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    Corona-Virus: Unternehmen unter Quarantäne - was tun?
    2020-02-28

    Das Coronavirus SARS-CoV-2 hat Deutschland infiziert. Auch solide Unternehmen drohen in Folge dessen unverschuldet in die Krise zu stürzen. Während die operativen Tätigkeiten aufgrund der Isolierung ganzer Belegschaften oder gesprengten Lieferketten vorübergehend eingestellt werden, bleiben Verbindlichkeiten wie Miete, Gehälter, Sozialabgaben und Kapitaldienst in rechtlicher Hinsicht gegen das Coronavirus immun. Fortlaufende Fixkosten denen kein operatives Ergebnis gegenübersteht, belasten die Liquidität und stellen einen existenzbedrohenden Angriff für jede Unternehmensfinanzierung dar.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Taylor Wessing, Bankruptcy, Coronavirus
    Authors:
    Dr. Martin Heidrich
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Taylor Wessing
    Neues Jahr, neues Recht: Neuerungen im SchKG
    2019-01-14

    Seit dem 1. Januar 2019 haben Schuldner bei Vorliegen bestimmter Voraussetzungen neu die Möglichkeit, mittels eines Gesuchs zu verlangen, dass ungerechtfertigte Betreibungen nicht auf dem Betreibungsregisterauszug ersichtlich sind. Neben dieser neuen Möglichkeit hat das Bundesgesetz über Schuldbetreibung und Konkurs (SchKG) zusätzliche kleinere Änderungen erfahren, welche in diesem Beitrag kurz aufgezeigt werden.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Banking, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, MLL Legal Ltd
    Authors:
    David Peter , Urs Boller
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    MLL Legal Ltd
    Directors' liability for payments made to companies in insolvency
    2019-06-07

    Background

    According to German law, managing directors of limited liability companies are personally liable for payments that have been made despite insolvency. This can lead to widespread liability.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Taylor Wessing, Board of directors
    Authors:
    Benjamin Bardutzky
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Taylor Wessing
    New rules on directors’ liability in Germany
    2018-11-08

    The German Federal Court of Justice has tightened its grip on company directors again. In a recent judgment on directors’ liability in insolvency situations, the Court clarified the scope of sections 60- 61 of the German Insolvency Act.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Taylor Wessing, Debtor in possession, Insolvency Act 1986 (UK), Federal Court of Justice
    Authors:
    Dr. Daniel Kunz , Leopold Bauer
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Taylor Wessing
    Epic fails bei Restrukturierungen / #5: Verhandlungen mit dem falschen Betriebsrat
    2018-12-13

    In unserer Blogserie „Epic fails“ haben wir bereits über einige Fallstricke bei Restrukturierungen berichtet, wie beim Abschluss eines Rahmeninteressenausgleichs oder zuletzt beim fehlenden

    Filed under:
    Germany, Company & Commercial, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Ius Laboris
    Authors:
    Henrik Lüthge
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Kliemt Arbeitsrecht <small>(part of Ius Laboris)</small>
    German Federal Court (BGH) bolsters creditor's rights in debtor in possession proceedings by ruling on director's liability vis-à-vis creditors
    2018-05-22

    In its April 2018 decision, the BGH ruled on the question whether the directors of a company that has been granted debtor in possession status by the respective insolvency court can become personally liable for a breach of a duty of care vis-à-vis the creditors like an insolvency administrator. The underlying legal question was the subject of a controversial academic discussion in the past.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, White & Case, Debtor in possession, Directors' duties, Federal Court of Justice
    Authors:
    Riaz K. Janjuah , Sylvia Fiebig , Jonas Tangermann
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    White & Case
    German Court rejects the “bow wave theory” (“Bugwellentheorie”) in test for company illiquidity
    2018-02-15

    Under German law, there are strict legal obligations for the managing directors of an insolvent company to file for insolvency. Failure to comply exposes a managing director to civil and criminal liability. It is therefore important for managing directors to know how to test whether their company is insolvent. One of the legal reasons for insolvency is illiquidity and the second senate of the German Federal Civil Court (“BGH”) has, in a decision dated 19 December 2017 (II ZR 88/16), clarified a question regarding the illiquidity test.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Squire Patton Boggs, Market liquidity
    Authors:
    Andreas Lehmann
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Squire Patton Boggs
    Die Insolvenzrechtliche Behandlung Von Darlehen Mittlebar Beteiligter Gesellschafter
    2017-12-14

    Bekanntlich ist die Qualifizierung eines Darlehens als Gesellschafterdarlehen in der Insolvenz des Darlehensnehmers besonders nachteilig, da Forderungen aus Gesellschafterdarlehen oder dem gleichgestellte Forderungen gemäß § 39 Abs.1 Nr. 5 InsO nachrangig sind und auch hierfür gestellte Sicherheiten nicht verwertet werden können.

    OLG Hamm Entscheidung zu mittelbaren Gesellschafterdarlehen

    Filed under:
    Germany, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Watson Farley & Williams
    Authors:
    Dr. Klaus Schmid-Burgk
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Watson Farley & Williams
    Parent guarantees in the insolvency of a German subsidiary - claw back risks
    2018-02-05

    A recent ruling of the German Federal Civil Court (Bundesgerichtshof (“BGH”)) is a reminder of the risks which shareholders of a German company can face in an insolvency of their German subsidiary.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Squire Patton Boggs, Subsidiary, Federal Court of Justice
    Authors:
    Andreas Lehmann
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Squire Patton Boggs
    Directors in breach not always liable
    2016-05-27

    A director is not absolutely liable for all losses suffered by a company on his or her watch.

    So the Court of Appeal has ruled in a recent liquidation dispute.

    The context

    Rowan Johnston, a former investor and director in NZNet, pumped funds into the company when it ran into difficulties, but found that NZNet’s managing director Stephen Andrews had misled him about the company’s financial position.

    On 15 September 2011, he resigned his directorship and a couple of months later, NZNet went into liquidation.

    Filed under:
    New Zealand, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Chapman Tripp, Breach of contract, Liquidator (law)
    Authors:
    James McMillan
    Location:
    New Zealand
    Firm:
    Chapman Tripp

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