Companies registered in Myanmar can be voluntarily wound up by its shareholders or creditors or compulsorily wound up by a court order. The voluntary winding up is more common and easier than the compulsory winding up. The key legislations governing the company liquidation are the Insolvency Law 2020 and the Insolvency Rules 2020.
Procedures
A floating charge debenture holder has the advantage that they can enforce their security by appointing their choice of administrators. This is a powerful and useful tool for lenders but is subject to the caveat that the debenture has to be “qualifying”.
On 11 July 2023, Mr Justice Michael Quinn delivered his judgment in the matter of Mac-Interiors Limited (High Court Record No. 2023/90 COS) (the “Company”), which confirmed and clarified ‘a significant and previously undecided point’ regarding the jurisdiction of the Irish courts to appoint an Examiner to a non-EU registered company with its centre of main interests (“COMI”) in Ireland. McCann FitzGerald act for the Company which brought the application.
A previously unsettled aspect regarding the High Court’s (Court) jurisdiction to appoint an examiner to a company which is not formed or registered under the Companies Act 2014 (2014 Act), has been considered in the recent case of In the matter of MAC Interiors Ltd [2023] IEHC 395.
„Lieber den Spatz in der Hand als die Taube auf dem Dach“ ist eine alt Redewendung. In anderen Ländern lautet das Sprichwort: "Ein Vogel in der Hand ist besser als zehn in der Luft". Auch in Italien wir bei diesem Sprichwort auf Geflügel abgestellt: "Besser ein Ei heute als ein Huhn morgen." Die Bedeutung der Sprichwörter ist identisch. Man sollte sich mit einem kleinen, aber sicheren Vorteil zufrieden geben, selbst wenn es so erscheint, als wäre dies nicht sehr viel wert.
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services (the Committee) has delivered its report following an inquiry into the “effectiveness of Australia’s corporate insolvency laws in protecting and maximising value for the benefit of all interested parties and the economy”.
Whilst AI is leading the agenda when it comes to the future of technology, fintech still remains the ace in the pack for investors. In fact, fintech businesses contribute more than £10 billion to the UK economy every year – supporting 76,000 jobs.
Fintechs also tend to outperform firms in other sectors too, with an annualised growth rate of 16% over the past decade, against 1.3% for the average SME.
The Parliamentary Joint Committee on Corporations and Financial Services inquiry into corporate insolvency in Australia tabled its final report to the Australian Parliament on 12 July 2023.
Key takeouts
On 5 July 2023, the High Court sanctioned the restructuring plan proposed by Prezzo Investco Limited (theCompany) despite opposition from HMRC.