Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of January 15, 2024.

摘要

市场经济交易中，企业以自有财产对外抵押，提供担保的情形屡见不鲜。上述企业进入破产程序后，易引发破产法与担保法交叉问题。破产企业以自有财产为第三人的债务提供抵押，主债权债务发生于债权人（抵押权人）与第三人之间，抵押权人若在抵押人的破产程序中主张权利，管理人审查认定过程中，易与破产企业为自己的债务提供抵押混淆，单纯的抵押权人可能被认定为“抵押债权人”。本文立足于物权和债权的二分性原则，探讨了在破产程序中，对破产企业仅享有抵押权的权利人的权利认定与行权规则。

关键词

抵押权人 别除权 别除权人 权利行使

Section 192 of the Canada Business Corporations Act (CBCA) provides a flexible tool that allows corporations to achieve important change and undertake various corporate transactions, subject to court approval and oversight. This article aims to provide an update on the Québec courts’ acceptance of virtual securityholder meetings and approach to the solvency requirement.

Overview of the arrangement process

Pursuant to recent amendments to the Income Tax Act 1967 (“ITA”), gains or profits from the disposal of a ‘capital asset’ on or after 1 January 2024 will be subject to capital gains tax (“CGT”).

‘Capital asset’ is defined to mean movable or immovable property, and includes any rights or interests thereof and includes amongst others, stock and shares, loan stock and debentures.

HFW DISPUTES DIGEST 2023

Welcome to the second annual Disputes Digest, in which we collate our 2023 global HFW LITIGATION and International Arbitration publications in one place.

This edition includes updates from across our Disputes arena, including England and Wales, BVI, AsiaPac, and the Middle East.

A statutory demand (“SD”) is a formal written request for payment of a debt, typically issued by a creditor to a debtor. This legal document serves as a precursor to more severe actions, such as winding up proceedings or bankruptcy. Understanding the key aspects of a SD is crucial for both creditors seeking repayment and debtors facing potential legal consequences.

1. Purpose and legal basis

The Insolvency and Financial Rehabilitation Law came into effect in 2019. The new law added a new cause of action for imposing personal liability on a director or CEO of a corporation in insolvency in respect of damages caused to the corporation and to its creditors, insofar as such directors and officers failed to take action to minimize the scope of the corporation’s insolvency.

Good afternoon. Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of December 18, 2023.

1 中国を取り巻く環境の変化

一昔前までの中国は、世界の工場として、世界中 の生産性企業がその安価な労働力を求めて進出して いたが、中国の経済成長に伴い労働コストが増加し た結果、中国国内のより安価な地域や東南アジア等 の第三国に生産拠点を移したり、中国国内の事業を 整理・統合したりするなどの動きが出てきている。

近時、中国経済の先行きが不透明であることから、 中国子会社の再編・撤退を考えている企業も少なか らずあるのではないかと思われる。そこで今回から 複数回に分けて「中国子会社の再編・撤退」と題し て、中国子会社の再編・撤退にはどのような方法が あるのか、それぞれの方法の手続はどうすればよい のか、またどのような点に気を付ける必要があるの か等についてご紹介することとしたい。

2 選択肢は現状維持か撤退かだけではない

日本本社が中国子会社の業績を判断する場合、中 国子会社の事業全体をひとくくりにして見ることが 多いのではないかと思われる。すなわち中国子会社 が最終的に赤字であり改善の見込みがなければ撤退、 黒字であるもしくは赤字幅が少なく改善の見込みが あるということであれば現状維持という判断になる 傾向にあると思われる。

새로 제정된 기업구조조정 촉진법(이하 “기촉법”)이 2023. 12. 26. 공포·시행되었습니다. 이에 따라 기촉법에 의한 워크아웃을 통하여 부실징후기업에 대한 신속하고 효율적인 경영정상화를 추진할 수 있게 되었습니다. 이번에 제정된 기촉법에는 2023. 10. 일몰된 제6기 기촉법의 내용이 거의 그대로 유지되면서, 워크아웃기업에 신규로 자금을 지원하는 제3자에게도 우선변제권을 부여하고, 구조조정 담당자의 면책요건을 확대하는 내용이 추가되었습니다. 

I.    제정 배경

기촉법은 2001년 한시법으로 제정된 이후 2023년 10월 실효된 제6기 기촉법에 이르기까지 6차에 걸친 제·개정을 거쳐 유지되어 오면서, 워크아웃의 근거법으로서 부실징후기업의 신속하고 효율적인 경영정상화에 활용되었습니다.