{"id":3063,"date":"2020-06-19T22:22:07","date_gmt":"2020-06-19T20:22:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/hillmont.com.ua\/?p=3063"},"modified":"2020-06-19T22:23:24","modified_gmt":"2020-06-19T20:23:24","slug":"ukraine-anti-covid-19-bankruptcy-related-measures","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/hillmont.com\/ua\/publ\/alerts\/ukraine-anti-covid-19-bankruptcy-related-measures","title":{"rendered":"Ukraine: Anti-COVID-19 Bankruptcy-Related Measures"},"content":{"rendered":"<p>On 18 June 2020, the Parliament of Ukraine finally adopted a temporary package of measures to address bankruptcy-related risks which have arisen due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n<p><!--more--><\/p>\n<p>Draft Law No. 3322 On Amendments to the Code of Ukraine on Bankruptcy Procedures (aimed at prevention and overcoming of the outbreak and spread of the coronavirus (COVID-19)) (\u201cthe Law\u201d) was eventually passed in the Parliament with further amendments in its second hearing.<\/p>\n<p>The Law shall enter into force the day after its promulgation.<\/p>\n<p>The adopted measures as per the Law, as was initially envisaged, can be divided into two blocks, based on a time criterion:<\/p>\n<p>a)measures applicable during the lockdown period;<\/p>\n<p>b)measures applicable during the lockdown and 90 days thereafter.<\/p>\n<p><b>1. Measures <\/b><b>which shall apply during the lockdown period<\/b><b>:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Introduction of the possibility to hold creditors\u2019 meetings remotely (either by videoconference or by a poll), &#8211;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>Condition <\/b><b>added:<\/b> should the proper identification of participants and verification of powers of representatives of creditors be observed. A record of a videoconference must be attached to the minutes of the meeting of creditors\/ creditors\u2019 committee;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Release of trustees from their liability for failure to take actions as per the BCU due to lockdown measures, &#8211;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Condition added:<\/strong> should the trustee prove that such actions can\u2019t be taken in the lockdown, and notify the creditors\u2019 committee and secured creditors thereof;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prolongation of the duration of preliminary bankruptcy court hearings, moratorium, electronic auction announcements, implementation of a rescue plan, pending administration and liquidation procedures, and an extension of the period for avoidance transaction filings.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><b>2. Measures which shall apply during the lockdown period and 90 days thereafter:<\/b><\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prohibition of involuntary corporate bankruptcy case filings by creditors, should claims arise <b>after 12 March 2020<\/b>, &#8211;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Note:<\/strong> not from <i>01 February 2020<\/i> as was initially suggested;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Prolongation of a 1-month-time period within which a debtor\u2019s director has a duty to file for bankruptcy if a \u2018threat of insolvency\u2019 occurs (which, in case of failure to do so, triggers the joint\/ personal liability of the director for the debtor\u2019s debt), &#8211;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Condition added:\u00a0<\/strong> should a debtor prove that a failure to observe the 1-month-time period was caused by the outbreak of COVID-19 and\/or by measures enacted to combat its spread;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Temporary suspension of electronic auctions for the sale of debtors\u2019 assets, should creditors have voted for that, &#8211;<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><strong>Condition added:<\/strong> such creditors shall bear storage and maintenance expenses, and risks of loss or deterioration of assets;<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li>Suspension of the accrual of interest on obligations which have been restructured under the rescue plan. Penalties for non-performance of such obligations shall not accrue. Defaulted obligations under the rescue plan shall be subject to deferred payment for the period of implementation of the rescue plan.<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p><em><b>Key Takeaways:<\/b><\/em><\/p>\n<ol>\n<li><em>Creditors cannot initiate a bankruptcy case against the debtor during the lockdown period and 90 days thereafter, should their claims arise <b>after <\/b><b>1<\/b><b>2<\/b> <b>March 2020<\/b>.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>Debtors\u2019 directors have not been released from a duty to file for bankruptcy within <\/em><br \/>\n<em>a 1-month-time period. However, they may be excused from the observance of this strict time limit should they prove that timely filing was impeded by COVID-19 related measures.<\/em><\/li>\n<li><em>The extension (prolongation) of the procedural terms of pending bankruptcy cases has been envisaged, although the justification for such measures is questionable in our opinion.<\/em><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>On 18 June 2020, the Parliament of Ukraine finally adopted a temporary package of measures to address bankruptcy-related risks which have arisen due to the COVID-19 pandemic.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":5,"featured_media":3064,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false},"categories":[29,33],"tags":[],"aioseo_notices":[],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillmont.com\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3063"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillmont.com\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillmont.com\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillmont.com\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/5"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillmont.com\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3063"}],"version-history":[{"count":1,"href":"https:\/\/hillmont.com\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3063\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3066,"href":"https:\/\/hillmont.com\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3063\/revisions\/3066"}],"wp:featuredmedia":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillmont.com\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media\/3064"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/hillmont.com\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3063"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillmont.com\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3063"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/hillmont.com\/ua\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3063"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}