Amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens

The draft amendments to the Law on the Legal Status of Aliens (hereinafter – the Law) aim to ensure more effective control of the migration of the aliens that are posing risk, to reduce the threat of their temporary or permanent residency in Lithuania, as well to establish an order for the urgent issuance of residence permits in the Republic of Lithuania.  

Įstatymo Dėl užsieniečių teisinės padėties pakeitimai

Įstatymo Dėl užsieniečių teisinės padėties (toliau tekste – „Įstatymas“) pakeitimo projektu siekiama užtikrinti veiksmingesnę riziką keliančių užsieniečių migracijos kontrolę, mažinti tokių asmenų laikino ar nuolatinio apsigyvenimo Lietuvoje grėsmę, taip pat įtvirtinti leidimų gyventi Lietuvoje išdavimo skubos tvarka institutą.

Bankroto įstatymo pakeitimai

Amendments to the Enterprise bankruptcy law

Pagal šiuo metu galiojančią LR įmonių bankroto įstatymo redakciją, bendrovės vadovas arba akcininkas privalo kreiptis į teismą dėl bankroto bylos bendrovei iškėlimo, jei bendrovė negali ir (arba) negalės atsiskaityti su kreditoriais, arba jei bendrovė viešai yra paskelbusi arba pranešusi kreditoriams, kad neketina vykdyti savo įsipareigojimų. Tokiu būdu geriausiai su įmonės finansine situacija susipažinę subjektai skatinami imtis skubių priemonių, kad žalą patirtų kuo mažiau kreditorių bei kad pradelstų įsipareigojimų dydis būtų kiek įmanoma mažesnis.

Luxembourg’s modernisation of the Companies Act of 1915 was formally adopted on 13 July 2016, and includes changes to company liquidation, incorporation and capital increase procedures.

Three-step liquidation

Thanks to the Act of 10 August 2016 modernizing Luxembourg company law, which entered into force on 23 August 2016 (the “New Act”), the Grand Duchy now officially recognizes the possibility for companies to be wound up by means of a simplified procedure. This is unquestionably a useful tool which will further enhance Luxembourg's business-friendly reputation.

Under the Act of August 10 2016 modernising the Company Law 1915 (which entered into force on August 23 2016) Luxembourg law now officially recognises that companies can be wound up by means of a simplified procedure. This is an unquestionably useful tool which will further enhance Luxembourg's business-friendly reputation.

Introduction

Luxembourg recently adopted a number of legislative reforms aimed at modernising the rules applicable to commercial companies. In relation to the restructuring and insolvency of Luxembourg-based entities, Parliament is discussing the long-awaited Bill 6539 (the so-called 'Insolvency Bill').

In the meantime, a number of reforms which could affect the restructuring and insolvency of commercial companies have been adopted, including:

On 25 April 2018 the Court of Appeal ruled on the loss of credit capacity in the context of bankruptcy. The case involved a company that intended to resist a creditor's application for bankruptcy on the basis that it had not lost its credit capacity, as it could prove that the funds needed to settle its debt were available in its lawyer's third-party account. Therefore, the court had to verify whether there was a loss of credit capacity, which is necessary to declare bankruptcy.