1. Which financial (not tax or labour) short-term compensation schemes for immediate losses due to social distancing measures have been implemented? For which industries/sizes of business?

Deferred Loan Repayment

In another groundbreaking decision, the Hong Kong court in Re Ando Credit Ltd [2020] HKCFI 2775, has appointed provisional liquidators over a Hong Kong-incorporated investment manager for the express purpose of allowing the liquidators to seek recognition in the Mainland. The judgment is the latest in a series of judgments facilitating cross-border recognition and enforcement of assets and takes the degree of potential cooperation envisaged to a new level.

Application unopposed

Recent missed payments by companies including by one of China's largest coal companies, Yongcheng Coal and Electricity Holding Group, based in Henan, have shaken investors' faith that state-owned enterprises (SOEs) enjoy implicit backing from the authorities, irrespective of their underlying performance. As corporates issue new bonds to pay off old debts as they fall due, thereby 'kicking the can down the road' it is feared that more defaults could follow. Yields on some bonds are reported to have risen to 34 percent, an indicator of the perceived increased risk.

引言：近期某集团破产清算案中，关于债务人与境外基金债权人之间因“维好协议”引发的纠纷事项，上海金融法院作出裁定，对境外债权人在香港特别行政区取得的对该债务人的胜诉判决予以认可，鉴此该境外债权人的债权有望在破产程序中获得确认。而其他破产案件中，管理人对境外投资人基于“维好协议”的债权作出不予确认的决定。由此，关于“维好协议”项下的债权人应如何主张权利、在“维好提供方”破产的情况下可否享有破产债权人地位并参与破产程序等问题众说纷纭。为此，本文将从“维好协议”的性质入手，在境内“维好提供方”破产语境下，阐述“维好协议”项下债权人可以主张权利的路径，并分析各救济途径在司法实践中的可行性。

一、“维好协议”的性质分析

（一）何谓“维好协议”

On 9 November 2020, the PRC Supreme People's Court ("SPC") promulgated the Interpretations Applicable to Security-related Parts of the Civil Code of the People's Republic of China (Draft for Comment) (the "Draft") for public comments by 27 November 2020. This is the first interpretations issued by the SPC to the public for comments after the PRC Civil Code was officially promulgated.

I.OVERVIEW

(a)What are SPACs?

INTRODUCTION

一、概述

1、不寻常的SPAC

SPAC（“Special Purpose Acquisition Company”）是上市公司投资工具，也被称为 “空头支票”或 “空壳公司”。 SPAC由在投资、财务和企业管理领域具有丰富经验的专业人士作为发起人设立，其设立目的是在某些行业或地域中收购某个不特定的经营性企业。SPAC将在设立之后，即开始通过首次公开发行（“IPO”）由普通股和认股权证组成的证券进行募资。SPAC的证券在证券交易所挂牌并公开交易。

SPAC必须在IPO完成后的18-24个月内找到目标公司（“目标公司”）并完成企业兼并，否则将主动清算，且IPO的募资将退还给公众股东。如已确定目标公司并完成企业兼并，则SPAC将与目标公司合并成立为一间新公司（“存续公司”），存续公司将成为SPAC的承继实体并继续作为上市公司存续。

2、SPAC市场

In Re Ando Credit Limited [2020] HKCFI 2775 (“Re Ando”), the Hong Kong Companies Court recently appointed provisional liquidators over a Hong Kong company, Ando Credit Limited, in novel circumstances with potentially significant consequences.

从最高院司法判例看股东代表诉讼在公司强制清算程序中的适用原则

股东代表诉讼，又称股东派生诉讼，起源于英国衡平法，于2005年被正式规定在我国《公司法》中，并经《公司法司法解释二》《公司法司法解释四》《公司法司法解释五》等司法解释多次调整及完善。

根据《公司法》及司法解释的规定，我国股东代表诉讼的常态表现形式为，当公司利益受到损害时，满足一定条件的公司股东可以请求公司的执行机关或者监督机关行使相应权力，代表公司并以公司的名义提起诉讼，执行机关或者监督机关怠于行使权力，或者不立即提起诉讼将会导致公司利益受到难以弥补的损害时，公司股东有权以自己的名义向法院提起诉讼，且胜诉利益归于公司。

但，前述形式仅限于常态下的股东代表诉讼制度，公司发生解散、清算等特殊状态下股东是否有权提起代表诉讼在《公司法》及司法解释中并未规定。虽然《公司法司法解释二》第二十三条规定了清算组损害公司利益的，股东可以参照《公司法》第一百五十一条第三款的规定，以自己的名义对清算组提起诉讼。但是，该等规定仍未解决公司在清算程序中，尤其是清算组确定前后，股东是否可以为了维护公司利益而对其他损害公司利益的主体提起代表诉讼的问题。