{"title":"우리은행의 미 주택융자 유동화채권(CDO) 투자 손실 건 (The Investment and Loss in Mortgage Backed CDO's by Woori Bank)","authors":"Myung Suk Yang, Eunmi Kim","doi":"10.2139/SSRN.2717925","DOIUrl":null,"url":null,"abstract":"Korean Abstract: 우리은행은 2005~ 2006년에 여러 은행들(실제로는 그 은행들이 설립한 역외 SPV들)이 발행한 부채담보부 증권(“CDO”)에 약 15억 US달러를 투자하였는데, 그 CDO 는 미국에서 발행된 주택담보부 증권과 연계되어 있었다. 2007~2008년 금융위기의 여파로 우리은행은 그 투자금의 대부분을 대손처리하였고, 시티그룹, 메릴린치, 로열뱅크 오브 스코트랜드, 기타 금융기관을 상대로 미국연방법원에 소송을 제기하였다. 우리은행은 불행하게도 위 소송에서 미연방민사절차규정 §9(b) 조항의 강화된 청구내용요건을 충족시키지 못하였다거나 한국 민법 제766조의 소멸시효규정에 의하여 시효가 완성되었다는 이유로 청구기각 판결을 받았다. 우리 은행의 이러한 청구 기각 결과는, 몇몇 해외 펀드가 거의 동일한 사실관계 하에서, 같은 은행들을 상대로 뉴욕주법원에 제기한 다른 소송들과 분명한 대조를 이루는데, 다른 소송들에서는 민사절차규정 §9(b)를 근거로 한 청구기각 신청이 받아들여지지 않았다. 나아가 우리은행 법원들이 우리은행 사건에 대하여 한국민법의 소멸시효 규정을 잘못 적용하였을 수도 있다. 한편 우리은행의 CDO매입계약들은 모두 뉴욕주법을 준거법으로, 뉴욕법원을 합의관할법원으로 정한 것으로 보이나, 우리은행은 위 소송을 ‘자본시장과 금융투자업에 관한 법률’에 의하여 한국에서 제기할 수도 있었다고 보여진다. 이 사건은 또한 해외 사모증권의 투자자들은 더 이상 뉴욕주법을 준거법으로, 뉴욕법원을 합의관할로 정하는 것을 당연시 하여서는 안 되고, 거래가 일어나는 곳의 법률을 준거법으로, 그곳의 관할법원을 합의관할로 채택하여야 할 필요성을 시사한다.English Abstract: Woori Bank of Korea invested about $1.5 billion in 2005 and 2006 in collateralized debt securities (\"CDO\") issued by various banks (actually, their offshore SPVs) and linked to mortgage backed securities issued in the U.S. In the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2007-2008, Woori Bank wrote off most of the investment and brought actions in the U.S. federal court against Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Scotland, and others. Unfortunately for Woori Bank, its suits were dismissed with prejudice for failure to meet the heightened pleading requirements under §9(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or being time barred under §766 of the Korean Civil Code. It appears that the purchase agreements under which Woori Bank purchased the CDOs all specified New York law and courts as their governing law and venue. The dismissals are in sharp contrast to several other litigations which were brought by several foreign funds against the same banks, under almost identical fact patterns, in New York State Courts, that have been sustained over similar motions to dismiss for failure to meet the §9(b) pleading requirements. And, the findings by the Woori courts that Woori Bank was time barred under the Korean Civil Code may have been incorrect. In addition, Woori Bank may have been able to bring the claims in Korea under the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act of Korea. This case also strongly suggests that investors in securities in private offerings abroad should no longer accept the New York law and venue as matter of course and require governing law and venue of the jurisdiction where the transaction takes place.","PeriodicalId":309706,"journal":{"name":"CGN: Governance Law & Arrangements by Subject Matter (Topic)","volume":"79 1","pages":"0"},"PeriodicalIF":0.0000,"publicationDate":"2015-03-03","publicationTypes":"Journal Article","fieldsOfStudy":null,"isOpenAccess":false,"openAccessPdf":"","citationCount":"0","resultStr":null,"platform":"Semanticscholar","paperid":null,"PeriodicalName":"CGN: Governance Law & Arrangements by Subject Matter (Topic)","FirstCategoryId":"1085","ListUrlMain":"https://doi.org/10.2139/SSRN.2717925","RegionNum":0,"RegionCategory":null,"ArticlePicture":[],"TitleCN":null,"AbstractTextCN":null,"PMCID":null,"EPubDate":"","PubModel":"","JCR":"","JCRName":"","Score":null,"Total":0}
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Korean Abstract: 우리은행은 2005~ 2006년에 여러 은행들(실제로는 그 은행들이 설립한 역외 SPV들)이 발행한 부채담보부 증권(“CDO”)에 약 15억 US달러를 투자하였는데, 그 CDO 는 미국에서 발행된 주택담보부 증권과 연계되어 있었다. 2007~2008년 금융위기의 여파로 우리은행은 그 투자금의 대부분을 대손처리하였고, 시티그룹, 메릴린치, 로열뱅크 오브 스코트랜드, 기타 금융기관을 상대로 미국연방법원에 소송을 제기하였다. 우리은행은 불행하게도 위 소송에서 미연방민사절차규정 §9(b) 조항의 강화된 청구내용요건을 충족시키지 못하였다거나 한국 민법 제766조의 소멸시효규정에 의하여 시효가 완성되었다는 이유로 청구기각 판결을 받았다. 우리 은행의 이러한 청구 기각 결과는, 몇몇 해외 펀드가 거의 동일한 사실관계 하에서, 같은 은행들을 상대로 뉴욕주법원에 제기한 다른 소송들과 분명한 대조를 이루는데, 다른 소송들에서는 민사절차규정 §9(b)를 근거로 한 청구기각 신청이 받아들여지지 않았다. 나아가 우리은행 법원들이 우리은행 사건에 대하여 한국민법의 소멸시효 규정을 잘못 적용하였을 수도 있다. 