Directors Liability in the Twilight Zone

Erscheinungsjahr 2018
ISBN: 978-94-6236-866-8
Verlag: Eleven International Publishing

Buch, Englisch, 102 Seiten, Format (B × H): 165 mm x 240 mm

Reihe: Reports NACIIL/Preadviezen NVRII

In November 2016, the European Commission presented its proposal for a Directive on Preventive Restructuring Frameworks, Second Chance and measures to increase the efficiency of restructuring, insolvency and discharge procedures. The draft Directive provides for the possibility to reorganize prior to and outside of court supervised insolvency procedures. It envisions that such preventive restructurings should enable enterprises to restructure at an early stage and to avoid the opening of formal insolvency procedures.

In general, the entire draft Directive provides a very facilitating approach to all parties involved and one could have expected a similar approach to the directors. It could have taken away many of the possible concerns as to liability in granting securities to obtain interim finance or concerns when simply continuing trading. However, any such comfort for the directors is lacking in the draft Directive, leaving the discussion regarding director liability wide open.

In four reports, leading practitioners and academics from Germany (Rolf Leithaus and Christian Lange), Belgium (Stan Brijs and Arie Van Hoe), England (Peter Declercq) and the Netherlands (Loes Lennarts), reflect on the current role and responsibilities of directors in the twilight zone in their respective jurisdiction and what role liability should play also under the envisioned Directive. Recurring issues are possible directors’ liability for incurring new liabilities, selective payment, duty to file for insolvency and liability for deepening the insolvency. These reports were presented and discussed at the annual meeting of NACIIL on 9 November 2017 in Amsterdam.

Autoren/Hrsg.

Fachgebiete

• Rechtswissenschaften Wirtschaftsrecht Handels- und Gesellschaftsrecht Allgemeines und Gesamtdarstellungen (Gesellschaftsrecht)
• Rechtswissenschaften Allgemeines Verfahrens-, Zivilprozess- und Insolvenzrecht Insolvenzrecht, Konkurs, Unternehmenssanierung
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Recht mehrerer Jurisdiktionen, Synopsen
• Rechtswissenschaften Recht, Rechtswissenschaft Allgemein Rechtsvergleichung

Inhaltsverzeichnis

NACIIL-reports 2017: Directors’ liability in the twilight zone; Preventive Restructuring and Directors’ Duties and Liabilities in the Twilight Zone: The Dutch Perspective (Loes Lennarts); Directors’ Liability in the Twilight Zone: A Belgian Law Perspective, between Present and Future (Stan Brijs and Arie Van Hoe); A German Law Perspective on Directors’ Liability in the Vicinity of Insolvency (Rolf Leithaus and Christian Lange); An English Law Perspective on Directors’ Liability in the Zone of Insolvency (Peter J.M. Declercq)

Über Autor(innen)

The purpose of The Netherlands Association for Comparative and International Insolvency Law (NACIIL) is to promote interest in and knowledge of comparative and international insolvency law and everything connected with this in the broadest sense.