In the year leading up to lockdown in March 2020, there were 18,000 corporate insolvencies. The year following lockdown, this figure dramatically dropped by over a third to 11,000.

With the significant reduction in corporate insolvencies, it could be suggested that the Government support has actually been too effective and companies which ought to have entered an insolvency process have avoided doing so due to a mixture of financial support and restrictions on creditors, in particular landlords.

Newsletter Empresa Familiar

Noviembre 2021

Newsletter Empresa Familiar

Noviembre 2021

NDICE

1. ARTCULOS

1.1 El letrado asesor, figura jurdica olvidada pero obligatoria

1.2 Nuevos derechos para las personas con discapacidad y su incidencia en la empresa familiar

1.3 Impuesto sobre el Patrimonio de los no residentes en Espaa: cuestiones clave a tener en cuenta

1.4 Qu son los criterios ESG y por qu la empresa familiar debe integrarlos en su gestin?

2. SENTENCIAS Y RESOLUCIONES

2.1 Mercantil y civil

2.1.1

Introduction

In Re Bronia, ICC Judge Burton had to consider whether a director could retrospectively re-characterise a director’s loan as ‘drawings’ in order to release the director from liability to the company. ICC Judge Burton concluded that such an approach was impermissible.

Facts

Unless the owner of a limited liability company elects to be treated as a corporation for tax purposes, the IRS will treat a single-member LLC as a “disregarded entity” for tax purposes. As a disregarded entity, an LLC’s assets, liabilities, income and deductions are reported as belonging to the owner for tax purposes. Markell Co. v.

The latest insolvency statistics have now been released by the Insolvency Service and the Accountant in Bankruptcy ("AiB").

The AiB is responsible for the devolved elements of corporate insolvency, which is limited to liquidation and receivership. The Insolvency Service on the other hand records details on matters for which responsibility is retained at Westminster, being administration and CVAs.

The UK's latest quarterly company insolvency statistics, published on 29 October, suggest that the unexpectedly calm seas seen over the last 18 months (and maintained by unprecedented government economic support) may be starting to give way to stormier waters as corporate insolvencies begin to return to pre-pandemic levels.

The High Court has dismissed a challenge to Caffe Nero's company voluntary arrangement (CVA) in Young v Nero Holdings Limited. The Applicant in the proceedings, Mr Young, was a landlord of premises let to the First Respondent, Nero Holdings Limited (the Company) and challenged the Company's CVA under s 6(1)(a) and (b) of the Insolvency Act 1986 (the Act).

UK REIT Horizon Scanner Q4 2021

UK REIT Horizon Scanner Q4 2021

Key Issues

Key issues coming up for UK Main Market REITs in corporate, financial regulatory, planning, real estate, securities law and regulation and tax1 in England (including retained EU law2).

Issue/status/timing: New developments since our March 2021 edition are shown in green text. Impact: urgency/impact rating for REITs admitted to London Stock Exchange Main Market (including the Specialist Fund Segment3)

Tax reform 2021, land market opening, CFC rules, new requirements on disclosure of ultimate beneficial owners as well as companies’ corporate structure and a lot more – the novelties of the first half of 2021 raised lots of questions, as they relate to all those living, working and carrying out entrepreneurial activity in Ukraine.

GOLAW Team has prepared a new issue of the «Analyses and Forecasts of the legislative changes».

Contents:

ПІДСУМКИ ТА ПРОГНОЗИ ЗАКОНОДАВЧИХ ЗМІН Перше півріччя 2021 Відкриття ринку землі в Україні: Що потрібно знати? Відповідальність за неподання декларації та приховування статків: Що нового передбачає закон? Відповідальність платників податків: Що змінилося у 2021 році? Контрольовані іноземні компанії: Поточний стан і погляд в майбутнє Кінцеві бенефіціари і корпоративна структура компанії: Нові вимоги до розкриття Нові правила оподаткування непрямого продажу нерухомості 2 6 11 Податкова амністія для приватних осіб: 14 Можливість чи зачіпка для переслідування?