Made available in DSpace on 2016-04-26T20:29:58Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Bruno Pierin Furiati.pdf: 1371264 bytes, checksum: 8738b62e9c4a2fd5fde69c8c23ed3b52 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2009-11-27 / This work discusses the securitization s basic foundation, which is the effective and irrevocable transference of credits by the assignee to the assignor - the true sale. Nevertheless, to understand the its correct meaning, it is necessary to analyze each and every aspect of the components of the transaction, including the assignment. The result of the consideration of the North American law s concepts will create the way for the definition in the scope of the Brazilian law. Indeed, this is why aspects of Brazilian law will be laying side by side with the North-American doctrine. In addition, to be able to reach the assignment s analysis on a bankruptcy event, it is necessary to go over the aspects of the contracts law, which will be discussed on the second section. It is not only a Brazilian law review, but also a study with a background on the European legal system. This will be necessary to accomplish a concrete solution for this work. Finally, the last section will go through the commercial law s aspects, a the same time connecting it with some subjects of the contract law theory. The bankruptcy and the issues attached to it shall be formally addressed in a systemic way, so it would be able to answer the questions that arouse from the true sale / O presente trabalho trata da fundamentação básica para a securitização, qual seja, a transferência efetiva e irrevogável dos créditos do cedente para o cessionário. A chamada true sale. Todavia, para uma correta interpretação doutrinária de seu sentido, faz-se necessário analisar todos os componentes da operação, inclusive a própria cessão. A partir dos conceitos do direito norte-americano, constituem-se os caminhos para a definição no âmbito do direito brasileiro. Em razão disso é que na primeira parte deste trabalho os aspectos do direito nacional estão alocados lado a lado aos do direito norte-americano. Adicionalmente, para que se possa chegar à aplicação da falência na cessão se faz necessário transcorrer pelos aspectos do direito civil, na segunda parte. Não é apenas uma visão brasileira, busca-se também sua fundamentação no direito europeu, procurando-se chegar a determinações concretas. Ao final, ingressa-se no campo do direito empresarial. Não sem pincelar alguns pontos de direito civil. A falência e os conceitos a ela atrelados são postos de forma sistemática, a fim de que se possa problematizar com rigor a questão da true sale

Conséquence de l’insuffisance du traitement judiciaire des difficultés des entreprises, le droit de la prévention connaît un attrait de plus en plus important. En droit français et en droit Ohada, la loi du 26 juillet 2005 et l’acte uniforme portant procédure collectives d’apurement du passif ont mis l’accent sur les solutions négociées en vue de redresser la courbe des nombreuses défaillances d’entreprise. Malgré la richesse de l’ensemble des systèmes de prévention au regard du nombre important des mesures incitatives instituées en faveur du débiteur et des créanciers, la confrontation du système français de prévention et du système Ohada de prévention appelle à des résultats mitigés. Même si des deux systèmes le système français de prévention apparaît le plus structuré et le mieux organisé et donc appelé à servir de modèle au droit Ohada, force est de constater que l’objectif de sauvetage poursuivi par les deux législateurs est loin d’être atteint. Dans les faits, le nombre des défaillances d’entreprise augmente de manière considérable, ce qui traduit à l’évidence le caractère inefficace des différents mécanismes juridiques de prévention proposés. Par conséquent, une réforme de l’ensemble des dispositifs de prévention dans les deux ordres juridiques s’impose inéluctablement. Au delà, de l’approche comparative qu’impose ce sujet, il a surtout pour ambition de s’inscrire dans une approche nouvelle du droit des entreprises en difficultés qui prône désormais la contractualisation de la matière afin de la rendre efficace / Due to the inadequate judicial processing of difficulties encountered by enterprises today, the right to prevention is becoming more and more attractive. In France as in Ohada, the law of July 26 2005 and the uniform act concerning collective procedures of passive clearance have stressed the importance of the negociated solutions in order to straighten the curve of the numerous company failures. On account of incitative mesures in favor of debtors and creditors, the confrontation of the French prevention system and the Ohada prevention system have limited results despite the quality of the various prevention systems. Even though the French prevention system, which appears to be better structured and better organized, serves as a model to the juidicial system of Ohada, it must be noted that both legislators are far from achieving their goals. In fact, company failures are increasing rapidly, highlighting the ineffectiveness of the judicial prevention mecanisms that have been proposed until now. Consequently, a reform of all prevention devices in both judicial orders is required. Moreover, the comparative approach set by this matter's principle aim is to develop a new approach in company law which henceforth advocates contractualization of the matter in order to make it more effective.

