Legal Personality of Business Groups in Insolvency (Bankruptcy) Arrangements

The current Russian legislation is characterized by the absence of a systematic approach to the regulation of legal arrangements involving economically interdependent property turnover subject. This is primarily due to the fact that business groups are not recognized as independent subjects of law due to the dominance of the traditional civil law principle of autonomy and independence of each legal entity. However, this approach does not meet the realities of business relations. This is especially evident in insolvency arrangements, in which «one debtor – one procedure» principle prevails. In this regard, more and more proposals arise as to recognize an enterprise group as an independent subject of insolvency (bankruptcy) cases. At the same time, it is precisely answers the question of whether an enterprise group is a legal entity that can be called the starting point for further building the entire system of legislative regulation of insolvency arrangements with their participation. The purpose of this paper is to study such a feature of an entrepreneurial group as legal personality. The paper highlights and analyzes the main doctrinal approaches to the problem of the legal personality of business associations. The author makes a conclusion about the relative legal personality of business groups, according to which business groups exist as a single subject of law only if there are features defined in the law.

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