In Peru, small companies have many difficulties to access financial services; therefore, a possible solution is to have a special regime for these companies, which grants a higher expectative of payment to creditors compared with the traditional bankruptcy system, because this access to services provided by financial intermediaries becomes essential for the stability and progress of the sector. / Las micro y pequeñas empresas en el Perú tienen dificultades para acceder a los servicios financieros, en ese sentido, una solución a este problema es que exista un régimen concursal propio para estas empresas que otorgue una mayor expectativa de cobro a sus acreedores a diferencia del sistema concursal tradicional, toda vez que el acceso a los servicios que ofrecen los intermediarios financieros deviene en esencial para la estabilidad y progreso del sector.

This article addresses the issue referred to the permanent concern over the debate about adjustment that national bankruptcy systems should have to adapt to the needs of the users, in this case, companies in difficulties, creditors, employeesand others.In the case of Peru, the author indicates the analysis of the benefits of the reform introduced in August 2015 regarding the Bankruptcy System. Despite this, the reform is minimal as to provide appropriate proposals and solutions to the underlying problems. Therefore, the bankruptcy system is not developed asa complete and efficient system for market agents. / El presente artículo aborda la temática referida a la permanente preocupación respecto del debate sobre el ajuste que los sistemas concursales nacionales deben tener para adecuarse a las necesidades de los usuarios, en este caso, empresas en dificultades, acreedores, trabajadores y otros. En el caso de Perú, se plantea el análisis de los beneficios que introdujo la reforma de agosto 2015 respecto del Sistema Concursal. Pese a esto, la reforma queda corta en cuanto a aportar propuestas o soluciones adecuadas a los problemas de fondo. Por ello, el Sistema Concursal no termina de cuajar como un sistema completo y eficiente para los agentes del mercado.

This article addresses the issue referred to the modernization of the regulation on Bankruptcy matters in Peru. The authors propose the adoption of the Model of the United Nations Commission on International Trade Law by Peru to help update our national legislation on cross-border insolvency and create more efficient ways of recognizing insolvency proceedings that have been started abroad. Finally, the authors propose the updating of the nomenclature, which are used in certain provisions of the Civil Code, as part of the pending agenda on Bankruptcy Law in Peru. / El presente artículo aborda la temática referida a la modernización de la regulación en materia Concursal en el Perú. Los autores plantean la adopción de la Ley Modelo de la Comisión de las Naciones Unidas para el Derecho Mercantil Internacional por el Perú para ayudar a actualizar nuestra legislación nacional en materia de insolvencias transfronterizas y crear nuevas formas más eficientes de reconocimiento de procedimientos concursales iniciados en el extranjero. Por último, los autores proponen la actualización de la nomenclatura utilizada en ciertas disposiciones del Código Civil, como parte de la agenda pendiente en materia de Derecho Concursal en el Perú.

Made available in DSpace on 2010-04-20T20:51:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 0 Previous issue date: 2004-04-13T00:00:00Z / Analysis and, criticism of the proposed changes in Brazilian bankruptcy legislation based on an empiric study of Brazilian companies under debt rehabilitation (concordata) proceedings during the period from 1992 to 2002. Identification of the main features of the companies that petitioned for concordata (mainly in relation to their profitability) and moreover, identify the companies that were able to recover, using them as a basis to substantiate critical analysis of the bill for the new bankruptcy legislation, and presentation of suggestions to increase the recovery rates of companies facing financial difficulties. Comparison of the proposed changes with the current United States Law (Chapter 11), which is known to be more efficient in the recovery of companies in financial straits. / Análise e crítica das alterações propostas à legislação falimentar brasileira tendo como base o estudo empírico de empresas brasileiras que entraram em concordata no período de 1992 a 2002. Identificação das principais características das empresas que pedem concordata (principalmente quanto a sua lucratividade) e também das empresas que conseguem se recuperar e uso das mesmas como base para uma análise crítica do projeto da nova legislação falimentar, bem como apresentação de sugestões que visem aumentar as taxas de recuperação de empresas em dificuldades financeiras. Comparação das alterações propostas com a legislação norte americana atual (Chapter 11), que é reconhecidamente mais eficiente na recuperação de empresas em dificuldades.