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New Legislative Developments for Non-Banking Financial Institutions Matei Florea 12 November 2009. The Recent Past – A Time for Change. The recent past has been rather turbulent for leasing companies and their clients, with changes abounding in legislation, practice and market conditions.
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New Legislative Developments for Non-Banking Financial Institutions Matei Florea 12 November 2009
The Recent Past – A Time for Change • The recent past has been rather turbulent for leasing companies and their clients, with changes abounding in legislation, practice and market conditions. • Some of the legislative changes include: • re-enactment of the requirement for court approval of enforcement proceedings • changes to insolvency laws • clarification of the provisioning regime applicable to IFNs
The Response of Leasing Companies • Leasing companies have ramped up efforts to adapt to the changing environment by: • setting up specialised in-house client monitoring departments • strengthening their debt collection teams and procedures • lobbying for regulator involvement (e.g. regarding the booking of provisions) • helping their clients restructure existing leasing facilities
Debt Restructuring – The Key Questions • Is there something to be saved? • Is it not too late? • Is there good faith?
Pre-insolvency restructuring • Key vocabulary: • steering committee • standstill agreement • due diligence • restructuring agreement • claw-back provisions
Other Options • When pre-insolvency debt restructuring is not an option: • make a plan • declare an event of default • start enforcement actions • initiate insolvency proceedings • consider criminal law charges and any other means of pressure
Restructuring within insolvency • automatic stay – exemptions • available proceedings • directors’ position • reorganisation plan • creditor cram down – defenses • sale of (non-core) assets
Multi-jurisdictional insolvency • Council Regulation (EC) no. 1346/2000 on insolvency proceedings • main proceedings based on concept of “centre of main interests” (COMI) • territorial or secondary proceedings
No cookie cutter solution • There is no one size fits all solution • Each situation will have to be dealt with individually