• Brexit ripped up the rules on automatic cross-border recognition of formal insolvency proceedings and restructuring tools between the UK and the EU.
• Recognition will now depend on a patchwork of domestic legislation, private international law and treaties and may lead to different outcomes depending on the jurisdiction.
• Cross-border recognition is still achievable but involves careful navigation and a more tailored approach in individual cases to selection of the most effective process and its route to recognition.

Legal landscape

This week’s TGIF considers

Ruby Apartments held the management rights to 242 serviced apartments in Ruby One Tower, Surfers Paradise, when Receivers were appointed on 1 August 2019.The Receivers were appointed by a secured creditor one day after Ruby Apartments had appointed an administrator. Ruby Apartments was part of the Ralan Group.

The Receivers carried on the business of apartment manager until 30 September 2019, when they sold the business as a going concern to a third party purchaser.

In a chapter 13 case, which typically lasts from 3 to 5 years while a debtor makes payments according to a plan, the value of the debtor’s property can fluctuate. In a time like the present, when home prices are rising, sometimes dramatically, that could mean an increase in the value of a debtor’s home during the life of the chapter 13 which changes the financial dynamics in the case.

Ⓒ Nishimura & Asahi 2021 - 1 - 執筆者： E-mail 杉山 泰成 E-mail 坂本 龍一 Ⅰ はじめに ファクタリングは売掛その他の金銭債権を利用した資金調達手段としてメジャーなものであり、昨年来の新型コロナウイルス感 染症の広がりの影響を受けてはおりますが、世界的にその市場規模は拡張を続けており、FCI(Factors Chain International)によれ ば、アジア地域の市場規模は約 6400 億ユーロであり、これは世界市場の約 25%を占めます。アジア地域の中でも、中国の規模は 約 4330 億ユーロと圧倒的ですが、それを除けば、日本が約 500 億ユーロなのに対して、面積としては遙かに小さい香港が日本 に匹敵する約 450 億ユーロの市場規模を持つなど 1 、大変ファクタリングが盛んな地域であることが分かります。本ニューズレター では、このようなファクタリング市場としての香港の重要性を踏まえ、香港においてファクタリングビジネスを行われるに際して留意 すべき香港の債権流動化に係る法制度についてご紹介します。

In many chapter 11 cases, creditors’ committees can play a vital role in maximizing the recoveries of unsecured creditors. But the powers of creditors’ committees are circumscribed by both the Bankruptcy Code and case law.

Introduction

In the recent case of Chau Cheok Wa v CT Environmental Group Ltd [2021] HKCFI 2602, the Court of First Instance (“Court”) reiterated that for appointment of provisional liquidators pending determination of a winding-up petition, an applicant must establish that there is a good prima facie case for winding-up order at the hearing of the petition and it is right that a provisional liquidator should be appointed in light of the circumstances of the case.

Background

It’s autumn and time to put that box-set viewing on pause and perhaps instead review the likely direction of travel of the “zombie” army of distressed businesses. How do you avoid contagion?

Unless you hibernated during the various lockdowns you will not have failed to notice that the impact of Brexit, the Covid-19 pandemic, and lockdown measures took their toll on spending, incomes and jobs, tipping the UK economy into recession after negative growth in the first two quarters of 2020.

Recent analysis by Begbies Traynor shows that more than half of UK businesses are carrying “toxic debt” that they might struggle to repay over the next 12 months. What if the company you are thinking of suing, or that is suing you, is one of them?

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