中國加入WTO之後，大陸經濟體制轉型。從早期的計劃經濟到現在的市場經濟。投資政策也趨向「引進來，走出去」，此外，有鑑於大陸具有廉價的勞工和市場潛力，外資紛紛從所謂綠地投資或藉由合格境外投資者等間接投資方式轉為合併或收購為主的直接投資為取向。然而，面對上市公司因為涉及中國大陸特有的「股權分置」現象，使外資於併購上有一定困難度。再者，中國大陸特有的「民族情感」因素，使行政機關常常藉由「國家安全」等不確定法律概念而否准外資併購。 本文主要針對外資併購上市公司經常適用之法令作整合及研究，並論及外資併購上常運用之契約條款進行分析。此外，針對外資併購常遇到之問題提出淺見並針對外資併購中債權人及中小股東之保護提出論述，以供外資於併購中如何在外資獲利及中小股東權益保障獲得平衡點。 / Since China has become the members of WTO, the economic structure has transformed. From the early plan structure becomes to market structure. The policy of investments is tend to be “attract in and walk out”, besides, because of the cheaper workers and marketing potential of China, the foreign investor’s investment policy is going to be from the indirect investment of green island investment or QFII to the direct investment of Merger & Acquisition. However, in face of the especially system phenomenon of “delaminate of stock rights”, makes the merger& acquisition by foreign investors difficultly. Moreover, because of the especially factor of “the nationality of friendship”, makes the administrative organizations often refuse the permition of foreign investors by “national security”. In this essay, be focus on the research the merger& acquisition by foreign investors in common use of the authority laws and decrees, and analyzing the common use of the contracts articles. Besides, to be aimed at the problems of the merger& acquisition by foreign investors and the protection of shareholders and creditors, I try to supply some suggestions in order to make the balance of the merger& acquisition by foreign investors and the protection of shareholders and creditors.

Le capital social, de par la pluralité de ses fonctions, est le théâtre de la rencontre de l'intérêt des créanciers, des actionnaires et de la société. Sa modification, réalisée à la hausse ou à la baisse, impacte corrélativement l'étendue des prérogatives dont bénéficient ces protagonistes. Si ces derniers peuvent être animés d'objectifs divergents -et doivent, en conséquence, être protégés séparément -ils s'accordent néanmoins sur la nécessité de certaines caractéristiques intrinsèques du capital social. Aussi, il n'est pas surprenant que le législateur se soit attaché à assurer la sauvegarde de leurs droits, soit chacun particulièrement, soit de manière collective. L'étude des différentes mesures de protections prévues par le droit positif révélera tantôt ses imperfections, tantôt ses lacunes et ses incohérences. Sera également mis en exergue le caractère modulable de certains dispositifs, offrant ainsi aux organes sociaux la faculté de les supprimer ou de les façonner en fonction de la vision « distributive» ou« financière» du capital social qu'ils auront arrêtée. Enfin, cette étude mettra en relief l'opportunité d'autoriser sa variabilité sans contrainte si celle-ci est limitée par deux bornes, lesquelles dessineraient le capital« autorisé ». / Due to the multiplicity of its functions, the share capital is the scene where the interests of creditors, shareholders and the company meet. Its modification, whether it be for amplification or reduction, has an impact which corresponds to the extent of the prerogatives which the protagonists enjoy. If the latter may have conflicting objectives -and must therefore be protected separately -they nevertheless agree on the necessity of some intrinsic features of the share capital. This is why it is not surprising that the legislator has made a point of safeguarding their rights, either on an individual basis or collectively. The study of the different protection measures provided for by the positive law sometimes reveals its imperfections, sometimes its shortcomings and its inconsistencies. The adjustable nature of some specific devices will also be highlighted, thereby providing the social organs with the right to remove or shape them according to the "distributive" or "financial" vision of the social capital they will have determined. Finally, this study will highlight whether or not to allow its variability without constraint if it is set within two bounds, which would represent the "authorized" capital.

