1. Excepción al principio rogatorio: la obligación de solicitar concurso de acreedores ante el incumplimiento empresarial generalizado de las obligaciones salariales y de Seguridad Social

The facts are as follows: an insolvency creditor challenged the decision of the administrator in bankruptcy of a company about not recognizing its credit. The credit derived from a guarantee granted to secure a promissory note from a company belonging to the group of the insolvent company.

1864775-v3\MADDOCS 1 AMENDMENT OF THE INSOLVENCY ACT ROYAL DECREE-ACT 1/2015 SECOND-CHANCE MECHANISM URGENT MEASURES TO REDUCE FINANCIAL BURDEN (in force as of 1 March 15) THE NEW MEASURES CAN AFFECT YOU IF AN INDIVIDUAL OWES YOU MONEY AND THEY ARE DECLARED INSOLVENT  If an individual, be they businessmen/entrepreneurs or not, owes you money and they become insolvent, and you (or your Company) have not secured the credit with a guarantee or with some type of security interest (mortgage or pledge), then you could be affected by the so-called “unpaid debt waiver benefit" that is applicable t

1. The reform and its drivers

We are witnessing an unprecedented review of Spanish Law 22/2003 on Insolvency Proceedings (Spanish Insolvency Act or “IA”).  With the recent approval of three Royal Decree-Laws (“RDLs”), namely RDL 4/2014, of 7 March, RDL 11/2014, of 5 September and RDL 1/2015, of 27 February), the Spanish legislator seeks to achieve three main goals:

Significant developments have taken place in the Spanish insolvency legal framework during 2014, focusing mainly on these areas:

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REFORM OF THE INSOLVENCY ACT: Royal Decree-Act 11/2014
(passed on 5/9/2014; in force since 6/9/14)
WHO DOES IT AFFECT? HOW?
DEBTORS

Este comentario tiene la finalidad de avanzar en el diálogo recíproco iniciado con las propuestas de interpretación de los jueces de lo Mercantil de Madrid sobre las nuevas reglas de calificación culpable del concurso (Acuerdo de 7 y 21 de noviembre del 2014).Análisis GA&P | Enero 2015 1 1.

The Madrid Senior Commercial Judges have published the conclusions of the meetings held on November 7 and 21 on the unification of applicable criteria of the reforms of the Insolvency Act enacted by Royal Decree-Law 11/2014¹⁵ and Act 17/2014.¹⁶

A composition agreement was approved involving the merger of some of group’s companies and with different alternatives, one of which is specifically designed for financial institutions, but open to all creditors, proposing a partial capitalization of the insolvency credits and the payment of the resulting credits through the realization of certain assets and the free cash flow generated by the company in the coming eight years.

Claims secured with an in rem guarantee continue to accrue default interest charged to the encumbered asset and are classified as privileged.