在 Re Lu Zhonglou[2025] HKCFI 6165 一案中，林泽明聆案官以债权人在申请准许呈请破产令及申请替代送达命令时，未有履行“充分及坦诚披露”的义务为由，撤销破产令并驳回破产呈请。

重要事实与背景

吕先生自约 2010 年起一直是呈请人赌场的长期客户。2021 年 12 月，他签署一份信贷协议，获批可观的博彩信贷，其后新加坡法院就相关欠款作出判决。该判决其后在香港根据外地判决登记制度注册并部分清偿，仍有约 7,080 万港元未偿还。呈请人其后送达法定要求书，并以单方面方式取得准许呈请破产令及替代送达命令；吕先生于 2025 年 4 月被宣告破产，其后以送达存在缺陷及重大不披露为由，申请撤销破产令。

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Here’s a question about the new Uniform Assignment for Benefit of Creditors Act (the “Uniform ABC Act”):

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The answer is easy: it’s a good thing.

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Introduction

はじめに

2025年6月13日、「円滑な事業再生を図るための事業者の金融機関等に対する債務の調整の手続等に関する法律」（以下「早期事業再生法」又は「法」といいます。）が公布されました。早期事業再生法は、公正中立な第三者機関と裁判所が関与する形で多数決（議決権の総額の4分の3以上の同意等）による債務整理を新たに認めるものであり、日本の事業再生の実務に重要な影響を与えるものです。

早期事業再生法の公布を受け、2025年9月、産業構造審議会経済産業政策新機軸部会事業再構築小委員会の下に「早期事業再生検討ワーキンググループ」（WG）が設置され、事業再生の専門家を委員※1に加え、制度の詳細や運用について検討が進められています。同WGは2025年10月から12月にかけて3度開催され、同年12月26日、中間整理が公表されました※2。中間整理では経済産業省令で定められる内容やQ&Aで明確にすべき内容について提案されており、制度の内容や運用について理解する上で重要な意義を有します。そこで、本ニュースレターでは、中間整理の主な内容を紹介します。