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    Insurers rush to check access, co-operation and assistance obligations, following Federal Court decision
    2018-02-22

    In a significant decision for the insurance industry, the Federal Court of Australia has granted leave to shareholders to bring a direct action against a company’s insurers where the (insured) company was in liquidation. This is one of the earliest cases to make use of the new Civil Liability (Third Party Claims Against Insurers) Act 2017 (NSW) (Third Party Claim Act), and provides some useful guidance for the industry on how this new legislation will be applied.

    The decision impacts plaintiff lawyers, policyholders and insurers alike. Importantly:

    Filed under:
    Australia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, King & Wood Mallesons, Liquidation, Federal Court of Australia
    Location:
    Australia
    Firm:
    King & Wood Mallesons
    Liquidators in limbo – are they required to account to the ATO under s 254?
    2015-04-17

    The High Court today granted special leave to the Commissioner of Taxation (Commissioner) to appeal against the decision of the Full Court of the Federal Court in Commissioner of Taxation v Australian Building Systems Pty Ltd (in liq) [2014] FCAFC 133. The appeal is likely to be heard later this year.

    Significance

    Filed under:
    Australia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Tax, King & Wood Mallesons
    Authors:
    Samantha Kinsey , David Wood
    Location:
    Australia
    Firm:
    King & Wood Mallesons
    Supreme Court confirms that flip clauses don’t violate anti-deprivation principle
    2011-10-10

    One of the many issues which arose from the collapse of Lehman Brothers was whether “flip provisions”, which reverse a swap counterparty’s priority in the order of payment on insolvency, were invalid on the basis that they contravened the anti-deprivation principle.  This is a long-established common law principle which seeks to prevent an insolvent party from arranging its affairs to frustrate the legitimate claims of creditors.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Derivatives, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, King & Wood Mallesons, Swap (finance), Good faith, Common law, Bankruptcy of Lehman Brothers, Lehman Brothers, SCOTUS
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    King & Wood Mallesons
    Another major breakthrough: Mutual assistance in cross-border insolvency between China Mainland and Hong Kong
    2021-04-29

    Introduction

    The recent decision by the Hong Kong* court in Re Ando Credit Ltd [2020] HKCFI 2775 marks its first appointment of provisional liquidators[1] over a Hong Kong company with the express purpose of allowing the liquidators to seek recognition in China Mainland.

    Filed under:
    China, Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, King & Wood Mallesons
    Authors:
    Nichole Hou
    Location:
    China, Hong Kong
    Firm:
    King & Wood Mallesons
    近期香港破产判决追踪
    2019-12-17

    近年市场竞争及经营环境不确定性持续增加的情况下,不少企业有可能面临营运及财务困难,导致债务违约的情况有上升的趋势。如果债务人资不抵债,债权人有权利用破产清盘的程序接管债务人的资产并尽量实现回收最大化。根据香港破产管理署公布的统计数字,在2019年1月至10月期间,强制公司清盘案及破产案呈请的数字达到7,062宗。我们藉此介绍近期香港法院就破产清盘颁发的两个重要判决。

    1. 仲裁协议的存在是否会影响破产清盘程序的开展?

    香港上诉法院近期在But Ka Chon v Interactive Brokers LLC [2019] HKCA 873一案中,考虑了债权相关的合同中约定有仲裁条款管辖的情况下,债权人利用法院破产清盘程序的权利会否受限。由于很多的商业协议均载有仲裁条款,法院的判决对债权人的权利及可采取的救济手段有重要意义。

    在该案中,上诉人(证券公司客户,即债务人)与被上诉人(证券公司,即债权人)签订的客户协议约定双方之间的争议以仲裁解决。由于上诉人没有偿还保证金账户的欠款,债权人在香港法院申请上诉人破产。上诉人以双方已经约定仲裁为其中一个理由,请求上诉法院撤销债权人发出的法定偿债书。

    Filed under:
    Hong Kong, Arbitration & ADR, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, King & Wood Mallesons
    Authors:
    Jiao Huang Shi Yun , Nichole Hou
    Location:
    Hong Kong
    Firm:
    King & Wood Mallesons
    Hamersley v Forge: the limitations of set-off rights in a liquidation scenario
    2017-06-27

    In the event of a contractual counterparty going into liquidation, whether or not a trade counterparty may claim set-off against debts owed to the insolvent counterparty can dramatically affect the commercial position of the account debtor. This was recently highlighted in the decision of Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd v Forge Group Power Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) (Receivers and Managers appointed) [2017] WASC (2 June 2017).

