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    The impact of foreign insolvency proceedings on English law bank guarantees: ascertaining foreign law, the scope of the European Insolvency Regulation and the effect of pending actions
    2019-10-28

    Shail Patel acted for the successful defendants at trial in Bank of Baroda v Maniar [2019] EWHC 2463 Comm, in resisting claims by the bank on personal guarantees. The case raised a number of important points of European cross border insolvency law under the European Insolvency Regulation, and the English Court’s exercise of a foreign law judicial power.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, 4 New Square Chambers
    Authors:
    Ben Archer
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    4 New Square Chambers
    What does the HMRC loan review mean for directors of insolvent businesses?
    2019-10-29

    The Government announced an independent review of HMRCs loan charge in September 2019. In this blog we consider the effect of the review on directors who have or are settling claims with HMRC and highlight that the review does not impact on potential claims against directors of insolvent businesses.

    Regardless of the outcome of the review, employee benefit trusts (“EBT”) which are not legitimate, are still tax avoidance schemes.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Tax, Squire Patton Boggs, HM Revenue and Customs (UK)
    Authors:
    Charles Draper
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Squire Patton Boggs
    Meadowside Building Developments Ltd v 12-18 Hill Street Management Company Ltd
    2019-10-30

    [2019] EWHC 2651 (TCC)

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Arbitration & ADR, Construction, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Fenwick Elliott Solicitors, High Court of Justice (England & Wales), Technology and Construction Court
    Authors:
    Jeremy Glover
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Fenwick Elliott Solicitors
    Liquidation and Enforcement of an Adjudicator’s Decision
    2019-10-31

    Written by the construction team at Freeths LLP

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Arbitration & ADR, Construction, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Freeths
    Authors:
    Nicola Heslop
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Freeths
    中英企业交易中的“五行”元素(III)
    2019-10-16

    在与向英国供货的国际公司合作的过程中,我们发现了一些常见问题。前几篇文章探讨了供应商可采用的合同付款保护措施。在“五行”系列第三篇文章中,我们将以“水”元素为主题,阐释当客户面临财务困难带来的不确定性及正式破产程序的严冬时会出现什么情况。

    水:了解在客户破产情况下的情势及此时供应商享有的权利

    在我们提供法律服务的供应商中,其大多数客户都是英国有限公司。供应商的客户在遭遇财务困难后会根据英国法律进入破产程序。因此,对我们的国际客户而言,明白自己的客户破产对自己意味着什么,这非常重要。

    客户进入管理程序,意味着有机会保持业务的持续经营。在此种情况下,客户公司受管理人控制,管理人的目标之一是满足公司债权人的要求。并不能保证所有债权人都能得到全额偿付,因为这主要取决于公司资产的价值。然而,部分债权人(如员工和税务机关——英国税务海关总署)会优先于无担保债权人受偿。如果在任何时候确定无法继续保持业务的持续经营,则管理程序可转为清算程序。许多管理程序以出售业务和资产告终,这可以通过一个“预打包”过程予以实现(即在任命管理人前安排出售,以促成这笔交易)。在此种情况下,债务仍由公司承担,从出售所得中偿还,但不可能对新的资产所有者进行追索。

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, King & Wood Mallesons
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    King & Wood Mallesons
    中英企业交易中的“五行”元素——第三部分:水
    2019-10-17

    在与向英国供货的国际公司合作的过程中,我们发现了一些常见问题。前几篇文章探讨了供应商可采用的合同付款保护措施。在“五行”系列第三篇文章中,我们将以“水”元素为主题,阐释当客户面临财务困难带来的不确定性及正式破产程序的严冬时会出现什么情况。

    水:了解在客户破产情况下的情势及此时供应商享有的权利

    在我们提供法律服务的供应商中,其大多数客户都是英国有限公司。供应商的客户在遭遇财务困难后会根据英国法律进入破产程序。因此,对我们的国际客户而言,明白自己的客户破产对自己意味着什么,这非常重要。

