REHABILITATION OF THE DEBTOR BEFORE THE OPENING OF BANKRUPTCY PROCEEDINGS

Section "Law": Legal Regulation of Economic Relations in Specific Areas and Sectors of the Economy

Abstract

Case Law shows that most bankruptcy cases end in liquidation, and restoring the debtor’s solvency and maintaining it as a business entity is the exception rather than the rule. Such trends clearly do not contribute to the development of the economy, so the development of recovery procedures applicable to the insolvent debtor seems relevant. One such procedure, which has appeared relatively recently in Ukrainian Law, is the pre-trial reorganization procedure. The purpose of the article is to analyze the provisions of current legislation governing the reorganization of the debtor before the opening of bankruptcy proceedings, study current issues that arise in the practice of applying the relevant provisions of the Civil Procedure Code of Ukraine, and set out their views on the effectiveness of pre-trial reorganization. The case law on appealing the approval of the pre-trial rehabilitation plan, namely the appeal of the rehabilitation plan by creditors who did not participate in the voting or who voted against the approval of the pre-trial rehabilitation plan, is analyzed. Bankruptcy cases in the scientific doctrine are divided into two categories: 1) the bankruptcy case itself; 2) related cases, which are considered in the order of claim or declaration proceedings (invalidation of auctions, contracts, etc.). The author argues the possibility of supplementing this division of bankruptcy cases with another, third category — cases of pre-trial reorganization. It is emphasized that the Code of Ukraine on Bankruptcy Procedures provides for two types of reorganization: reorganization prior to the opening of bankruptcy proceedings (pre-trial reorganization) and reorganization as a court procedure applied to an insolvent debtor within a bankruptcy case. Both pre-trial reorganization and "judicial" reorganization pursue a single goal — to restore the debtor’s solvency and preserve it as a business entity. According to the results of the study, the author concludes that pre-trial rehabilitation has a number of advantages, which include: efficiency; profitability for creditors; write-off of a significant portion of tax debt and other mandatory payments: lower court costs in the form of court fees for both the debtor and creditors.

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