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German Insolvency Law: COVID-19-Suspension of Duty to File for Insolvency Ended on 30 September 2020 for Illiquid Companies
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, October 2020

Over-indebted companies still exempted from filing duty until 31 December 2020COVID-19-affected companies to benefit from easier access to protective shield proceedings and preventive restructuring schemes/ regimes as from 1 January 2021 Two German legislative initiatives taken in September 2020 will have an immediate impact on the options available to restructure a business under German law: DUTY TO FILE FOR INSOLVENCY RE-INSTATED FOR ILLIQUID COMPANIES AS OF 1 OCTOBER 2020; SUSPENSIO

First Draft Bill Implementing EU Directive 2019/1023 on Preventive Restructuring Frameworks and Improving the Instruments Introduced by ESUG in 2012, with a Focus on Self-Administration
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, September 2020

BUSINESS STABILIZATION AND RESTRUCTURING ACT (STARUG) On 18 September 2020, the German Federal Department of Justice published a first draft bill for the implementation of the EU Directive 2019/1023 on preventive restructuring frameworks of 20 June 2019 (the „Draft Bill“)...

Restructuring in Times of Corona - Legislator Assists with Suspending the Obligation to File for Insolvency
Heuking Kühn Lüer Wojtek, March 2020

I. LEGISLATIVE INTERVENTION: DRAFT AVAILABLE In our March 17, 2020 article (“Restructuring in times of corona – What companies need to know now” LINK), we reported about the COVID-19 pandemic frequently causing extreme financial difficulties for German companies...

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Insolvenzplan, Kommentierung 217 - 269 InsO im Bankenkommentar zum Insolvenzrecht (zusammen mit Michael Flitsch), FCH, 2011