 de 2020 prevé una serie de medidas de flexibilización y celeridad en los procesos de reorganización, con el fin de afrontar el escenario de alto riesgo de insolvencia que se presenta en el país como consecuencia del Estado de Emergencia Económica, Social y Ecológica.

Estas medidas tendrán una duración de hasta 2 años y se resumen en las siguientes:

Creación de procesos extrajudiciales

Trámite de negociación de emergencia

Las novedades regulatorias que afectan a las empresas se están aprobando de forma constante y continuada. Semana a semana, Garrigues ofrece un resumen de las principales cuestiones que deben tener en cuenta las empresas a lo largo de los próximos días.

Reopening to the public of establishments, effects of RDL 16/2020 on procedural, insolvency and tax matters, labor measures in preparation for de-escalation and news on administrative procedures

The toughening of lockdown measures in Spain and resulting closure of all business activities not classed as essential makes it absolutely necessary to keep very much in sight this week the measures approved in the labor and employment field. In the domain of corporate law and commercial contracts, the decision governing the first tranche of guarantees to soften the economic effects of the crisis has already been published in the Spanish Official State Gazette (BOE). As for tax matters, the personal income tax and wealth tax season is about to start.

In recent years the Hong Kong Companies Court has dealt with a large number of applications for recognition and assistance from the Courts of various overseas jurisdictions in relation to cross border insolvency matters. The Court will now routinely grant orders of recognition and assistance to liquidators of companies incorporated in Commonwealth jurisdictions such as the Cayman Islands, Bermuda and the British Virgin Islands, which are all common law jurisdictions which have insolvency law regimes which are in many ways similar to Hong Kong’s own regime.