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Debtor-in-possession financing
Marek, Frank ; Smolík, Petr (advisor) ; Sedláček, Miroslav (referee)
1 Debtor-in-possession financing Abstract The topic of this thesis is debtor-in-possession financing. Debtor-in-possession financing, albeit not being a topic of a vast interest in the Czech insolvency theory, has rightful place in the insolvency law. By acquiring new financial proceedings, resources, energies or other benefit, debtor earns a chance to preserve or restore the operation of its business, while bringing a possibility of higher satisfaction of the creditors' claims mainly because new financial proceedings may help the debtor to generate new earnings that can be used to satisfy creditors' claims. The aim of the thesis was to evaluate contemporary legal framework of the debtor-in- possession financing, its doctrinal interpretations, court practice and recent topics that has occured in the global context. The thesis brings a de lege ferenda refelctions based on critical analysis of abovementioned sources. The thesis comprises of the introduction, eight chapters divided into subchapters and conclusion. The first chapters brings theoretical basis of the thesis by distinguishing the terms insolvency, loan and debtor-in-possession financing. The second chapter contains the description of the purpose of the insolvency law, its principles and in particular cases it explains the relation between such...
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Impacts of the Reform of Czech Insolvency Law (esp. Discharge of the Debt) on the Czech Retail Financial Markets
Baumannová, Tereza ; Richter, Tomáš (advisor) ; Pečená, Magda (referee)
The introduction of debt relief in the context of the Czech Insolvency Act is one of the most important legal reforms in the Czech Republic. This trend can not only be observed in the Czech Republic but has become part of the legal framework of many European countries in the last two decades. Such a significant change in the law necessarily brought the response of financial institutions. The empirical question remains whether it is possible to quantitatively examine such a significant change in legislation on credit markets for Czech households. This question is sought by the author in the diploma thesis regarding to the two dependent variables - annual percentage rate and volumes of new loans. Key Words Insolvency, insolvency proceedings, bankruptcy, mortgage, cash loan, indebtedness, households
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Ineffectiveness of legal acts within the insolvency proceedings
Chrenovský, Bohdan ; Sedláček, Miroslav (advisor) ; Smolík, Petr (referee)
The topic of this thesis is ineffectiveness of legal acts within the insolvency proceedings. This legal concept forms an integral part of modern insolvency law, since it can be considered an essential and the most frequently used instrument, on the grounds of which the insolvency trustee is able to challenge the insolvent debtor's fraudulent acts that are detrimental to their creditors, who are exercising their rights within the insolvency proceedings. Otherwise stated, this legal concept is crucial for the purposes of protection of the debtor's creditors within the insolvency proceedings. The aim of this thesis is to provide a comprehensive analysis of the effective legal framework of ineffectiveness of legal acts within the insolvency proceedings, as well as of current doctrinal opinions, specialised publications and relevant decision-making practice of courts. The thesis is not limited to a mere adoption of the aforementioned sources, as at many parts of the thesis these are being disputed, criticised or confronted with the author's own conclusions. Where appropriate, the thesis identifies shortcomings of the effective legal framework and presents the author's de lege ferenda considerations related to such. The thesis is comprised of introduction, eight chapters that are systematically...
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The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on setting the insolvency law agenda
Ulrichová, Andrea ; Angelovská, Olga (advisor) ; Trlifajová, Lucie (referee)
The diploma thesis "The impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on setting the insolvency law agenda" deals with how the pandemic crisis caused by the COVID-19 disease affected the political agenda in the field of insolvency. It presents the main elements and benefits of the Lex Covid Justice Act, presented by the Department of Justice to prevent debt and the rise of insolvency petitions caused by pandemic measures introduced by the government, such as the closure of several business. The institute of the extraordinary moratorium which was introduced by the Lex Covid Justice Act is described in detail. The thesis uses the theory of setting an agenda with an emphasis on a critical event, the features of which the COVID-19 pandemic had. In the practical part, an expert interview is used to collect data and to comprehensively analyse the benefits of the law, the views of the actors on the institute of the extraordinary moratorium and how the COVID-19 pandemic has affected the issue of insolvency. Emphasis is also put on the actors who deal with the issue of insolvency and what was their attitude to the Lex Covid justice law and what influence they had on setting the agenda. The current insolvency legislation and its setting are also described. The chapter on foreign practice compares the measures related to...
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Reorganization as a restoring form of insolvency
Hodačová, Helena ; Pohl, Tomáš (advisor) ; Macková, Alena (referee)
IN ENGLISH: Reorganisation as a non-liquidation solution of bankruptcy: The main purpose of my final thesis is to analyse a non-liquidation solution of bankruptcy of a debtor under the Czech act No. 184/2006 Sb. (Coll.) hereinafter called as Insolvency Act, with all respect to the actual judicial decisions, legal opinion of the professional public and economic aspects as well. Some issues under Czech law are given in comparison with the Slovenian act No. 7/2005 Zz. (Coll). The main reason for my research is the increasing importance of insolvency law after the economic crise in 2007 to 2009. Since many companies are still to be winded-up, although, it is not the most effective form of figuring out their decline in light of all-society economic stand-point. The thesis is divided into 17 chapters. Each chapter is composed of several main points. The first part subsumes ten chapters, which describes basic elements of incolvency proceedings that are very important for the overview comprehension of the reorganization. The aforementioned part of my thesis covers the description of the historical development and basic elements of incolvency proceedings, explenation of bankruptcy, decision of bankruptcy, petition for bankruptcy order, parties to incolvency proceedings, automatic stay, bankrupt's estate....
