1. はじめに
マレーシアにおける債権回収を検討するに際しては、企業倒産手続の基本的理解が重要となります。マレーシアの倒産法は、旧宗主国である英国の法律に由来していますが、近年では英国がより債務者フレンドリーな倒産法制度を取り入れるなど 、マレーシアと英国の倒産法制度の差異も顕著となってきています。本稿では、マレーシアにおける企業倒産手続を概説しつつ、債 権回収上の留意点について考察します。
2. マレーシアにおける企業倒産手続について
マレーシアの企業倒産手続には、主に①清算手続(Liquidation 又は Winding up)、②会社任意整理(Corporate Voluntary Arrangement)、③スキームオブアレンジメント(Scheme of Arrangement)、④更生管財手続(Judicial Management)及び⑤財産管理手続(Receivership)があります。
Sometimes we blog about cases with unusual fact patterns. The cases don’t stand for any overriding legal principle. They might not have application beyond the parties to them. But they can make for good reading, giving insight into how judges analyze and rule on the issues at stake.
A recent decision in the District of Delaware is such a case. In re Mabvax Therapeutics Holdings, Inc., No. 19-10603, 2023 Bankr. LEXIS 1557 (Bankr. D. Del. June 15, 2023).
On June 27, 2023, the Official Committee of Unsecured Creditors (the “Committee”) in the BlockFi Chapter 11 bankruptcy reorganization case filed an Objection to the company’s Plan and essentially requested that the company be liquidated. The Official Committee is made up largely of 600,000 individual customers of BlockFi.
Contrasting opinions from any court, issued a month apart, are always instructive.
And we have a new such thing—from the U.S. Supreme Court, no less, and from May and June of this year. The contrast is on this subject: whether sovereign immunities of Puerto Rico and of a federally recognized tribe are abrogated in bankruptcy.
Bankruptcy courts possess broad discretion to dismiss chapter 11 bankruptcy cases for “cause” under Section 1112(b) of the Bankruptcy Code. While the Bankruptcy Code enumerates a long (though non-exhaustive) list of instances when a case may clearly be dismissed for cause, courts generally agree that cases may also be dismissed under Section 1112(b) for the classic catch-all reason—if they are filed in “bad faith.”
The Court of Appeal (Singh, Males, and Popplewell LJJ) has delivered an important judgment on the interpretation of s.423 of the Insolvency Act 1986 in Invest Bank PSC v El-Husseini[2023] EWCA Civ 555.
As an insolvency practitioner, navigating those tricky, high risk, cases, can often take a toll on your, and your employee’s, mental health.
By definition, your work requires the ability to balance various duties and handle pressure from concerned creditors, anxious or unhelpful directors, and distressed employees. It can be a distressed and distressing environment in which to work.
The government’s Insolvency Service published its Post Implementation Review of the Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020 (CIGA) on 27 June 2023. The overall conclusion from the data collected, including a survey of insolvency practitioners, is that the permanent CIGA measures have been broadly welcomed by stakeholders and are seen as a positive addition to the UK’s rescue framework.
Hugh Miall and James Fennemore acted for the successful claimant beneficiaries in an important decision concerning insolvent trusts and powers exercised for an improper purpose.
Floating charges are common features of finance transactions both in Scotland and in England, and share some characteristics, but these securities have different origins (the Scottish floating charge is a creation of statute while the English floating charge derives from common law) and other key differences which we outline below.