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    Chapter 15 Filing as a Litigation Tactic Not Bad Faith Justifying Automatic Stay Relief
    2024-01-31

    Debtors in non-U.S. bankruptcy or restructuring proceedings commonly seek to shield their U.S. assets from creditor collection efforts by seeking "recognition" of those proceedings in the United States in a case under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code. If a U.S. bankruptcy court recognizes the debtor's foreign proceeding, the Bankruptcy Code's automatic stay prevents creditor collection efforts, including the commencement or continuation of any U.S. litigation involving the debtor or its U.S. assets. A U.S.

    Filed under:
    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day
    Authors:
    Dan T. Moss , Andrew M. Butler
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Jones Day
    Does 2023 mark a turning point for UK corporate insolvencies?
    2024-01-31

    2023 marked the highest annual number of corporate insolvencies since 1993, according to figures released by The Insolvency Service this week. While creditors’ voluntary liquidations remained by far the most commonly used process, 2023 saw increases across all processes tracked by the Insolvency Service.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Supply chain, Liquidation, Coronavirus, Insolvency, Insolvency Service (UK), Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020
    Authors:
    Nicholas Cooper , Emma Gateaud , Katharina Crinson
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer
    Re China Evergrande Group [2024] HKCFI 363
    2024-01-31

    On 29 January 2024, the Honourable Madam Justice Linda Chan made a winding-up order against China Evergrande Group (“Company”), setting into motion one of Hong Kong’s largest liquidations. Parties at the hearing were represented by three senior counsel and three juniors from DVC.

    The Company is the ultimate investment holding company of Evergrande Real Estate Group, which is one of China’s largest and most indebted property developers.

    Filed under:
    China, Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Des Voeux Chambers, Winding-up
    Location:
    China, Hong Kong
    Firm:
    Des Voeux Chambers
    New York Bankruptcy Court: Setoff and Unjust Enrichment Cannot Be Asserted as Affirmative Defenses in Bankruptcy Avoidance Litigation
    2024-01-31

    In a 2021 ruling, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit revived nearly 100 lawsuits seeking to recover fraudulent transfers made as part of the Madoff Ponzi scheme. In one of the latest chapters in that resurrected litigation, the U.S. Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York held in Picard v. ABN AMRO Bank NV (In re Bernard L. Madoff Investment Securities LLC), 654 B.R. 224 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y.

    Filed under:
    USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Jones Day, Supreme Court of the United States
    Authors:
    Daniel J. Merrett (Dan)
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Jones Day
    普通預金を別段預金に変更して貸金債権と相殺することは、 破産法71条1項2号の財産処分行為に該当するか ~東京地判令和4年11月9日金融・商事判例1666号23頁
    2024-01-31

    第1 はじめに

    破産法67条は、破産債権者が、破産手続開始時点で破産 者に債務を負担している場合の相殺を、原則、認めています。 相殺の担保的機能に対する期待を保護するためといわれま す。

    他方、破産手続の基本原則である債権者平等を損う相殺 は禁じられています。たとえば破産法71条1項2号は、「支払 不能になった後に契約によって負担する債務を専ら破産債権 をもってする相殺に供する目的で破産者の財産の処分を内 容とする契約を破産者との間で…締結することにより破産者 に対して債務を負担した場合であって、当該契約の締結の当 時、支払不能であったことを知っていたとき」は、相殺できない と定めています。これは、破産者と破産債権者との新たな取引 等で破産債権者に債務が発生すると、破産者が債権取得の 対価を代物弁済に供したのと同視できる場合があるため、支 払不能後の代物弁済が偏頗行為否認の対象となることとの 均衡を図るものといわれます。

    Filed under:
    Japan, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners
    Authors:
    Kumpei Ohashi
    Location:
    Japan
    Firm:
    Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners
    China Amended Company Law 2023 - from Bankruptcy Perspective
    2024-01-30

    Bankruptcy law has always been an interesting area to practice and study in China. Having nominally a “socialist market economy” as per its Constitution, China allows its private sector to operate relatively freely within regularly re-defined boundaries but has a strong state-owned sector that comprises about half of the entire economy. Adding constant concerns about social stability in the country of 1.4 billion people, the rules for companies going into insolvency must be a careful balance between capitalist “freedom to fail” principles and governmental control over the economy.

    Filed under:
    China, Insolvency & Restructuring, Bird & Bird LLP, Enterprise Bankruptcy Law 2006 (China)
    Authors:
    Sven-Michael Werner , Grace Zhao , Aubrey Tao
    Location:
    China
    Firm:
    Bird & Bird LLP
    A Tenth Circuit Primer On Statutes of Limitations for Fraudulent Transfer Claims Under § 544(a)&(b) (In re Stone Pine)
    2024-01-30

    A helpful analysis of statute of limitations issues for fraudulent transfer claims brought by a bankruptcy trustee under § 544(a)&(b) is provided in a recent Circuit opinion.

    • The opinion is Lewis v. Takacs (In re Stone Pine Investment Banking, LLC), Case No. 21-1423, U.S. Tenth Circuit Court of Appeals (decided 12/19/2023).

    Overview

    Filed under:
    USA, Nebraska, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Koley Jessen PC, Tenth Circuit
    Authors:
    Donald L. Swanson
    Location:
    USA
    Firm:
    Koley Jessen PC
    Strategic Value Capital Solutions Master Fund LP
    2024-01-30

    Summary

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Wedlake Bell, Companies Act 2006 (UK), Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020
    Authors:
    Ian Rees , Frances Coulson
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Wedlake Bell
    Píldoras Concursales Diciembre 2023 y Enero 2024
    2024-01-30

    Introducción

    Esta edición de las píldoras concursales, como ya es tradicional, incluye sentencias hechas públicas en los meses de diciembre y enero. Preferimos no enviarlas ahora en lugar de a finales de diciembre porque creemos este es mejor momento para su lectura.

    Filed under:
    Spain, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Ashurst
    Authors:
    Jorge Vazquez , Jose Christian Bertram , José Antonio Rodríguez , José Ramón Casado
    Location:
    Spain
    Firm:
    Ashurst
    破産管財人による債務の承認と消滅時効の中断 ~最高裁令和5年2月1日決定(判例タイムズ1511号119頁)~
    2024-01-31

    第1 はじめに

    一般に、債務者が「債務の承認」を行った場合には、当該債 務の消滅時効は中断することとなります(民法147条3号1 )が、 債務者が破産し、破産手続が開始されると、破産財団に属す る財産の管理及び処分をする権利は、破産管財人に帰属す ることになります(破産法78条1項)。

    債務者本人ではない破産管財人が債務の承認をした場合 にまで、消滅時効の中断効が生じるかという問題については 従来必ずしも明確になっていませんでしたが、本決定では裁 判所がこの点に関する判断を示しており、また、破産手続のみ ならずその他の倒産手続全般でも問題となり得ることから、以 下、紹介いたします。

    第2 事案の概要

    Filed under:
    Japan, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners
    Authors:
    Yuma Horie
    Location:
    Japan
    Firm:
    Oh-Ebashi LPC & Partners

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