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''Law.''
''Risk management''.


An order made by a court requiring a party in breach of contract to perform his obligations under that contract.
An effective reduction in the ranking of the claim of a lender or other creditor resulting from a combination of:
 
#The ownership structure of the borrower, for example in a group of companies; and
#Holding a claim against the 'wrong' legal entity.
 
For example, the claims of the creditors of a holding company may become structurally subordinated to the claims of creditors of the subsidiary companies in the same group. 
 
This is because the claim of the holding company itself - as a shareholder of the subsidiary - is generally subordinated to the claims of the other creditors of the subsidiary.
 
This can be particularly problematic where the subsidiary is in a different country from the holding company, where local legal and other claims may effectively erode the position of the holding company's creditors.




== See also ==
== See also ==
* [[Breach of contract]]
* [[Subordination]]
* [[Injunction]]
* [[Rescission]]
* [[Damages]]


[[Category:Regulation_and_Law]]
[[Category:Financial_risk_management]]

Revision as of 08:29, 20 August 2013

Risk management.

An effective reduction in the ranking of the claim of a lender or other creditor resulting from a combination of:

  1. The ownership structure of the borrower, for example in a group of companies; and
  2. Holding a claim against the 'wrong' legal entity.

For example, the claims of the creditors of a holding company may become structurally subordinated to the claims of creditors of the subsidiary companies in the same group.

This is because the claim of the holding company itself - as a shareholder of the subsidiary - is generally subordinated to the claims of the other creditors of the subsidiary.

This can be particularly problematic where the subsidiary is in a different country from the holding company, where local legal and other claims may effectively erode the position of the holding company's creditors.


See also