Submitted by BRUNO YOHAN SOUZA GOMES (brunoyohan@sartoriadvogados.com.br) on 2017-06-29T19:39:54Z No. of bitstreams: 1 Versão Final.pdf: 1505280 bytes, checksum: cb4a98f66a5f5f190334e535abf7cd56 (MD5) / Approved for entry into archive by Joana Martorini (joana.martorini@fgv.br) on 2017-06-30T13:45:07Z (GMT) No. of bitstreams: 1 Versão Final.pdf: 1505280 bytes, checksum: cb4a98f66a5f5f190334e535abf7cd56 (MD5) / Made available in DSpace on 2017-06-30T14:46:24Z (GMT). No. of bitstreams: 1 Versão Final.pdf: 1505280 bytes, checksum: cb4a98f66a5f5f190334e535abf7cd56 (MD5) Previous issue date: 2017-06-09 / With the advent of Law No. 11.101/2005, the institute of judicial recovery of companies was created, replacing the institute in force until then, the law of bankruptcy. Important differences mark the institutes, the most relevant is the power of creditors to decide about the major issues of the company in recovery, among which, the own company recovery. Clearly the decision power migrated from Judiciary (law of bankruptcy) to creditors (judicial recovery), being allowed to the first to intervene only in the specific situation of the cram down. However, in practice many judges have intervened in the judicial recovery process, with support in different arguments, which has affected the essence of recovery institute that is exactly the power of creditors in the company in crisis. This is the main point that will be discussed in the course of this work. / Com o advento da Lei nº 11.101/2005, criou-se o instituto da recuperação judicial das empresas, substituindo assim o instituto que até então vigorava, a concordata. Diferenças importantes marcam os institutos, sendo a mais relevante delas o poder dos credores de decidir as principais questões relacionadas à empresa em recuperação, dentre as quais, a própria recuperação da empresa. Claramente o eixo decisório migrou do Poder Judiciário (concordata) para os credores (recuperação judicial), restando ao primeiro a permissão legal para intervir no processo apenas na situação especifica do cram down. No entanto, a prática mostra que muitos juízes têm intervindo nos processos de recuperação judicial, com amparo nos mais diversos argumentos, o que tem afetado a essência do instituto da recuperação, que está, fundamentalmente, no poder dos credores na recuperação da empresa em crise. É exatamente este o ponto que será analisado no decorrer do presente trabalho.

Text in Afrikaans / Die doel van saaklike sekerheidstelling is om 'n saak as eksekusievoorwerp tot die beskikking van die kredietgewer te stel. Vorderingsregte as sekerheidsobjekte voldoen hieraan en moet daarom as deel van die saakbegrip beskou word. Vorderingsregte word in die praktyk as sekerheidsobjekte aangewend of by wyse van sekerheidsessies of deur middel van die registrasie van 'n notariele verband daaroor. Alhoewel die regspraak by sekerheidsessies voorkeur gee aan 'n verpandingskonstruksie, is Scott van mening dat 'n algehele sekerheidsessie nog moontlik is. Die toepassing van die verpandingskonstruksie lewer aanvaarbare resultate en voldoen meestal aan die kontrakterende partye se behoeftes. Die vereiste van publisiteit by pandreg sal egter in sekere gevalle nie vir die partye aanvaarbaar wees nie en kan algehele sekerheidsessies hier 'n oplossing bied. By notariele verbande is die bestaande posisie ingevolge waarvan 'n onderskeid gemaak word tussen liggaamlike en onliggaamlike sake as sekerheidsobjekte, onuithoudbaar en is wetgewing in die verband nodig. The aim of real security is to have objects available to a creditor for execution. Personal rights may be used for this purpose and should therefore be included in the definition of property. In practise claims (personal rights) are used as security objects by way of a security cession or through the registration of a notarial bond over the claims. Although the courts give preference to personal rights in security by way of pledge, Scott is of the opinion that these decisions do not exclude out-and-out security cessions. The results that application of the law of pledge causes, are acceptable and will mostly fulfil the need of the parties. In certain situations the requirement of publicity will however be unacceptable in which instance out-and-out security cessions may be the solution. The current position where a distinction is made between corporeal and incorporeal property as security objects, is unacceptable and legislation is needed in this regard. / Private Law / LL.M.

