Reorganization of a legal entity entails significant risks for different stakeholders. These risks lie in the fact that as a result of reorganization of a legal entity, the structure of its assets and liabilities may cease to exist, or can significantly change. First of all, these risks affect creditors’ interests. Because of such risks the law provides special rights to creditors during reorganization of a legal entity – the debtor in respect of the obligation. Article 60 of the Civil Code of the Russian Federation grants creditors the right to demand early performance of obligations, should a legal entity – the debtor adopt the decision on its reorganization, and if early performance is not possible, to require the termination of obligations and compensation for losses. The article analyzes the procedure for exercising of creditors’ special rights during reorganization of a legal entity. The author analyzes the original text of the Civil Code and subsequent amendments. Relevance of the article is determined by the changes in the procedure for exercising of the rights of reorganized legal persons’ creditors, which were introduced to article 60 of the Civil Code in 2014. The author concludes that the legislator has failed to find a proper (optimal) balance of interests in the current regulation of the relations between creditors and reorganized legal entities — debtors.
Legal entity, reorganization, creditors´ rights.
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