Article 29(Mediation Committee of Financial Creditors) #
(1) A mediation committee of financial creditors (hereafter referred to as the "Mediation Committee" in this Act) shall be established in order to facilitate efficient and fair corporate improvement of enterprises with a sign of insolvency and to adjust differences in opinions among financial creditors.
(2) The Mediation Committee shall be comprised of seven members appointed from among the following persons, as prescribed by Presidential Decree:
1. A person who has at least ten years’ experience working for a financial institution or in a finance-related area;
2. A person who is qualified as an attorney-at-law or a certified public accountant;
3. A person who holds at least a master's degree in an area related to finance or law and has worked for a research institute or university as a researcher or at least assistant professor for at least ten years with expertise in corporate restructuring;
4. A person who has worked in the field of corporate restructuring for at least three years.
(3) Any of the following persons shall be disqualified as a member of the Mediation Committee and shall forfeit the position, if he/she falls within any of the following cases after he/she becomes a member:
1. A minor, or a person under adult guardianship or under limited guardianship;
2. A person declared bankrupt but not yet reinstated;
3. A person in whose case five years have not passed yet since imprisonment without prison labor or any heavier penalty, to which he/she was sentenced, was completely executed (or is deemed to have been completely executed) or was remitted;
4. A person in whose case five years have not passed yet since a fine or any heavier penalty, to which he/she was sentenced for a violation of this Act or any finance-related Act specified by Presidential Decree, was completely executed (or is deemed to have been completely executed) or was remitted;
5. A person sentenced to the suspension of imprisonment without prison labor or heavier penalty, who is still in the period of suspension;
6. A person in whose case five years have not passed since he/she was dismissed or removed from office as a disciplinary measure under a finance-related statute specified by Presidential Decree;
7. A person who works or has worked for the preceding two years for the Government or for a financial supervisory agency.
(4) The term of office of the chairperson and members of the Mediation Committee shall be two years and may be renewed consecutively only once; and the chairperson shall be elected by and from among members.
(5) The Mediation Committee shall carry out the following business affairs:
1. Mediation of matters prescribed by Presidential Decree concerning mediation of differences in opinion unresolved even after undergoing autonomous consultation among financial creditors;
2. Adjustment of the purchase price for claims and conditions of the purchase under Article 27 (5);
3. Adjustment of penalty charges and the estimated amount of compensation for losses under Article 28 (3) and (5);
4. Cooperation in recommendations of the Ombudsman Committee for Enterprises with a Sign of Insolvency under Article 30;
5. Determination as to whether a person breaches a resolution of the Council and decision-making on the compliance with a resolution;
6. Establishment and amendment of regulations on the operation of the Mediation Committee;
7. Other matters specified by Presidential Decree with regard to the operation of the Council.
(6) The Mediation Committee may request the relevant enterprise and financial creditors to make an appearance before the Committee and hear their opinions; or to submit necessary documents in order to carry out the business affairs referred to in paragraph (5).
(7) The Mediation Committee shall carry out the business affairs under its jurisdiction independently. If a committee member is involved in a transaction specified by Presidential Decree with a financial creditor or an enterprise with a sign of insolvency, he/she shall be excluded from the Mediation Committee's business affairs related to the financial creditor or the enterprise with a sign of insolvency.
(8) A resolution of the Mediation Committee requires concurrent votes of at least two thirds of current committee members. In cases falling under the latter part of paragraph (7), the member of the Mediation Committee shall be excluded from the number of current members.
(9) Other matters necessary for the formation, operation, etc. of the Mediation Committee shall be prescribed by Presidential Decree.