La crisis sanitaria causada por el COVID-19 ha tenido un impacto significativo sobre el comercio mundial y local. En nuestro país, luego de que se confirmara el primer caso, se desencadenó la implementación de medidas sanitarias que conllevaron al cierre temporal de múltiples empresas, y limitaron la circulación de la población, restringiendo la actividad comercial y gubernamental. El impacto de dichas medidas se prevé será mayor en algunos sectores, como hoteles, restaurantes, venta al detal (excluyendo farmacias y supermercados).

Recent changes in Peruvian insolvency laws1 will now allow financial institutions and insurance company counterparties to close-out and net obligations under derivatives and repurchase agreements with Peruvian financial institutions or insurance companies which become subject to bankruptcy proceedings.

The newly enacted law also creates the General Office of Control and Property Records of the General Bankruptcy Receivership, dependent of the Supreme Court, which main duty shall be to maintain a permanent control of the property guarded by the various bankruptcies, while becoming a permanent database contributing to the transparency of insolvency proceedings.

El proceso concursal de liquidación está regulado en la Ley 12 del 19 de mayo de 2016, cuya vigencia inició el pasado enero.

Al igual que el proceso concursal de reestructuración, este tipo de procesos puede iniciarse a solicitud del deudor, de los acreedores o a requerimiento de un representante de un proceso de insolvencia en el extranjero. En cualquiera de los supuestos, la finalidad del proceso es la liquidación pronta y ordenada de la empresa que ha resultado ineficiente.

The new year will bring tremendous changes to the Polish insolvency regime as significant amendments to the Bankruptcy and Recovery Law (Journal of Laws 2015, No. 233, uniform text) come into force on 1 January 2016 (New Bankruptcy Law). The aim of the New Bankruptcy Law is to make existing legal instruments more effective and to help business entities survive financial stress or distress. 

Overview

In a nutshell, arbitration must fulfil two main aims to be attractive to its potential users: enforceability of the award must be certain and proceedings must be efficient. In light of those aims, the year 2015 brought two major changes to arbitration proceedings in Poland. Firstly, the amendment of the Bankruptcy Law put an end to all the doubts that arose with regard to the effect of the bankruptcy proceedings of a party to an arbitration agreement on the validity of such agreement.

According to S&P Global fixed income research, EUR 3.7 trillion of rated European company debt is due to mature between mid-2017 and the end of 2022.This gives rise to anticipation that, in the coming years, the European financial markets will be increasingly driven by refinancing, restructuring and investment in distressed assets. Respondents to the survey “Changing tides: European M&A Outlook 2017” prepared by CMS in cooperation with Mergermarket in September 2017 have also remarked on this trend.

November 2017 saw the first successful pre-packaged bankruptcy of a wind farm operator following the introduction of this procedure to Polish bankruptcy law in January 2016. Thanks to a decision made by the bankruptcy court in Warsaw, the assets of the 6 MW wind farm in Korzęcin can now be taken over by a publicly listed company operating in the renewable energy sector.

Ruling description

In its judgment of January 15, 2014, the Provincial Administrative Court (WSA) in Warsaw (case no. III SA/Wa 1928/13) ruled that a bankruptcy receiver was not required to correct input tax under the procedure set forth in Art. 89b (1) of the VAT Act (in the version which took effect on January 1, 2013) if the creditor cannot correct output tax under the “bad debt relief” procedure due to the debtor being bankrupt.

Poland's parliament recently adopted a new restructuring law (the “Bill”) which will substantially change the country’s economic environment.

After lengthy works, the draft of new restructuring law was finally adopted by the Polish parliament on 9 April 2015. The Bill now requires only the signature of the President.

The Bill provides for its entering into force on 1 June 2015, except for certain regulations that are to enter into force on 1 September 2015.

Current Polish bankruptcy and insolvency environment