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    New insolvency culture in Germany? The Act for the Further Facilitation of the Restructuring of Companies (ESUG) provides for significant changes to German insolvency law
    2012-02-07

    On December 13, 2011, the Act for the Further Facilitation of the Restructuring of Companies (ESUG), whose material provisions will come into force on March 1, 2012, was announced in the Federal Gazette. The ESUG bundles several reformatory efforts with regard to German insolvency law and will likely have significant effects on the daily practice. Generally, the restructuring of companies in financial crisis will be made easier. The creditors’ influence on the proceedings, including the selection of the person of the insolvency administrator, is increased.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Mayer Brown, Debtor
    Authors:
    Dr. Marco Wilhelm , Kevin Philipp Lach , Dr. Nicolas Rößler, LL.M.
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Mayer Brown
    Deutsches Insolvenzrecht - Das Wahlrecht des Insolvenzverwalters
    2018-06-21

    Im deutschen Vertragsrecht gilt das Prinzip der Vertragstreue (pacta sunt servanda), welches die Verpflichtung zur Erfüllung von Verträgen zum Gegenstand hat. Hiervon werden im Falle der Insolvenz einer Vertragspartei Ausnahmen gemacht. Mit Eröffnung des Insolvenzverfahrens wird das Prinzip der Vertragstreue modifiziert. 

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Mayer Brown
    Authors:
    Dr. Marco Wilhelm , Dr. Malte Richter , Tina Hoffmann
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Mayer Brown
    Restructuring privilege for the use of tax loss carry forwards for corporations incompatible with EU law
    2011-02-02

    The EU Decision

    The EU Commission has held on January 26, 2011 that the so called restructuring privilege offered by German corporate tax law, which allows corporations in a distressed financial situation to continue to set off tax loss carry forwards against future profits even if their shareholder structure has substantially changed, is incompatible with EU State Aid provisions.

    The recipients, which have applied the restructuring privilege, are now threatened with the reclaim of the tax benefits.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Tax, Trade & Customs, Mayer Brown, Share (finance), Wage, Shareholder, Market liquidity, Debt, Subsidy, State aid, Pro rata, European Commission, Federal Ministry of Finance (Germany), Court of Justice of the European Union
    Authors:
    Dr. Marco Wilhelm
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Mayer Brown
    German Insolvency Law - The Insolvency Administrator’s Right to Choose or Reject Performance
    2018-06-21

    Within German contract law, the principle of being bound by a contract (pacta sunt servanda), i.e. the obligation to fulfill agreements, applies. In case of the insolvency of one of the contractual parties, however, exceptions are made. Upon the opening of the insolvency proceedings, the principle of being bound by a contract is modified. 

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Mayer Brown
    Authors:
    Dr. Marco Wilhelm , Dr. Malte Richter , Tina Hoffmann
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Mayer Brown
    Rescue instruments for German credit and financial institutions – BaFin may interfere before grounds for insolvency arise.
    2010-09-29

    Crises of credit and financial institutions are currently the order of the day.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Mayer Brown, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Mayer Brown
    The right to set-off during insolvency proceedings
    2018-03-21

    mayer brown 1 März | March 2018 Deutsches Insolvenzrecht Die Aufrechnung in der Insolvenz German Insolvency Law The right to set-off during insolvency proceedings 2 Deutsches Insolvenzrecht | German Insolvency Law Nach dem deutschen Insolvenzrecht besteht das Recht zur Aufrechnung des Insolvenzgläubigers auch in der Insolvenz des Schuldners fort, wenn er zur Zeit der Eröffnung des Insolvenzverfahrens kraft Gesetzes oder auf Grund einer Vereinbarung zur Aufrechnung berechtigt war. Zum Zeitpunkt der Insolvenzeröffnung bestehende Aufrechnungslagen sind somit „insolvenzfest“.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Mayer Brown
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Mayer Brown
    The effect of German insolvency proceedings on international arbitration
    2010-07-20

    The impact of insolvency proceedings on arbitral proceedings is becoming an increasingly important consideration for parties. Two scenarios can be generally envisioned: (i) a company files for insolvency while it is engaged in arbitral proceedings; or (ii) arbitral proceedings are initiated after insolvency proceedings have commenced. In both scenarios, the parties need to assess how the insolvency proceeding affects the arbitral proceedings. This article assesses the impact of insolvency proceedings initiated in Germany on foreign arbitral proceedings.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Arbitration & ADR, Insolvency & Restructuring, Mayer Brown, Debtor, Arbitration clause, Consideration, Arbitration award, Due process, In rem jurisdiction, European Commission, Arbitral tribunal
    Authors:
    Dr. Jan Kraayvanger
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Mayer Brown
    Deutsches Insolvenzrecht - Übersicht zum Insolvenzanfechtungsrecht German Insolvency Law - Overview of Insolvency Challenge Rights
    2017-04-20

    Um die Insolvenzmasse zu erhöhen, ermöglicht das Insolvenzanfechtungsrecht dem Insolvenzverwalter, unter bestimmten Voraussetzungen auf Werte zuzugreifen, derer sich der Schuldner vor der Stellung des Antrags auf Eröffnung des Insolvenzverfahrens zu Lasten einzelner oder aller Gläubiger entäußert hat. The insolvency challenge rights give the insolvency administrator, under certain prerequisites, access to assets which the debtor disposed of to the detriment of the creditors prior to the filing for insolvency, thus increasing the insolvency estate.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Mayer Brown, Discrimination
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Mayer Brown
    German insolvency law is geared towards liquidation of the debtor – insolvency plan procedures are only applied in exceptional cases
    2010-05-31

    German Insolvency Law

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Mayer Brown, Legal personality, Shareholder, Debtor, Board of directors, Market liquidity, Limited liability company, Debt, Liability (financial accounting), Liquidation, Balance sheet, Joint-stock company, Pro rata
    Authors:
    Dr. Marco Wilhelm , Kevin Philipp Lach , Dr. Nicolas Rößler, LL.M.
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Mayer Brown
    Bundestag beschließt Gesetz zur Verbesserung der Rechtssicherheit bei Anfechtungen nach der Insolvenzordnung und nach dem Anfechtungsgesetz
    2017-03-14

    Nachdem das Bundesministerium der Justiz und für Verbraucherschutz bereits im März 2015 einen Referentenentwurf hinsichtlich eines Gesetzes zur Verbesserung der Rechtssicherheit bei Anfechtungen nach der Insolvenzordnung und nach dem Anfechtungsgesetz vorgelegt hatte, hat der Bundestag mehr als ein Jahr nach der ersten Lesung den Gesetzesentwurf am 16. Februar 2017 doch noch verabschiedet. Nachdem nun auch der Bundesrat am 10.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Mayer Brown
    Authors:
    Dr. Marco Wilhelm , Dr. Malte Richter , Tina Hoffmann
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Mayer Brown

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