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On the heels of financial distress, Consolidated Burger Holdings LLC, along with two affiliates, has filed for Chapter 11 bankruptcy protection. This Burger King franchisee operates 57 restaurant locations across Florida and Georgia, including standalone stores and Walmart-based outlets. At its peak, the company managed 75 locations with 1,500 employees. Today, it employs 773 individuals, including 697 hourly and 76 salaried workers, with most positions at the restaurant level.

在某些情况下,开曼公司的官方清算人可能能够采取行动追回公司破产前转移的资产。对于那些关注濒临破产的开曼公司事务的人来说,了解开曼群岛官方清算人和大法院所拥有的法定权力至关重要。

可撤销的优先权

《公司法(修订版)》(「该法」)规定,「在公司无法偿还第93 条所指的债务时,公司为了使该债权人优先于其他债权人而对任何债权人作出、招致、承担或遭受的任何财产转让或转移,或对财产的抵押,以及每项付款义务和司法程序,如果是在清算开始前六个月内作出、招致、承担或遭受的,经公司清算人申请,均可撤销。

值得注意的是,如果在清算开始前六 (6) 个月内发生、产生、取得或遭受付款,则向开曼公司「关联方」支付的款项应被视为是为了给予债权人优先权而支付,因此,根据公司清算人的申请,该款项可予撤销。

如果债权人有能力控制开曼公司或在公司财务和经营决策方面施加重大影响,则该债权人应被视为「关联方」。

公司在什么情况下无法偿还债务?

若发生下列情况,开曼公司将被视为无力偿还债务:

(a) 未遵守法定要求;

On 8 April 2025, Mr Justice Marcus Smith delivered judgment granting Petrofac Limited and Petrofac International (UAE) LLC (the Plan Companies) permission to convene creditor meetings in respect of two inter-conditional restructuring Plans (the Plans). The fulsome judgment, following hearings on 28 February and 20 March, contains a number of interesting points:

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。

MONTHLY NEWSLETTER SERIES APRIL, 2025 | VOL. XXIII VAISH ASSOCIATES ADVOCATES LEGALAXY WWW.VAISHLAW.COM LEGAL MAXIM Inter alia: “Among other things” MONTHLY NEWSLETTER SERIES APRIL, 2025 | VOL.

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).

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.

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