    What does this mean for you?

    Filed under:
    Australia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, King & Wood Mallesons, Liquidation
    Authors:
    Emma Costello , Samantha Kinsey , Tim Klineberg , Tony Troiani
    Location:
    Australia
    Firm:
    King & Wood Mallesons
    Forging ahead – dealing with insolvent contractors under the Construction Contract Act 2004 (WA)
    2015-03-03

    On 16 January 2015, Justice Beech, of the Supreme Court of Western Australia, handed down his decision in the matters of Hamersley HMS Pty Ltd v Davis [2015] WASC 14 and Hamersley Iron Pty Ltd v James [2015] WASC 10 (the Hamersley Decisions). In both matters, Hamersley sought to set aside determinations made by an adjudicator pursuant to the Construction Contracts Act 2004 (WA) (CCA) and Forge Group Construction Pty Ltd (In Liq) (Receivers and Managers Appointed) (Forge) sought leave to enforce the determinations.

    Filed under:
    Australia, Western Australia, Construction, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, King & Wood Mallesons
    Location:
    Australia
    Firm:
    King & Wood Mallesons
    Rodenstock - English law sufficient nexus for scheme of arrangement
    2011-10-10

    In recent years, several foreign companies have used the English law scheme of arrangement as a flexible restructuring method to compromise creditor claims.  The decision of the High Court in the latest of these cases, that of the German company Rodenstock GmbH, clarifies that an English court will accept jurisdiction where the only connection to England is that the company’s finance documents were governed by English law.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, King & Wood Mallesons, Exclusive jurisdiction, High Court of Justice
    Authors:
    Robert Hanley
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    King & Wood Mallesons
    中国内地与香港跨境公司清盘互助的又一突破
    2021-04-09

    引言

    香港法院最近在Re Ando Credit Ltd [2020] HKCFI 2775一案中,首次批准一家香港公司任命临时清盘人[1],并明确旨在允许该临时清盘人向中国内地法院寻求内地法律的承认和执行。

    Filed under:
    China, Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, King & Wood Mallesons
    Authors:
    Jiao Huang Shi Yun , Nichole Hou
    Location:
    China, Hong Kong
    Firm:
    King & Wood Mallesons
    私募股权投资纠纷:优先清算权条款该如何执行
    2019-12-10

    优先清算权条款是境外风险投资项目的常见条款,随后逐渐在国内私募股权投资文件中采用。很多投资人关心,这一舶来品能否获得中国司法机关的认可,我们简要分析如下:

    一、什么是优先清算权

    优先清算权,是指公司清算时,部分股东优先于其他股东获得剩余财产分配的权利;或者,在约定的“视同清算事件”发生时,部分股东优先于其他股东从公司获得收益的权利,“视同清算事件”通常包括公司合并、被并购、出售控股股权、出售主要资产等事件。

    在私募股权投资项目中,投资人为保障其自身权益采用优先清算权条款,目的是:在公司经营不善遭遇清算时,投资人可以优先拿回一些补偿;在投资人无法通过公司上市退出,发生公司被并购等“视同清算事件”发生时,其能够优先收回其投资成本和一定程度的投资回报,实现资产变现。该条款可谓投资人的“分钱利器”。

    二、如何看待该条款效力

    《公司法》第34条明确规定股东可以自由约定“利润分配”的比例。该条规定:“股东按照实缴的出资比例分取红利;公司新增资本时,股东有权优先按照实缴的出资比例认缴出资。但是,全体股东约定不按照出资比例分取红利或者不按照出资比例优先认缴出资的除外。”

    Filed under:
    China, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, King & Wood Mallesons, Private equity, Liquidation
    Authors:
    Lei Jiping
    Location:
    China
    Firm:
    King & Wood Mallesons

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