UNCITRAL legislative guide on insolvency law, Part three, Treatment of enterprise groups in insolvency (United Nations, 2012)
At head of title: United Nations Commission on International Trade Law. - Parts 1 and 2 of the legislative guide were published in 2004. - "United Nations publication sales no. E.12.V.16"--T.p. verso
Includes bibliographical references
General features of enterprise groups -- Addressing the insolvency of enterprise groups: domestic issues -- Addressing the insolvency of enterprise groups: international issues -- Annex. Decision of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law on part three and General Assembly resolution 65/24
"The Legislative Guide provides a comprehensive statement of the key objectives and principles that should be reflected in a State's insolvency laws. It is intended to inform and assist insolvency law reform around the world, providing a reference tool for national authorities and legislative bodies when preparing new laws and regulations or reviewing the adequacy of existing laws and regulations. The advice provided aims at achieving a balance between the need to address a debtor's financial difficulty as quickly and efficiently as possible; the interests of the various parties directly concerned with that financial difficulty, principally creditors and other stakeholders in the debtor's business; and public policy concerns, such as employment and taxation. The Legislative Guide assists the reader to evaluate the different approaches and solutions available and to choose the one most suitable to the local context. ...
Part three addresses the treatment of enterprise groups in insolvency, both nationally and internationally. While many of the issues addressed in parts one and two are equally applicable to enterprise groups, there are that only apply in the enterprise group context. Part three thus builds upon and supplements parts one and two. At the domestic level, the commentary and recommendations of part three cover various mechanisms that can be used to streamline insolvency proceedings involving two or more members of the same enterprise group. These include: procedural coordination of multiple proceedings concerning different debtors; issues concerning post-commencement and post-application finance in a group context; avoidance provisions; substantive consolidation of insolvency proceedings affecting two or more group members; appointment of a single or the same insolvency representative to all group members subject to insolvency; and coordinated reorganization plans.