    客户进入管理程序,意味着有机会保持业务的持续经营。在此种情况下,客户公司受管理人控制,管理人的目标之一是满足公司债权人的要求。并不能保证所有债权人都能得到全额偿付,因为这主要取决于公司资产的价值。然而,部分债权人(如员工和税务机关——英国税务海关总署)会优先于无担保债权人受偿。如果在任何时候确定无法继续保持业务的持续经营,则管理程序可转为清算程序。许多管理程序以出售业务和资产告终,这可以通过一个“预打包”过程予以实现(即在任命管理人前安排出售,以促成这笔交易)。在此种情况下,债务仍由公司承担,从出售所得中偿还,但不可能对新的资产所有者进行追索。

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, King & Wood Mallesons
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    King & Wood Mallesons
    Five Elements for Chinese Companies trading with UK counterparts Part 3: Water
    2019-10-17

    In our work with international companies supplying goods to the UK, we see a number of common issues arising regularly. In our previous articles we looked at contractual payment protections for our clients. In this third of five articles based on the five elements of the Wu Xing, we take the theme of Water and explain what happens if a customer faces the fluid uncertainties of financial difficulties and descends into the winter of a formal insolvency process.

    Water: understand what happens and your rights if your customer enters insolvency.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, King & Wood Mallesons
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    King & Wood Mallesons
    中英企业交易中的“五行”元素——第四部分:火
    2019-10-17

    在与向英国供货的国际公司合作的过程中,我们发现了一些常见问题。在上一篇文章中,我们研究了客户可能面临的破产程序类型。在“五行”系列第四篇文章中,我们围绕“火”元素来说明破产执业者在进入破产程序时拥有的重大权力:调查不当行为,并将资产收回统一偿还债权人。

    火:破产执业者对债权人欺诈性交易的重大权力

    破产执业者(不论是清算人或管理人)可以向法院申请撤销在公司进入破产程序前进行的特定交易。通过这种方式,可以收回资产或资金,统一向债权人偿付。下列情形属于“先前的”或“可审查”的交易:

    1. 公司的资产或财产被低价出售;

    2. 公司在进入破产程序前给予某债权人优先权,使其处于比其他债权人更有利的地位;

    3. 公司订立了敲诈性信贷交易(交易条款有严重的敲诈性);

    4. 公司设立了无效浮动抵押,即为已发放的贷款或已提供的货物及服务的成本提供担保;

    5. 公司订立的交易具有欺诈债权人的明确目的,即:使公司的资产脱离破产执业者和债权人的控制范围。

    不同类型的可审查交易有不同的时间要求。例如,低价出售必须发生在公司进入破产程序前的两年内。

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, King & Wood Mallesons
    Authors:
    Dorothy Murray
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    King & Wood Mallesons
    Are insolvency proceedings an acceptable method of debt collection?
    2019-10-17

    According to the recent case of Sell Your Car With Us Ltd v Sareen [2019] – yes, they are.

    Historically the courts have looked dimly on the use of insolvency proceedings as a method of debt collection. For this reason, where an individual or company appears to have the means to pay a debt but apparently refuses to do so, the courts have implied that the only proper legal recourse is through litigation. In this case, the judge explained why she considers this submission to have been taken too far.

    Background

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP, Debtor
    Authors:
    Ian Newcombe , Andrew Wilson , Davina Watson
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Womble Bond Dickinson (UK) LLP
    Five Elements for Chinese Companies trading with UK counterparts Part 4: Fire
    2019-10-17

    In our work with international companies supplying goods to the UK, we see the same issues arising regularly. In Part 3, we examined the types of insolvency process a customer may be subject to. In this fourth of five articles based on the five elements of the Wu Xing, we take the theme of Fire and explain the significant powers that arise for the insolvency practitioner on the entry into insolvency: to investigate propriety and recover assets to the central pool to pay creditors.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, King & Wood Mallesons
    Authors:
    Dorothy Murray
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    King & Wood Mallesons

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