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    Trade Alert - December 2016, Issue 36
    2016-12-20

    ITALY

    BANCA MONTE DEI PASCHI DI SIENA SpA

    Monte dei Paschi di Siena (“Monte Paschi”) founded in 1472 and said to be the oldest bank in the world is, at the time of publication, in a race against the clock to raise EUR 5 billion in capital by the end of December to avoid either a state bail-out or potentially being wound down by the European Central Bank (“ECB”).

    Filed under:
    European Union, Italy, Banking, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP, Balance sheet
    Location:
    European Union, Italy
    Firm:
    Cadwalader Wickersham & Taft LLP
    Business Finance and Restructuring - Looking ahead to 2017
    2016-12-20

    Major legislative changes

    Reform of English corporate insolvency framework

    The Insolvency Service is reviewing responses to its consultation on significant reforms designed to improve the restructuring tools available to companies. These include:

    Filed under:
    European Union, United Kingdom, USA, Banking, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Brexit
    Authors:
    Andrew Wilkinson , Alexander Wood , Mark Lawford
    Location:
    European Union, United Kingdom, USA
    Firm:
    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    Cross Border Restructuring and Insolvency Update - December 2016
    2016-12-22

    ECJ decides that rights in rem should be interpreted in accordance with German law, despite insolvency proceedings having been opened in France

    In the recent case of SCI Senior Home (in Administration) v Gemeinde Wedemark, Hannoversche Volksbank eG, the Court of Justice of the European Union handed down judgment on the question of whether a right in rem created under national law should be considered a "right in rem" for the purposes of Article 5 of the Council Regulation (EC) 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings (the "Insolvency Regulation").

    Filed under:
    European Union, Singapore, United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Ashfords LLP, European Commission, Court of Justice of the European Union
    Authors:
    Alan Bennett , Olivia Bridger , Rachel Maddocks
    Location:
    European Union, Singapore, United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Ashfords LLP
    Aplicación del régimen de garantías financieras a la pignoración de saldos de cuenta corriente
    2016-12-29

    La sentencia de 10 de noviembre de 2016 de la sala cuarta del TJUE se ha pronunciado sobre los requisitos que deben reunir las prendas de cuenta corriente para quedar cubiertas por el régimen de garantías financieras de la Directiva 47/2002.

    El TJUE ha respondido a las cuestiones prejudiciales elevadas por el Tribunal Supremo de Letonia sobre el ámbito de aplicación de la Directiva, después de que los órganos de primera instancia y de apelación letones desestimaran la demanda interpuesta por una compañía letona frente a una entidad financiera.

    Filed under:
    European Union, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo
    Location:
    European Union
    Firm:
    CMS Albiñana & Suárez de Lezo
    Freezing Debtor Bank Accounts Across the Continent in a Single Stroke: The European Account Preservation Order
    2017-01-03

    Fraud victims and their legal counsel have gained an important, new tool for reaching across the Continent with a single ex parte order that will freeze bank accounts in multiple EU countries:  the new European Account Preservation Order. Under the EAPO, with a single freeze order, courts in any member state may, as part of any civil or commercial proceeding, freeze a debtors’ bank accounts up to a specified amount, EU-wide, with the except

    Filed under:
    European Union, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, White Collar Crime, ICC FraudNet, Debtor, Liability (financial accounting)
    Authors:
    Cathalijne van der Plas
    Location:
    European Union
    Firm:
    ICC FraudNet
    Italian Law Year in Review 2016 and Year to Come 2017
    2017-01-05

    Year in Review - Italian Law in 2016

    Filed under:
    European Union, Italy, Banking, Capital Markets, Competition & Antitrust, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Projects & Procurement, White Collar Crime, Linklaters LLP
    Location:
    European Union, Italy
    Firm:
    Linklaters LLP
    Protection of new and interim financings in restructuring? - The European Commission's proposal on early restructuring and second chance
    2016-11-28

    Since the European Commission adopted the recommendation on restructuring and second chance in 2014, it has been working on the evaluation of its initiative and the introduction of a European legal framework. In 2015 the Capital Markets Union Action Plan included the announcement of a legislative initiative on early restructuring and second chance. Finally, on 22 November 2016, the European Commission published its proposal for a European Directive on preventive restructuring frameworks and a second chance for entrepreneurs.

    Filed under:
    European Union, Insolvency & Restructuring, Schoenherr, European Commission
    Location:
    European Union
    Firm:
    Schoenherr
    European Commission proposals for common principles on insolvency, restructuring and second chance
    2016-11-29

    On 22 November 2016, the European Commission announced a draft directive on insolvency, restructuring and second chance in the EU in the form of the EU Business Restructuring Directive (the “Proposed Directive“) which can be read here.

    Filed under:
    European Union, Insolvency & Restructuring, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, European Commission
    Authors:
    Andrew Wilkinson , Alexander Wood
    Location:
    European Union
    Firm:
    Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
    New Proposed EU Directive for Preventive Restructuring and Second Chance
    2016-11-29

    The European Commission has for the first time put forward its proposal[1] for a set of mandatory European Rules on business restructuring and insolvency. The proposal’s key objective is to reduce the significant barriers to the free flow of capital stemming from differences in member states’ restructuring and insolvency frameworks.

    Filed under:
    European Union, Insolvency & Restructuring, Paul Hastings LLP
    Authors:
    David Ereira
    Location:
    European Union
    Firm:
    Paul Hastings LLP
    The perils of Article 13 European Insolvency Regulation in cross-border insolvency litigation
    2016-12-01

    German insolvency law contains provisions that allow for the challenge of payments/securitisation of certain shareholder loans in insolvency proceedings. The reason for this is that under German insolvency law, a loan repayment claim of a shareholder against ‘his’ corporation is subordinated by law (sec. 39 para. 1 no. 5 German Insolvency Code).

    Filed under:
    European Union, Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Taylor Wessing, Shareholder, European Convention on Human Rights
    Authors:
    Ruprecht Frhr. v. Weichs
    Location:
    European Union, Germany
    Firm:
    Taylor Wessing

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