This diploma thesis describes possible options of dealing with bankruptcy of chosen company with wider focus on economic aspects. The theoretical part of the thesis deals with possibilities how to resolve bankruptcy, course of insolvency proceedings, activities of insolvency trustee, status of creditors and registration of creditor’s receivables. The practical part deals with evaluation of economical situation of chosen company with recommendations for creditors, whether it is more advantageous to maintain the company operating, according to financial results (reorganization) or whether it is better to sell all of company’s assets (bankruptcy), and to cease its activities.

Cette thèse porte sur le processus de défaillance des entreprises en Tunisie. L’objectif est d’étudier le sujet d’un point de vue, à la fois, macroéconomique, microéconomique et juridique. Le travail est précédé d’une revue de la littérature axée sur les principaux intervenants dans le processus de faillite : les débiteurs, les créanciers et la législation en matière de faillite.La première partie propose une synthèse des résultats de nombreux travaux de recherche se rapportant, d’une part, aux différentes stratégies fixées par les débiteurs et les créanciers en vue de protéger leurs propres intérêts et d’autre part, à l’efficacité des procédures collectives dans la prévention des éventuelles utilisations opportunistes de la loi. Dans un second temps, la thèse traite le sujet d’un point de vue macroéconomique en cherchant à déterminer l’effet des fluctuations macroéconomiques sur le taux de défaillance en Tunisie sur la période allant de 1997 à 2010. Des variables spécifiques au cas tunisien et exprimant au mieux l’importance des secteurs de l’industrie et du tourisme dans l’économie tunisienne ont été considérées dans le modèle en plus des variables communément utilisées dans la littérature et qui ont prouvé leur rôle relativement significatif dans l’explication des taux de défaillance.La troisième partie de la thèse se concentre sur le niveau d’efficacité des procédures collectives tunisiennes dans la résolution du problème de défaut de paiement. Son efficacité est étudiée de point de vue : i) création de valeur et ce en termes de recouvrement total des créanciers à travers la maximisation de la valeur de l’entreprise défaillante, et ii) recouvrement des créanciers sécurisés. L’intérêt particulier porté sur la classe des créanciers sécurisés (notamment les banques) est justifié par l’importance du secteur bancaire dans le financement des entreprises en Tunisie et par conséquent dans le développement de l’économie tunisienne.La dernière partie de la thèse propose une analyse approfondie de la loi de faillite tunisienne dans le cadre d’une étude comparative avec 18 autres pays européens et non européens.A travers une approche « Law and Finance », dix indices juridiques ont été construits pour « mesurer » dix fonctions de Droit de faillite. Ensuite, des analyses univariée et multivariée ont été menées pour dégager les points de similarité ou de disparité entre les différentes lois de faillite. / This thesis focuses on the Tunisian bankruptcy process. The objective is to treat the subject from a macroeconomic, microeconomic and legal point of view. The work is preceded by a literature review focused on the main actors in the bankruptcy process: debtors, creditors and bankruptcy law. The first part provides a summary of many research results relating on the one hand, to the different strategies set by debtors and creditors to protect their own interests and on the other hand to the effectiveness of the procedures in preventing any opportunistic uses of the law. In the second part, we seek to determine the effect of macroeconomic fluctuations on the failure rate of businesses in Tunisia over the period 1997-2010. The selected variables are those that have been frequently used in the literature and that showed their significant impact onto the rate of corporate failure. Other original variables, more specific to the Tunisian case were considered to account for the importance of industry and tourism sectors in the Tunisian economy. The third part of this thesis focuses on the efficiency of bankruptcy procedures in Tunisia, a country characterized by the importance of its banking sector. We gathered original and unique information on Tunisian firms that went bankrupt between 1995-2009. We find that the Tunisian reorganization procedures are able to generate substantial recoveries, but those are mainly captured by the preferential claims (employees and public claims). This is coherent with the authorities’ willingness to improve social protection, but this raises concerns as the Tunisian firms are mainly financed by bankers. Our analysis shows that the secured creditors are poorly protected under bankruptcy: they rank almost last in the priority order of repayment, and their recovery rate is similar to one of the unsecured creditors. We also find that the rather high level of recovery rate is mainly attributable to the reorganization procedures. We finally find that the court’s choice between reorganization and liquidation is not influenced by the structure of claims. Thus, in Tunisia, the creditors are losing hand once bankruptcy is triggered.To better understand the characteristics of Tunisian bankruptcy procedures, the last part of the thesis offers a comparative study of Tunisian bankruptcy law with 18 other European and non-European countries. Ten legal indexes were constructed through "Law and Finance" approach to "measure" ten functions of bankruptcy law.Univariate and multivariate analyzes were conducted to identify the similarity or disparity points between the various bankruptcy laws.

