Towards an optimal model of directors' duties in the zone of insolvency: An economic and comparative approach

When a company becomes factually insolvent but it is not yet subject to a formal insolvency proceeding, the shareholders - or the directors acting on their behalf - may engage, even in good faith, in various forms of behaviour that can divert or destroy value at the expense of the creditors. For thi...

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التفاصيل البيبلوغرافية
المؤلف الرئيسي: Aurelio GURREA-MARTINEZ
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اللغة:English
منشور في: Institutional Knowledge at Singapore Management University 2021
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الوصول للمادة أونلاين:https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/sol_research/3642
https://ink.library.smu.edu.sg/context/sol_research/article/5600/viewcontent/14735970.2021_pvoa.pdf
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المؤسسة: Singapore Management University
اللغة: English
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الملخص:When a company becomes factually insolvent but it is not yet subject to a formal insolvency proceeding, the shareholders - or the directors acting on their behalf - may engage, even in good faith, in various forms of behaviour that can divert or destroy value at the expense of the creditors. For this reason, many jurisdictions impose special directors’ duties in the zone of insolvency. From a sample of more than 25 countries from North America, Europe, Latin America, Africa, Middle East, and the Asia-Pacific, this article seeks to explore the most common regulatory models of directors’ duties in the zone of insolvency existing around the world. It concludes by providing various policy recommendations to design directors’ duties in the zone of insolvency across jurisdictions taking into account international divergences in corporate ownership structures, debt structures, level of financial development, efficiency of insolvency proceedings, and sophistication of the judiciary.