Questão jurídica principal
Whether the assignment of the disputed claim to the foreign insolvency administrator was permissible under Swiss insolvency law and IPRG.
Decisão extraída
Yes. In a Swiss ancillary bankruptcy with no domestic creditors, the bankruptcy office may assign the disputed claim by analogy to Art. 260 SchKG to the foreign insolvency administrator.
Fundamentação extraída
Art. 170 IPRG refers to Swiss law for the effects and administration of the ancillary bankruptcy. Because no domestic collocated creditors existed, there was no basis for requiring a creditor decision or creditor assignment. A restrictive reading of Art. 260 SchKG would create a legal vacuum in which the claim could never be pursued. The assignment to the foreign estate serves the purpose of the IPRG system and does not contradict the statute's wording when applied analogically.