Cette thèse se compose de trois essais sur deux anomalies bien documentées : effet momentum et anomalie des ajustements comptables. Le premier essai examine si l'ampleur de l'anomalie des ajustements comptables est entraînée par la probabilité de détresse financière. Les résultats indiquent que l'anomalie des ajustements comptables est économiquement et statistiquement positive pour les entreprises avec une faible probabilité de détresse financière, mais non significative pour celles avec une forte probabilité de détresse financière. Cela signifie que cette anomalie des ajustements comptables est omniprésente, mais pas limitée aux entreprises avec une faible probabilité de détresse financière. Le deuxième essai étend la question de recherche abordée dans le premier essai au marché boursier émergent du Vietnam. Comme pour les résultats du premier essai, les résultats indiquent que l'anomalie des ajustements comptables est limitée aux stocks avec une faible probabilité de détresse financière. Le dernier essai examine si l'effet momentum se produit sur le marché boursier vietnamien. Les résultats confirment la présence de momentum dans le court terme et révèlent aussi que les rendements gagnants et perdants sont faiblement persistants, mais que la forte corrélation entre ces rendements gagnants et perdants crée des bénéfices momentum significatifs. / This dissertation consists of three essays on two well-documented anomalies: momentum effect and accrual anomaly. The first essay investigates whether the magnitude of accrual anomaly is driven by the financial distress probability. The results indicate that accrual anomaly is economically and statistically positive for firms with low financial distress probability, but insignificant for those with high financial distress probability. This means that that accrual anomaly is not pervasive but limited to firms with low financial distress probability. The second essay extends the research question addressed in the first essay into the emerging stock market of Vietnam. Similar to the findings in the first essay, the results indicate that the accrual anomaly is limited to the stocks with low financial distress probability. The last essay examines whether the momentum effect occurs in the Vietnamese stock market. The results support the occurrence of momentum in the short-run and also reveal that winner and loser returns are low persistent, but the strong correlation between winner and loser returns creates significant momentum profits.

Good corporate governance should be the cornerstone of all company management. Directors ought to know in whose interests the company should be managed. This thesis attempts to answer the following question: whose interests must be granted primacy in the management of a company? In chapter 1 it is stated that shareholders' interests are traditionally granted primacy in the management of a company. There has, however, been a shift in public opinion towards recognition of a wider variety of interests that should be considered than only those of the shareholders. These interests include, inter alia, environmental interests and those of the investors, employees and consumers. This thesis thus focuses on the primary stakeholders, namely individual shareholders, creditors, employees, consumers and suppliers. In chapter 2 a theoretical foundation is provided on the nature of a company. The different theories on the nature of a company, emphasising either shareholder primacy or stakeholder protection, are discussed. A combined new theory is proposed. It is suggested that the confusion relating to the meaning of "the company" needs to be eliminated. Chapters 3, 4 and 5 provide an international comparison of the company law in Botswana, Australia, New Zealand and the United Kingdom. The focus falls, firstly, on directors' duties, secondly, on the question in whose interests directors should manage a company and, thirdly, on the codification of their duties. In chapter 6 the South African position is evaluated. First, the possible stakeholders are identified and the protection currently afforded them is explained. The reports of the King Committee on Corporate Governance, the Policy Document on company law reform as well as the Companies Bill of 2007 are discussed. Draft clauses are recommended to be incorporated in new company legislation to provide directors with clarity on what is expected of them. It is the aim of this thesis to provide clarity on whose interests should receive primacy when directors manage a company. The outcome of this research should provide a clear indication to South African directors of what is expected of them and who the beneficiaries of their fiduciary duties are. / Law / LL.D.