We summarise the background and outcomes of Case C-73/20 – Oeltrans, an important ruling for liquidators faced with the avoidance of a third party payment and a conflict of laws.

The facts

We are hopefully now beginning to move out of the various lockdowns and restrictions that have been put in place to deal with the pandemic.

As things begin to return to some form of "normality", businesses might begin to feel some sort of relief. However, the inevitable consequence of normality returning is that some of the temporary rules that have been put in place to assist businesses through these difficulties will fall away.

On March 31, 2021, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of Nevada awarded attorney’s fees to a debtor under a Nevada fee-shifting statute for objecting to a time-barred proof of claim.¹ The opinion serves as a warning that filing a proof of claim for time-barred debt may carry consequences other than claim disallowance despite the Supreme Court’s recent holding in Midland Fu

On 3 May 2021, the Treasurer announced that the Morrison government is pursuing further measures to improve Australia’s insolvency framework for both small and large businesses.

As part of the 2020–21 budget, the government announced the most significant reforms to Australia’s insolvency framework in 30 years. These reforms, which commenced on 1 January 2021, created new simplified liquidation and debt restructuring processes for small companies, and has provided directors with the control and flexibility they need to either restructure their business or wind down operations.

The Hungarian government has recently introduced a new restructuring tool with the aim of supporting companies suffering from financial difficulties due to COVID-19.

Financially distressed companies will receive an automatic stay while the company puts together a reorganisation plan, which will be supervised by a court and evaluated by a court-appointed expert.

The economic uncertainty for companies caused by the Covid-19 pandemic has placed a heavy burden on directors. That burden of responsibility is set to become even heavier as the temporary measures introduced in 2020 to support companies during the pandemic come to an end. Small and medium sized enterprises (“SMEs”) and those businesses operating in the travel, hospitality, leisure and manufacturing industries have been impacted in particular.

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In 2020, domestic and international energy markets were challenged by a worldwide pandemic and its effect on commodity prices, which accelerated disruptions in supply chains and impacted the energy transition in countries around the world.

Introduction

In the recent case of Re Victor River Ltd [2021] HKCFI 886, which concerns the winding-up of a foreign company, the Court of First Instance applied the long-developed three core requirements which must be satisfied before exercising discretionary jurisdiction of the Court. In particular, the Court discussed how the holding of shares in a delisted company may impact on the Court’s consideration of the three core requirements. 

Background

Hayatın her alanında olduğu gibi iş hayatında da küresel salgının büyük yankıları oldu. Covid-19 ile birlikte gelen kısıtlamalar, değişen alışkanlıklar, döviz kurlarında yaşanan dalgalanmalar şirketlerin finansallarını da olumsuz yönde etkiledi. Bu durum şirketlerde, 6102 sayılı Türk Ticaret Kanunu’nun (“Kanun”) şirketlerin sermaye kaybı ile borca batık olma halini düzenleyen 376. maddesinin sıklıkla gündeme gelmesine yol açtı.

In Chandos Construction Ltd v Deloitte Restructuring Inc[1] [Chandos], the majority of the Supreme Court of Canada (the “SCC”) reaffirmed the common law anti-deprivation rule in Canada.