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Read NowFurther to our previous update, the UAE Cabinet has announced the existence of an Emergency Financial Crisis through the Official Gazette dated 31 January 2021.
By way of reminder, Federal Law No 9 of 2016 (the Corporate Bankruptcy Law) was amended in 2020 to add a new chapter addressing provisions which would apply during a period of Emergency Financial Crisis. The amendment defined an Emergency Financial Crisis as “A general situation that affects trade or investment in the country, such as a pandemic, natural or environmental disaster, war, etc.”
The UAE Cabinet has now confirmed that an Emergency Financial Crisis shall be deemed to exist during the period from 1 April 2020 until 31 July 2021 due to COVID-19.
In summary, during the Emergency Financial Crisis period:
For more information please refer to our previous client alert here or contact the Turnaround, Restructuring and Insolvency team at Al Tamimi & Company.
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