DLA Piper Hong Kong Financial Services Dispute Quarterly Law Report – February 2024 2 DLA PIPER HONG KONG FINANCIAL SERVICES DISPUTE QUARTERLY LAW REPORT – FEBRUARY 2024 Foreword Welcome to the second edition of the DLA Piper Hong Kong Financial Services Dispute Quarterly Law Report.
According to a February 22 ruling by the Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York, foreign banks with a U.S. branch or agency are ineligible for Chapter 15 recognition.
The long-awaited amendment "H" of the Slovenian Financial Operations, Insolvency Proceedings and Compulsory Dissolution Act (the "Act") entered into force on 1 November 2023. The new provisions complete the transposition of Directive 2019/1023,[1] introducing three crucial sets of changes to the Slovenian insolvency and restructuring legislation.
On February 21, 2024, the Hon’ble National Company Law Appellate Tribunal, Chennai (“NCLAT”) in the case of Kiran Martin Gulla RP of Vardharaja Foods Pvt. Ltd. held that when an extension to complete the corporate insolvency resolution process (“CIRP”) is granted by the Adjudicating Authority, then such period will be calculated form the date on which the Adjudicating Authority passes such an order.
Brief Facts
Ein Überblick über Inhalt und Anforderungen der planergänzenden Sanierungsinstrumente des StaRUG zum zielgerichteten Einsatz in der Praxis.
Re Ocean Tankers (Pte) Ltd (in liquidation) [2023] SGHC 330
The Singapore High Court recently ruled on issues relating to the assignability of claims, coverage of non-assignment clause and insolvency set-off.
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The Lindahl tax team summarises two items of good news in the sphere of tax that arise in the case of restructurings: the proposal by the Ministry of Finance concerning new rules on deductions for previous years’ losses and a ruling from the Supreme Administrative Court stating that refusing interest deductions for intra-group acquisitions of shares is contrary to EU law in some cases.
PROPOSAL FOR NEW RULES ON DEDUCTIONS FOR PREVIOUS YEARS’ LOSSES
There is a growing trend of bankruptcy courts approving structured dismissals of chapter 11 cases following a successful sale of a debtor’s assets under section 363 of the Bankruptcy Code. A structured dismissal is a cost‑effective way for a debtor to exit chapter 11 and is an alternative to (a) confirming a post‑sale liquidating plan, which is expensive and not always viable, or (b) converting the case to chapter 7, which introduces significant uncertainty and unpredictability with the appointment of a chapter 7 trustee to replace management.
Many will have waited for a bus only for two to come along at once. So it is in the Cayman Islands, with the ongoing saga as to whether a shareholder can make a claim for misrepresentation in a liquidation and, if so, where such a claim ranks in the order of priority. The rule in Houldsworth barring such claims has been in existence for over 140 years. However, two liquidations have, within weeks of each other, sought to overturn this longstanding rule.
The High Court of Bombay (“Court”) in a recent judgment[1] has upheld the NCLT’s powers to direct the Directorate of Enforcement (“ED”) to release attached properties of a corporate debtor, once a resolution plan in respect of the corporate debtor had been approved.