한편 우리은행의 CDO매입계약들은 모두 뉴욕주법을 준거법으로, 뉴욕법원을 합의관할법원으로 정한 것으로 보이나, 우리은행은 위 소송을 ‘자본시장과 금융투자업에 관한 법률’에 의하여 한국에서 제기할 수도 있었다고 보여진다. 이 사건은 또한 해외 사모증권의 투자자들은 더 이상 뉴욕주법을 준거법으로, 뉴욕법원을 합의관할로 정하는 것을 당연시 하여서는 안 되고, 거래가 일어나는 곳의 법률을 준거법으로, 그곳의 관할법원을 합의관할로 채택하여야 할 필요성을 시사한다.English Abstract: Woori Bank of Korea invested about $1.5 billion in 2005 and 2006 in collateralized debt securities ("CDO") issued by various banks (actually, their offshore SPVs) and linked to mortgage backed securities issued in the U.S. In the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2007-2008, Woori Bank wrote off most of the investment and brought actions in the U.S. federal court against Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Scotland, and others. Unfortunately for Woori Bank, its suits were dismissed with prejudice for failure to meet the heightened pleading requirements under §9(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or being time barred under §766 of the Korean Civil Code. It appears that the purchase agreements under which Woori Bank purchased the CDOs all specified New York law and courts as their governing law and venue. The dismissals are in sharp contrast to several other litigations which were brought by several foreign funds against the same banks, under almost identical fact patterns, in New York State Courts, that have been sustained over similar motions to dismiss for failure to meet the §9(b) pleading requirements. And, the findings by the Woori courts that Woori Bank was time barred under the Korean Civil Code may have been incorrect. In addition, Woori Bank may have been able to bring the claims in Korea under the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act of Korea. This case also strongly suggests that investors in securities in private offerings abroad should no longer accept the New York law and venue as matter of course and require governing law and venue of the jurisdiction where the transaction takes place.
友利银行的美房贷流动化债券投资损失案(The Investment and Loss in Mortgage Backed CDO's by Bank)
友利银行在2005年至2006年向多家银行(实际上是这些银行设立的境外SPV)发行的债务担保证券(CDO)投资了约15亿美元,该证券与美国发行的住房担保证券有联系。受2007年至2008年金融危机的影响,友利银行将大部分投资资金作为坏帐处理,并向美国联邦法院起诉花旗集团、美林银行、苏格兰皇家银行和其他金融机构。不幸的是,友利银行在上述诉讼中,以没有满足美国联邦民事程序规定§9(b)条款强化的请求内容要件或根据韩国民法第766条的消灭时效规定,时效已经结束为由,被驳回请求。我们银行的这种结果驳回请求,一些海外基金在几乎同一事实关系,同一银行面向纽约州法院提出的其他诉讼和明确的对比,在其他诉讼,民事程序规定§9 (b)为根据的请求被驳回的申请没有被采纳。进一步说,友利银行法院对友利银行事件错误适用了韩国国民法的消灭时效规定。另外,友利银行的CDO收购合同似乎都以纽约州法律为依据,将纽约法院定为协议管辖法院,但友利银行可以根据《资本市场和金融投资业相关法律》在韩国提出上述诉讼。这个案子也是海外私募证券的投资者不再是纽约以州法律为准绳为法,以纽约法院定为协议管辖的不得被视为当然,交易的地方发生的以法律为准绳,那里的法律管辖法院应当协议管辖通过暗示的必要性。english abstract:银行Bank of Korea invested about 1.5 billion in 2005 and 2006 in collateralized debt securities (CDO) issued by various banks (actually,the u.s. in the aftermath of the financial crisis in 2007-2008;银行银行wrote off most of the investment and brought actions in the u.s. federal court against Citigroup, Merrill Lynch, Royal Bank of Scotland, and others。unfortunately for woori bank,its suits were dismissed with prejudice for failure to meet the heightened pleading requirements under§9(b) of the Federal Rules of Civil Procedure or being time barred under§766 of the Korean Civilcode。It appears that the purchase agreements under which银行purchased the CDOs all specified New York law and courts as their governing law and venue。The dismissals are in sharp contrast to several other litigations which were brought by several foreign funds against The same banks, under almost identical fact patterns, in纽约State Courtsthat have been sustained over similar motions to dismiss for failure to meet the§9(b) pleading requirements。银行was time barred under the Korean Civil Code may been incorrect。银行Bank may have been able to bring the claims In Korea under the Financial Investment Services and Capital Markets Act of Korea。This case also strongly suggests that investors in securities in private offerings abroad should no longer accept the New York law and venue as matter of course and require governing law and venue ofthe jurisdiction where the transaction takes place。