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Crystalex Nový Bor: od dedictví IPB k zátěžovému testu českého insolvenčního zákona
Čása, Tomáš ; Richter, Tomáš (advisor) ; Vacek, Pavel (referee)
v Summary The presented work describes and analyzes the course of insolvency proceedings in Crystalex Nový Bor, one of the largest corporate bankruptcies resolved under the Czech Insolvency Act. The core of the work focuses on the description and assessment of the case from the point of view of economic efficiency. The analysis of a large corporate bankruptcy case defined the key aspects of the proceedings and evaluated them in the context of the existing legal framework. The case confirmed a strengthened position of secured creditors, but could not find evidence for opportunistic abuse of this position. The Czech Insolvency Act respected pre- bankruptcy entitlements and the absolute priority rule. On the other hand, the course and the role of the moratorium and delays in the distribution of the liquidation proceeds were weak aspects of the proceedings. The selected method of insolvency resolution through liquidation and sale of the core operating assets together under one contract appeared the most plausible from the point of view of the type of distress in the company. Keywords: case study, financial distress, insolvency, insolvency proceedings, liquidation, asset sale Bibliographic record Čása, Tomáš: "Crystalex Nový Bor: From IPB Heritage to the Loading Test of the Czech Insolvency Act." Charles...
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International insolvency law
Šerák, Martin ; Brodec, Jan (advisor) ; Pfeiffer, Magdalena (referee)
This thesis focuses primarily on the field of European cross-border insolvency law, currently represented by the EU Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings (EC No 1346/2000). The EU Regulation considered theoretical conflict between advocates of universalism and territorialism, and is generally regarded as reflecting it in a way of modification, which is represented by distinction between main and ancillary insolvency proceedings. Determination of international jurisdiction in the main insolvency proceedings is inherently linked with the criteria of the centre of main interests (COMI), which serves as a specific connecting factor to constitute both the court with jurisdiction and applicable law, for the purpose of the whole insolvency process in accordance with the principle lex fori concursus. The COMI concept is the root of the jurisdiction trouble, thus this thesis aims at providing substantial information on the concept, since the EU Regulation neglects its proper introduction. One of many issues related to COMI conception is a phenomenon of forum shopping, term used to describe situations when debtors manipulate with facts relevant for establishing jurisdiction, in order to obtain more favourable position, usually at creditors' expense. The thesis also deals with another important initiative in...
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Influence of insolvency proceedings on the joint assets after amendment No. 294/2013 Sb.
Rosůlek, Jan ; Pohl, Tomáš (advisor) ; Macková, Alena (referee)
The aim of my diploma thesis is to analyze legislation of the insolvency procedure's impact on the joint assets and how this legislation was changed by the amendment to the Insolvency Act No. 294/2013. This amendment is effective from January 1, 2014 and it brings to the Insolvency Act, inter alia, establishment of a common procedure for a debt relief in a marriage, which was previously only inferred from the case law. Also, there occures a certain refilling and refinement of some provisions of the Insolvency Act in accordance with the case law. This diploma thesis consists of four main chapters. The first chapter deals with the insolvency procedure generally, it presents the necessary conditions for the event, and explains the basic concepts with which it is linked. The second chapter is devoted to general explanations of the joint assets. It defines its content, form in which the joint assets may be located, when and how it arises, and also describes how the joint assets is settled. The third chapter deals with the underlying assets. It is a summary of property that arises for the purposes of insolvency proceedings and from which are the creditors satisfied. This chapter defines the property, which is included in the underlying assets, and also the way to exclude the property from it. There is...
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Raising claims in insolvency proceedings
Roud, Vojtěch ; Smolík, Petr (advisor) ; Winterová, Alena (referee)
This work aims to provide a comprehensive overview of the raising the claim in the insolvency proceedings. There is an explanation provided for each type of claims together with practical examples targeting the most problematic aspects of application of Act No. 182/2006 Coll., on bankruptcy and means of resolution thereof (hereinafter "The Insolvency Act").The work is not limited only to a process of raising the claim in insolvency proceedings but it systematical describes further existence of raised claim in the insolvency proceedings. There are also two more chapters dealing with the review of claims and their satisfaction. The work deals with the effective legislation, meaning the insolvency act. There is pointed toward the specific legislation in specific cases when adequate. This legislation is contained in the Act No. 328/1991 Coll., on bankruptcy and settlement (hereinafter "The Bankruptcy and Settlement Act"). I also took into account the significance of the novelization of the insolvency act number 294/2013 Sb. (so called revision novelization) and I point out the cases of modifications based on this novelization.. I also refer to the previous legislation contained in the bankruptcy act. Together with this I explain the development of insolvency law from the adoption of an insolvency act until now....
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Discharge of a debtor - one of modes of insolvency solution
Polák, Marek ; Smolík, Petr (advisor) ; Zoulík, František (referee)
The legal enactment No. 182/2006 Sb., Insolvency Act that came into force on January 1st 2008 introduced the new concept of Discharge of Debts in the Czech Law system. This mode of solution is intended solely for non-entrepreneurs (this institute cannot be used for companies or individual entrepreneurs). Personal bankruptcies account for the majority of insolvency proceedings in the territory of the Czech Republic and it can be assumed that this long-lasting trend will continue to grow. The institute of Discharge of Debts gives consumers an effective opportunity to legally get rid of their debts through one of two ways, namely repayment schedule and sale of the debtor's assets, and start again with a clean slate as an active member of the Economic Society. The aim of this thesis is to give a comprehensive analysis of the institute of Discharge of Debts, from defining the causes that lead to bankruptcy, interpretation of basic concepts, to the description of the necessary proceedings leading to the declaration of bankruptcy, process of Discharge of Debts itself and differences of its two basic ways. This theoretical basis is supplemented by my knowledge that I have gained during my internship in a law office, which also performs the function of insolvency trustee. The thesis is composed of eight...
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