Conducting Business in Ukraine 2017 All of the information included in this document is for informational purposes only, and may not reflect the most current legal developments, judgments, or settlements. This information is not offered as legal or any other advice on any particular matter.

За останні три з половиною роки Національний банк України прийняв не одне рішення щодо виведення з ринку неплатоспроможного банку. Це, у свою чергу, спричинило появу судових спорів, в яких клієнти банків намагаються будь-що повернути свої кошти (вклади, обігові кошти), які «застрягли» на їхніх рахунках у банках. Але, зважаючи на обмеження, що діють під час запровадження тимчасової адміністрації/ліквідації банку, досягти бажаного результату вдається далеко не всім і не завжди. Чи відкриваються для вкладників і клієнтів перспективи стягнення коштів з «реанімованих» банків?

Over the last three and a half years, the National Bank of Ukraine has made a great many decisions removing insolvent banks from the market. This, in turn, has given rise to the disputes in which clients of banks seek the recovery of their funds (deposits, working assets) that have been trapped in their bank accounts. However, considering the restrictions applicable during the establishment of provisional administration/liquidation of banks, not everyone, and not always, succeeds in achieving the desired result.

На прошлой неделе Верховная рада приняла за основу законопроект №3555, которым внедряется специальная процедура добровольной финансовой реструктуризации корпоративных должников.

Last week Verkhovna Rada approved, in principle, the Draft Law No. 3555 which introduces special procedure of voluntary financial restructuring of corporate debtors.

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Draft Law No. 3555 “On Financial Restructuring” (the “Restructuring Law”) aimed at creating effective mechanisms for voluntary financial restructuring of Ukrainian companies’ debts (the “Voluntary Restructuring”). The Restructuring Law is adopted as a temporary measure and will be in effect for three years. The Government expects that the Restructuring Law will result in reducing the amount of bad loans and restoring bank lending.

The main novelties of the Restructuring Law are as follows:

This article provides an overview of cases of personal civil liability of banks’ shareholders for the banks’ debts towards their creditors and liability for damages caused to banks by personal wrongful acts of their shareholders. This article describes an approach that Ukrainian courts have taken to the matter and the relevant legal principles together with mechanisms that make the liability of substantial shareholders a possibility.

Introduction

WHO OR AND OR the debtor and its related parties other creditors in relation to non-current unencumbered assets of the debtor tax, customs, treasury and state enforcement bodies, if their claims are less than 1/3 of all participating creditors’ claims Suspend for the term of restructuring any insolvency procedure against the debtor prior to the court’s ruling on the commencement of proceedings Prevent any other creditor to start insolvency proceedings against the debtor WHATcan a financial institution do?

At last, a legislative light has appeared at the end of the long dark tunnel of Ukraine's financial sector.

Adopted on 14 June 2016 and published on 19 June 2016, Ukraine's new law "On Financial Restructuring" No. 1414-VII (the "Financial Restructuring Law") is effective for a period of only three years from 19 October 2016 until 19 October 2019.