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    Exclusion of corporates as insolvency administrators in Germany
    2016-06-02

    Background

    In Germany, corporate entities are not allowed to act as insolvency administrators (sec 56 I 1 Insolvency Code). Instead, the insolvency court selects and appoints experienced individuals.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Taylor Wessing, Conflict of interest, Shareholder, Interest, Corporate bond, Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
    Authors:
    Anne Springob
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Taylor Wessing
    Contractual Close-Out Netting Ineffective in the Event of Insolvency
    2016-06-17

    In a decision of 9 June 2016, the German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, "BGH") has ruled that the determination of the close-out amount in a netting provision based on the German Master Agreement for Financial Derivatives Transactions (Rahmenvertrag für Finanztermingeschäfte or DRV) is not legally effective in the event of insolvency to the extent that it deviates from section 104 of the German Insolvency Code.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Company & Commercial, Derivatives, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Reed Smith LLP, Choice of law, High Court of Justice (England & Wales)
    Authors:
    Claude Brown , Dr. Simon G. Grieser , Dr. Volker Kammel , Marc Bäumer , Philipp J. Bergmann
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Reed Smith LLP
    Landmark Decision by German Federal Court of Justice Affecting License Purchases in the Insolvency Context
    2016-06-29

    License purchases can be excluded from the insolvency administrator’s right to reject or assume contracts

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Trademarks, DLA Piper
    Authors:
    Tom H. Braegelmann
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    DLA Piper
    Neue Kapitalanlagevorschriften für Versicherungsunternehmen
    2016-07-04

    Die aus Sicht der deutschen Volks- wirtschaft erhebliche Kapitalanlage- tätigkeit von Versicherungsunterneh- men (VU) unterliegt den aufsichts- rechtlichen Vorgaben des Versiche- rungsaufsichtsgesetzes (VAG). Im Hinblick auf die Vorgaben der euro- päischen Solvency II-Richtlinie haben sich mit Inkrafttreten des neuen VAG zum 1. Januar 2016 (VAG n.F.) Ände- rungen der Anforderungen an die Kapitalanlage von VU ergeben. Dies gibt Anlass, einen Blick auf die wichtigsten Neuerungen zu werfen.

    A.   Bisherige Rechtslage

    Filed under:
    Germany, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, CMS Germany, Divorce, Liability (financial accounting), Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Germany)
    Authors:
    Dr. Frank Püttgen , Dr. Andreas Grunert
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    CMS Germany
    Bundesverfassungsgericht entscheidet: Juristische Personen bleiben weiterhin vom Amt des Insolvenzverwalters ausgeschlossen
    2016-07-04

    (BVerfG, Beschluss vom 12.01.2016, Az. 1 BvR 3102/13)

    Das Bundesverfassungsgericht hat sich per Beschluss vom 12. Januar 2016 zu der Frage geäußert, ob der Ausschluss juristischer Personen von der Bestellung als Insolvenzverwalter verfassungsgemäß ist oder nicht. Anlass war die Verfassungsbeschwer- de einer auf Insolvenzverwaltung spezialisierten Gesellschaft von Rechtsanwälten, welche zuvor die Aufnahme auf die Vorauswahlliste für Insolvenzverwalter eines Amtsgerichts vergeblich vor den Zivilgerichten zu erstreiten versucht hatte.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Legal Practice, Litigation, CMS Germany, Economy, Liquidator (law), Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
    Authors:
    Dr. Alexandra Schluck-Amend , Nicolas Kreuzmann
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    CMS Germany
    Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court rules that legal entities remain excluded from acting as insolvency administrators
    2016-07-04

    (Federal Constitutional Court, judgment dated 12 January 2016, case ref. 1 BvR 3102/13)

    Germany’s Federal Constitutional Court has now ruled on whether the exclusion of legal entities from being appointed as insolvency administrator is constitutional or  not in its judgment dated 12 January 2016. The ruling was triggered by a constitutional complaint from a firm of lawyers specialising in insolvency administration, which had previously argued in vain before the civil courts for inclusion by a local court on its pre-selected list of insolvency administrators.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Legal Practice, Litigation, CMS Germany, Legal personality, Federal Constitutional Court of Germany
    Authors:
    Dr. Alexandra Schluck-Amend , Nicolas Kreuzmann
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    CMS Germany
    New capital investment requirements for insurance companies
    2016-07-04

    The economically significant investment activity by insurance companies is subject to the regulatory requirements of the German Insurance Supervision Act (Versiche­ rungsaufsichtsgesetz – VAG). With regard to the provisions of the European Solvency II Directive, changes to the requirements for capital investments of insurance companies have resulted from the new VAG which came into effect as of 01 January 2016 (VAG new). This gives us cause to take a look at the most important changes.

    A.  Former legal situation

    Filed under:
    Germany, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, CMS Germany, Security (finance), Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Germany), Solvency II Directive (2009/138/EU)
    Authors:
    Dr. Frank Püttgen , Dr. Andreas Grunert
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    CMS Germany
    Insolvenzanfechtung und Sanierungskonzepte
    2016-07-12

    Die Insolvenzanfechtung ist in den letzten Jahren zu einem großen Risiko für Gläubiger geworden. Das gilt in besonderer Weise, wenn man Kenntnis von wirtschaftlichen Schwierigkeiten seines Geschäftspartners hat. In einer aktuellen Entscheidung hat der Bundesgerichtshof die Maßstäbe der Anfechtbarkeit bei außergerichtlichen Sanierungskonzepten umfassend beschrieben – und im Ergebnis die Anfechtungsgefahr verschärft. Da auch die für Herbst 2016 ins Auge gefasste Reform des Anfechtungsrechtes in diesem Bereich keine Änderung bringen wird, ist eine Befassung mit der Entscheidung notwendig.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, SKW Schwarz, Liquidator (law)
    Authors:
    Jan M. Antholz
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    SKW Schwarz
    Recent case on directors' powers to represent a company during insolvency proceedings
    2016-07-28

    Background

    Pursuant to Sec. 15 para. 1 of the German Insolvency Code (lnsolvenzordnung, lnsO) the managing directors of a company may individually file a request to open insolvency proceedings on behalf of the company, even if they only have joint power of representation together with other managing directors. This special right to file the request on behalf of the company prevails over the general or agreed provisions regarding the power of representation of the directors.

    The Rules

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Taylor Wessing
    Authors:
    Dr. Alexander Senninger
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Taylor Wessing
    Close-out Netting Provisions partially held invalid by German Federal Court of Justice
    2016-08-03

    milbank.com 1 Client Alert: Close-out Netting Provisions partially held invalid by German Federal Court of Justice General Administrative Act (Allgemeinverfügung) issued by German Federal Supervisory Authority to avoid Legal Uncertainty and Distortions in Financial Markets EXECUTIVE SUMMARY The German Federal Court of Justice (Bundesgerichtshof, "BGH") ruled on 9 June 2016 that contractual close-out netting provisions which deviate from section 104 of the German Insolvency Code (Insolvenzordnung) are invalid and section 104 of the German Insolvency Code applies in lieu of the invalid contra

    Filed under:
    Germany, Derivatives, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Milbank LLP, Security (finance), Limited liability company, Option (finance), Market value, Capital requirement, International Swaps and Derivatives Association, Lehman Brothers, Federal Financial Supervisory Authority (Germany), Federal Court of Australia
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Milbank LLP

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