Collisional legal regulation of the responsibility of the controlling debtor in respect of cross-border insolvency

Abstract

This study highlights the problem of establishing the applicable law for cross-border insolvency relations of a legal entity. The author examines various approaches to the choice of the applicable law to the liability of controlling persons, provides foreign experience and reveals the main trends in resolving conflict issues. It is noted that the lack of legal regulation of cross-border insolvency relations, including conflict of laws rules, does not allow creditors to fully recover losses from controlling persons whose assets are in foreign jurisdiction. In order to eliminate contradictions in practice, it is proposed to consolidate in civil legislation an independent conflict of laws rule on the liability of controlling persons in relations of cross-border insolvency of a legal entity. It is concluded that the conflict-of-law choice of the applicable law to disputed legal relations directly depends on the jurisdiction of the state in which the proceedings on the cross-border insolvency of a legal entity are initiated.