１． はじめに 

令和4年 4月に中小企業の事業再生等に関するガイドライ ン（中小版GL）の運用が開始されてから、1年半が経過しまし た1。中小版GLに基づく計画策定にあたっては、中小企業活 性化協議会における経営改善計画策定支援事業（405事 業）において、DD費用、計画策定支援費用、伴走支援費用 の3分の2（上限あり）の補助を受けることができます。かかる 補助金との関係では、中小企業庁及び独立行政法人中小企 業基盤整備機構（中小企業活性化全国本部）が「経営改善 計画策定支援事業（ガイドラインに基づく計画策定等の支援 ＜中小版GL枠＞）マニュアル・FAQ」（本マニュアル）を公表し ておりますので、本稿では、中小版GLを利用した廃業型私 的整理手続との関係で、特に留意すべき点をご説明いたしま す。なお、本マニュアルは、今後、改訂・変更される可能性があ りますのでご留意ください。

２． 対象となる事業者について

Specialist Restructuring Lawyer Comments On Latest Begbies Traynor Statistics

The high number of business failures revealed by today’s statistics released by Begbies Traynor can be attributed to the prevalence of 'zombie businesses', according to Andrew Walker, partner and Head of Restructuring and Insolvency at Irwin Mitchell.

As a director of a company, the regulatory landscape in England and Wales can feel like a scary place. The possible ways a director can become exposed can feel endless – especially if one asks Google.

Just ask any corporate lawyer fortunate enough to own the tome that is the Companies Act 2006. In the absence of becoming a legal expert, what can directors practically do to best protect themselves when carrying out their role?

After years of litigation involving state, federal, Irish, and (to a lesser extent) Swiss law; transfers of numerous assets, including Ireland’s priciest-personal residence; a jury trial; and extensive post-trial briefing, the Second Circuit made short shrift of a former real estate mogul and his ex-wife’s appeal of a judgment rendered against them for fraudulent conveyances.

A study on using round-number offers and precise-number offers in negotiations reaches these two conclusions:

In the matter of Mr. Shantanu Prakash vs. Mr. Mahendar Singh Khandelwal (resolution professional of Educomp Solutions Limited) and others, while disposing of an interim application filed under Section 60(5) of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”), the New Delhi bench of the National Company Law Tribunal (“NCLT New Delhi”) held that a guarantor can question the valuation at which the security pledged by the borrower with its secured creditor is enforced.

Brief Facts

The original version of this article was first published in the Trilegal Quarterly Roundup 

Key Developments

1. Additional disclosure requirements and compliances for certain foreign portfolio investors

1. A crucial element to any scheme of arrangement is the question of how creditors are to be classed for voting purposes. In this regard, while the proper test for the classification of scheme creditors is well established, the increasing sophistication of restructuring deals have resulted in recent decisions that reveal finer aspects to the implementation of this test. This article explores the practical issues that appear to be arising with increasing frequency in relation to the composition of creditor classes. 

I. Introduction

Recently, in the case of Vishal Chelani & Ors. v. Debashis Nanda (Civil Appeal No. 3806 of 2023), India’s Supreme Court (SC) ruled on the interface of the Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (IBC) with the Real Estate (Regulation and Development) Act, 2016 (RERA).

Factual background

1. Since 2017, Singapore has continually revamped and enhanced its corporate debt restructuring mechanisms. One of these enhancements is the introduction of the cross-class cramdown in Singapore’s Insolvency, Restructuring and Dissolution Act 2018 (“IRDA”).

2. The cross-class cramdown is a powerful tool which is intended to prevent minority dissentients from blocking the passage of a scheme of arrangement. It can bind entire classes of dissenting creditors, as long as at least 1 class has voted in favour of the scheme, among other requirements.