This week’s TGIF considers a recent decision of the High Court of Australia, in which a 4:3 majority held that a former trustee is not owed any fiduciary obligation by a successor trustee.
Key takeaways
1. はじめに
2025年1月、企業倒産手続の簡易版プログラム(Simplified Insolvency Programme。「SIP」)の改正に関するシンガポール倒産・再生・解散法改正法案(Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution (Amendment) Bill)が可決されたため、本稿では改正内容を概観する。
2. 企業倒産手続の簡易版プログラム(SIP)とは
SIPは、パンデミック期間中であった2021年1月に、財政難に直面した中小・零細企業(micro and small companies/MSCs)の破綻処理を支援するために、暫定措置として導入されたものである。これは、会社再建のための債務整理や会社の効率的な清算のために、迅速かつ費用対効果の高い簡略化された手続を提供することを目的としたものであり、概要以下の2つに分類される。
What you need to know
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The Federal Court in Brereton, in the matter of ICT Century Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) [2025] FCA 107 granted the liquidators of ICT Century Pty Ltd (in liquidation) (ICT) a one-year ‘shelf order’, or an extension of time to bring voidable transaction claims under section 588FF(1) of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth).
Directors beware!
Key Takeaway
Luxembourg’s law of 5 August 2005 on financial collateral arrangements, as amended (Collateral Law 2005), continues to offer strong safe-harbor protections for financial collateral arrangements and is now confirmed to apply to insolvency proceedings globally.
Recent Developments
Court of Appeal Ruling
Für das Jahr 2025 wird in Deutschland die höchste Zahl an Unternehmensinsolvenzen seit der Wirtschaftskrise des Jahres 2009 erwartet. So jedenfalls titelte kürzlich die Wirtschaftswoche (WiWo). Für den Januar 2025 meldete das Statistische Bundesamt (Destatis) bereits eine Zunahme der beantragten Insolvenzverfahren um rund 14 % gegenüber dem Vorjahresmonat.
The Hon’ble Supreme Court of India (“Supreme Court”) by a 2:1 majority in Independent Sugar Corporation Limited v Girish Sriram Juneja and Ors1, has held that in case of resolution plans proposing a combination (i.e., a merger or amalgamation of the entities) of a corporate debtor, the Competition Commission of India (“CCI”) must first grant the necessary approval before such Resolution Plan is placed before the Committee of Creditors (“CoC”) for it
The National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Chennai (“NCLAT”) in Sudhir Bobba (Suspended Director of Servomax Limited) vs. M/s.