1.    はじめに－中国での再編・リストラと不正調査案件の増加

   筆者は上海市に駐在して日中間の様々な案件に日々対応しており、関与案件の分野は多岐にわたるが、その中で近年増加しているのが「現地法人の再編・撤退及びそれに伴うリストラ案件」と、「現地法人における社内不正調査案件」である。こう述べると、「中国の日系企業は続々撤退しているのですね」とか「中国は不正が多くて事業が難しいですね」と感じられるかもしれない。

   このような「後ろ向き」の案件が増加しているのは、日系企業を取り巻く事業環境の厳しさを示すものと見られかねないだろうが、実際に企業の方々と協働して現場の対応に取り組む身としては、やや異なった見方をしている。撤退・リストラ案件や不正調査案件の増加には複合的な背景があり、日系企業が中国事業を長期的に持続・発展させるための過渡的で必要なステップとして、より前向きに捉えてよいと感じる。中国事業で問題が生じた場合に、いわゆるチャイナリスクで一括りにするのではなく、より分析的に問題を把握することで解決の方向性が見えてくることは多い。本稿では、撤退・リストラ案件や不正調査案件の最近のトレンドの背景を整理しつつ私見を述べてみたい。

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ARBITRATION

Date: 09 December, 2025

Case Name: Hindustan Petroleum Corporation Ltd. v. BCL Secure Premises Pvt. Ltd. Civil Appeal No. 14647 of 2025

Forum: Supreme Court

From 18 November 2025, the UK’s new Companies House identity verification (IDV) framework took effect, representing one of the most substantial reforms to corporate administration in recent years. The reforms, introduced under the Economic Crime and Corporate Transparency Act 2023, aim to enhance corporate transparency and prevent misuse of UK entities.

The Insolvency Service has for many decades been the Government department responsible for the oversight of bankruptcies, compulsory insolvencies and, in more serious cases, the disqualification of individual directors.

Introduction

The Insolvency and Bankruptcy Code, 2016 (“IBC”), was enacted to inter alia provide a consolidated framework to resolve insolvency in a time-bound manner and to maximise the value of assets. This objective is further aided by a moratorium under Section 14 that halts legal proceedings against the corporate debtor, and the immunity provision under Section 32A, which offers a fresh slate to resolution applicants upon plan approval.

Introduction

On 20 May 2025, Mr Justice Marcus Smith handed down his eagerly-awaited judgment sanctioning the two inter-conditional restructuring plans (the Plans) proposed by members of the Petrofac Group. The judgment raises issues described as “going to the heart of the Part 26A regime” and is significant as the first case to consider the application of the Court of Appeal’s ruling in Thames Water.

The judgment addresses three particularly interesting points:

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