Introduction

Introduction

Rio de Janeiro-based Oi SA, Brazil’s fourth-largest telecom company, filed on Monday 20 June 2016 the largest judicial reorganisation petition in Brazil’s history, days after debt restructuring talks with creditors collapsed. The filing of Oi and six subsidiaries lists 65.4 billion reais ($19.26 billion) in debt. The company also filed for Chapter 15 protection in the U.S. on Tuesday.

On October 30, 2013, Brazilian oil company OGX Petróleo e Gas Participações SA (OGX) filed for bankruptcy protection (or “judicial reorganization”) in Rio de Janeiro after restructuring discussions between the company and its major creditors ended without agreement. With nearly $5 billion of debt, OGX is the largest and most complex bankruptcy proceeding to be conducted in Latin America and will not only test Brazil’s nascent bankruptcy law, but also presents itself as the latest potential opportunity for distressed investors focused on Latin American emerging markets.

Actions prior to a formal proceeding

What duties do directors or officers of a company owe creditors or other third parties if the company is insolvent or in financial difficulties, or has negative net worth? Is there a standard of care towards third parties? In what circumstances can officers and directors be found civilly or criminally liable for continuing to operate a company in financial difficulties? In practice, are such liabilities commonly enforced?Actions prior to a formal proceeding

In Brazil, directors and officers do not owe any duties directly to creditors of

The court-supervised reorganization of corporations introduced by Law 11101/05 (the Brazilian Reorganization and Bankruptcy Law - "LRF" in the Portuguese acronym) arose as one of the changes needed to lower credit risk and achieve greater reductions in interests accrued on financial loans. However, little has been said about the fact that the LRF has introduced several capital market protection mechanisms, which we will discuss in this article.

Direito processual civil e tributário. Execução fiscal ajuizada contra pessoa jurídica falida. Recurso repetitivo (art. 543-C do CPC e Res 8/2008 - STJ)

A constatação posterior ao ajuizamento da execução fiscal de que a pessoa jurídica executada tivera sua falência decretada antes da propositura da ação executiva não implica a extinção do processo sem resolução de mérito.Recurso Especial 1.372.243

O Tribunal de Justiça de São Paulo (TJ-SP) negou pedido da Mabe para manutenção de duas cláusulas do seu plano de recuperação judicial. Os desembargadores da 1ª Câmara Reservada de Direito Empresarial entenderam que os dispositivos dariam "superpoderes" à assembleia de credores. A fabricante de eletrodomésticos vai recorrer da decisão.

O Tribunal de Justiça do Estado de São Paulo (TJ-SP) manteve a obrigação do Fundo Garantidor de Créditos (FGC) de restituir a dois clientes do extinto Banco BVA os valores de R$ 10 mil e R$ 94,5 mil, respectivamente. A Corte, porém, entendeu não ser devido danos morais. A decisão, da 37ª Câmara Direito Privado, reformou parte da sentença da 4ª Vara Cível do Foro Regional de Pinheiros, que havia fixado uma indenização de R$ 15 mil para cada um deles.

Entre outras alterações, a recente Lei Complementar n.º 147 modificou a Lei nº 11.101/2005 (“Lei de Recuperação de Empresas e Falência”) com relação às micro e pequenas empresas.