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开曼群岛上诉法院给出的答案是:可以。
在近期审理的One Thousand & One Voices Africa Fund I Investors, Ltd 诉 Africa Investments, LLC [2025] CICA (Civ) 9 一 案判决中,开曼群岛上诉法院确认:根据《豁免有限合伙法》(the Exempted Limited Partnership Act,以下简称《ELP法》)第36条,若有限合伙协议(the limited partnership agreement,以下简称LPA)未就有限合伙人(limited partner,以下简称LP)撤换清盘人之权利作出约定,开曼法院有权将担任清盘人的普通合伙人(general partner,以下简称GP)更换为独立清盘人。
《ELP法》第36条规定了豁免有限合伙(以下简称ELP)的清盘及解散程序,并将《公司法(修订版)》(以下简称《公司法》)第五部分的部分清盘条款适用于ELP的清盘程序。
该条规定:
2023年11月22日,One Thousand & One Voices Africa Fund I, L.P.(以下简称该合伙)的多数LP通过决议,决定对该合伙进行清盘。根据LPA约定,One Thousand & One Voices Africa Fund I Investors, Ltd(该合伙的GP)获委任为自愿清盘人。
2024年1月25日,Africa Investments LLC(以下简称呈请人)提交呈请,请求撤换担任该合伙自愿清盘人的GP,并委任独立清盘人。该呈请获得持有ELP约97%权益的LP支持。LPA并未包含任何允许LP撤换担任自愿清盘人之GP的条款,呈请人遂依据《ELP法》第13(3)(g)条及第13(13)条主张撤换。
GP反对相关撤换命令,并主张法院无权作出呈请所寻求的命令,理由包括:
一审中,Kawaley法官驳回了GP就管辖权提出的异议,并委任了独立清盘人。GP随即向开曼群岛上诉法院(以下简称CICA)提起上诉。
CICA基于以下理由驳回GP的上诉:
据此,CICA驳回上诉,认定一审法官有权依据《ELP法》第36(3)(g)条及第36(13)条,更换担任清盘人的GP。
尽管CICA未予论述,法院将于何时、在何种情形下愿意行使自由裁量权撤换担任清盘人的GP,仍有待进一步观察。正如Kawaley法官在Africa Fund诉讼案另一项先期判决中所认定,在绝大多数LP支持撤换GP的情形下,行使该项权力尤为适当。
奥杰近期在Re Sensegain Vorak Investment L.P.(自愿清盘中)[2025] CIGC (FSD) 51一案中代表呈请人,以与Africa Fund诉讼案相同的法律基础提交清盘呈请。
该案GP主张,LPA中的仲裁条款意味着呈请所涉核心事项应根据《外国仲裁裁决执行法》(the Foreign Arbitral Awards Enforcement Act,以下简称FAAEA)第4条,并参照FamilyMart China Holdings Co Ltd诉Ting Chuan (Cayman) Holding Corporation [2023] UKPC 33一案所确立的原则提交仲裁。有关该等原则的更多内容,敬请参阅我们的文章:《枢密院就清盘呈请的可仲裁性作出里程碑式判决》。
Sensegain案呈请人则主张,在绝大多数无关联经济利益相关方均支持呈请,且相关事实均无争议的情形下,并不存在须提交仲裁的“争议事项”。庭审中,经呈请人陈词,该案GP最终同意呈请所寻求的救济。
值得注意的是,GP承认,鉴于呈请的审慎草拟,FAAEA并不适用。法院遂以不存在实质性争议为由,驳回中止仲裁程序的申请。法院同时指出,GP已承认“多数LP的意见具有合理依据,不能被认定为非理性”,该让步显然是法院行使自由裁量权作出相关命令的重要考量因素。
法院是否会中止呈请程序高度取决于个案事实。但本案判决提供了有益参考:即便存在仲裁条款,清盘呈请所涉争议仍可依据以下两点被排除在FAAEA适用范围之外:
尽管仍存在上述待明确问题,CICA在Africa Fund一案中的判决对基金经理、投资人以及破产执业人士均具有重要参考意义。该判决明确:若相关LPA未规定撤换及更换担任清盘人之GP的程序,法院在适当情形下仍保留作出该等命令的权力。
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如需就《ELP法》下LP与GP的权利、以及法院依据该法所享有的权力获取深度分析或定制化法律建议,敬请联系我们的争议解决团队。
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