On 21 October 2013, the financially troubled company Hainan PO Shipping applied for bankruptcy and winding up before the People’s Court of Hainan Yangpu Economic & Development Zone (“Yangpu Court”). The Yangpu Court approved the application on 31 October 2013, and the Court has since nominated the administrators of Hainan PO Shipping.
Payment of debts to individual creditors (hereinafter also referred to as “individual payoff”) refers to the debtor’s payment to individual creditors when the debtor is already subject to bankruptcy because of a certain reason. The P.R.C.
最高人民法院关于适用《中华人民共和国企业破产法》若干问题的规定（一）(09/09/2011)
The Bankruptcy Law, applicable to FIEs and most other companies in China, will come into effect on 1 June 2007.
The Bankruptcy Law sets out a dual test of insolvency: inability to pay debts as they fall due ("cash flow insolvency") and insufficient assets to pay off all debts ("balance sheet insolvency"). Either a debtor or a creditor may apply to the court for reorganization or liquidation of the debtor. Court assistance may also be sought to conciliate.
The Supreme People’s Court has begun drafting the Regulations of Several Issues Concerning the Application of Enterprises Bankruptcy Law (Tentative Name), so as to conform with the implementation of the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law. The regulations are meant to interpret the EnterpriseBankruptcy Law in an integrated and systematic way and guide all levels of the people’s courts in adjudicating enterprise bankruptcy cases. The regulations are in the early state of drafting.
Xi Xiaoming, the deputy president of China’s Supreme People’s Court, said that the Supreme People’s Court has formally launched efforts to formulate judicial interpretations on the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law. The Court will conduct further research on several important legal issues arising from the new circumstances and problems which the courts have encountered since the introduction of the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law on 1 June 2007.
Introduction This briefing complements our other publications on corporate restructuring and the sale or purchase of distressed assets.
What are the options for companies in financial difficulty in the PRC?
Throughout the global economic meltdown, the number of bankruptcy cases in China has risen considerably. To shed light on bankruptcy proceedings and stabilize the domestic economy, the Supreme People’s Court of the PRC issued Opinions on Several Issues Regarding the Proper Adjudication of Enterprise Bankruptcy Cases to Provide a Judicial Safeguard for Maintaining Order in the Market Economy on June 12, 2009. The Opinions direct courts at all levels to properly apply the Enterprise Bankruptcy Law (EBL) to assist insolvent enterprises, maintain market order, and stabilize the economy.
On 2 May 2018 the Croatian Constitutional Court ("Constitutional Court") upheld the Law on Extraordinary Administration Procedure for Companies of Systematic Importance for Croatia, better known as "Lex Agrokor".
Estas herramientas pueden emplearse, en cuanto sea adecuado y conveniente, para promover y dinamizar el mercado de compraventa de compañías en dificultades.
Dos de los pilares más importantes del régimen de insolvencia son la protección del crédito y la conservación de la empresa como unidad de explotación económica y fuente generadora de empleo, siempre bajo el criterio de agregación de valor. Así lo reconoce la Ley 1116 del 2006 y las legislaciones de un sinnúmero de jurisdicciones.