Questione giuridica chiave
Whether the shareholder loans had to be treated as equity or otherwise excluded from collocation as 'capital replacing' financing.
Decisione estratta
Swiss law did not allow requalification of the shareholder loans into equity in this case.
Motivazione estratta
The court held that the doctrinal figure of the 'capital replacing loan' is foreign to current Swiss law; shareholder duties are limited to capital contribution and specific statutory rules on reserves, repayment restrictions, hidden distributions and share capital interest.