Questão jurídica principal
Whether the CHF 50,006,388.90 loan repayment was voidable under Art. 288 SchKG as a fraudulent act prejudicing creditors.
Decisão extraída
Yes. The repayment depleted remaining liquidity while the debtor’s severe financial distress was known to its organs, and the bank could recognize the creditor prejudice risk.
Fundamentação extraída
The repayment was not a value-equivalent return for the loan but performance of a repayment duty. The debtor’s organs knew the dramatic financial crisis and must have accepted creditor prejudice as a likely consequence. The bank, as an experienced lender, saw escalating warning signs: repeated shortening of extensions, demand for new security, public and internal evidence of collapse, and could not rely blindly on a successful turnaround.