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Table of Content

  • 1 Financial Support Measures
  • 2 Capital Markets
  • 3 Employment
  • 4 Real Estate & Construction
  • 5 Tax & Duties
  • 6 Corporate, M&A
  • 7 EU & Competition
  • 8 Courts and Authorities
  • 9 Healthcare
  • 10 Insolvency & Restructuring
  • 11 Insurance
  • 12 Intellectual Property
  • 13 Telecom & Data Protection
  • 14 Other

1 Financial Support Measures

The Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018, (Act No.40 of 2018, the "Act") , which came into force on 30 July, marks, for now at least, the final stage in what has been a far-reaching overhaul of Singapore's insolvency and debt restructuring regime.

The Government of Hungary has proposed an amendment to Act XLIX of 1991 on bankruptcy and liquidation proceedings (Insolvency Act) aiming to modernise the procedural rules of insolvency proceedings, for example by introducing communication via email and video conferences.

Technical reliefs

Recent decisions of the Hong Kong and Singapore courts show different approaches to the issue of when a winding-up petition will be allowed to proceed in circumstances where there is an arbitration agreement.

In Ltd [2020] HKCFI 311, the Hong Kong Court of First Instance declined to dismiss a winding-up petition where a debtor was unable to show the existence of a bona fide dispute on substantial grounds, notwithstanding the presence of an arbitration clause in the underlying contract.

Background Facts

On 28 May 2020, the Hungarian Government adopted amendments to the laws on company liquidation and forced deletion procedures to cushion the impact of the global coronavirus pandemic on the economy.

1. Changes related to liquidation

Liquidation is initiated when a company is unable to meet its financial obligations and pay off its debt. However, in Hungary, the courts do not apply an actual insolvency test before ordering liquidation but check only whether certain criteria have been met.