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    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
    Reform des Insolvenz­­anfechtungsrechts - Die geplante Neufassung der Vorsatzanfechtung nach § 133 Abs. 1 InsO und die zu erwartenden Auswirkungen auf die problematische Rechtsprechung des Bundesgerichtshofes
    2016-03-01

    Einleitung

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft, Debtor
    Authors:
    Marcus Backes
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Luther Rechtsanwaltsgesellschaft
    Franchising and insolvency
    2016-03-08

    Introduction

    Filed under:
    Germany, Franchising, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Noerr PartGmbB, Debtor, Franchise agreement
    Authors:
    Karsten Metzlaff , Karl Rauser
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    Noerr PartGmbB
    Federal Court of Justice attenuates management liability risks for payments made after the company’s insolvency
    2016-03-15

    The liability regime under Section 64 sentence 1 GmbHG and Sections 92 para. 2, 93 para. 3 Nr. 6 AktG for payments made after the company’s insolvency imposes severe personal liability risk on the management of limited liability companies and stock corporations. This does not only apply to the management of German limited liability companies (“GmbH”) and stock corporations (“AG”) but also to companies incorporated under foreign law that have their centre of main interest in Germany, as the European Court of Justice has decided just recently.

    Filed under:
    Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, DLA Piper
    Authors:
    Dr Philipp Clemens
    Location:
    Germany
    Firm:
    DLA Piper

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