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    Repossessing aircraft in Germany: expect the unexpected
    2018-06-25

    Amid an increasingly volatile aviation industry pervaded by headline-grabbing failures (think Monarch Airlines and Air Berlin), lessors’ and financiers’ need for effective mechanisms to recover their assets has also grown. While repossessing aircraft is never a desired first option – after all, this does stem the flow of revenues derived from the aircraft’s operation – regrettably it must be resorted to when negotiations with the airline fail.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Asset Finance, Aviation, Insolvency & Restructuring, Lexology
    Authors:
    Jeremy White
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Lexology
    Act quickly or risk having to pay back
    2018-07-06

    Background

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Taylor Wessing, Market liquidity
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Taylor Wessing
    Kein D&O-Versicherungsschutz für insolvenzrechtswidrig geleistete Zahlungen nach § 64 GmbHG
    2018-07-20

    Seit einer unveröffentlichten Entscheidung des OLG Celle vom 01. April 2016 (8 W 20/16) wird intensiv darüber diskutiert, ob Ansprüche gegen Geschäftsführer nach § 64 GmbHG wegen Zahlungen nach Insolvenzreife unter der D&O-Versicherung versichert sind. Mit Urteil vom 20. Juli 2018 hat nunmehr auch das OLG Düsseldorf entschieden, dass eine D&O-Versicherung grundsätzlich nicht die GmbH-Geschäftsführerhaftung gemäß § 64 GmbHG wegen nach Insolvenzreife getätigter rechtswidriger Zahlungen deckt.

    Kernaussagen der Entscheidung des OLG Düsseldorf

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, Advant Beiten, Federal Court of Justice
    Authors:
    Dr. Florian Weichselgärtner
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Advant Beiten
    Restructuring of promissory notes
    2018-07-23

    Boom in promissory note market

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Noerr PartGmbB
    Authors:
    Dr. Nikolai Warneke , Dr. Florian Becker e
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Noerr PartGmbB
    New Court Ruling on the Scope of D&O Insurance Coverage Calls Directors and Officers to Action
    2018-07-30

    On 20 July 2018, the Higher Regional Court of Düsseldorf ruled that standard D&O insurances do not cover restitution claims for payments which managing directors of a limited liability company make after the company becomes insolvent. Whereas it is possible to obtain coverage for restitution claims, many older policies do not provide for this. Directors are well advised to check the scope of their insurance coverage.

    Background

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Baker McKenzie
    Authors:
    Dr. Holger Ellers
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Baker McKenzie
    No coverage of D&O insurance for damage resulting from delay in insolvency filing
    2018-09-07

    In a landmark decision, Düsseldorf Higher Regional Court clarified that general managers cannot rely on their D&O insurance cover in the event of claims for repayment by an insolvency administrator under Section 64 German Act on Limited Liability Companies (Case I-4 U 93/16).

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, SKW Schwarz, Limited liability company, Liability insurance
    Authors:
    Jan M. Antholz
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    SKW Schwarz
    German Federal Civil Court strengthens Leasing Receivables Securitisation, Factoring and Asset Based Lending in the Lessor’s Insolvency
    2018-04-19

    In Germany, securitization SPVs, factoring companies and asset based lenders take security over the leased assets owned by the leasing company by way of a security transfer of title. However, in all cases of a leasing company’s insolvency where the leasing company has still possession of the assets, the owner of the security in the leased assets was in the past not seen as being entitled to realise the value of the assets itself.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Squire Patton Boggs
    Authors:
    Jens Rinze , Andreas Lehmann
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Squire Patton Boggs
    Insolvenzgeld und Insolvenzgeldvorfinanzierung in der Praxis
    2018-05-22

    Insolvenzgeld – ein wichtiges Instrument zur Sanierung von Unternehmen und Erhalt der Mitarbeitermotivation. Wie ist der rechtliche Rahmen?

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, CMS Germany
    Authors:
    Dr. Boris Alles , Anna Schwarzer
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    CMS Germany
    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
    BGH: Geschäftsleiter in Eigenverwaltung haften den Beteiligten gegenüber wie Insol-venzverwalter
    2018-05-24

    Mit Urteil vom 26. April 2018 (IX ZR 238/17) hat der IX. Zivilsenat des Bundesgerichtshofs (BGH) erstmals die in Literatur und Praxis bisher hochumstrittene Frage entschieden, ob Geschäftsleiter einer eigenverwalteten Gesellschaft bei Verletzung der ihnen obliegenden insolvenzspezifischen Pflichten gegenüber Dritten gemäß §§ 60, 61 InsO analog grundsätzlich persönlich haftbar gemacht werden können. Der BGH hat in seinem Urteil eine solche persönliche Haftung angenommen und damit die Haftung von Geschäftsführern und Vorständen in der Eigenverwaltung verschärft.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Noerr PartGmbB, Federal Court of Justice
    Authors:
    Marlies Raschke
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Noerr PartGmbB

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