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Argentine court declares bankruptcy of Musimundo owner Carsa, revoking restructuring proceedings

From La Nación · () Spanish

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  • A court in Resistencia, Chaco, declared Carsa, one of the owners of retail chain Musimundo, bankrupt and revoked its preventive insolvency proceedings.
  • Judge Fernando Luis Lavenas found evidence of payment suspension after the company’s restructuring plan, branch closures and a failed proposal to transfer 45 stores.
  • The court kept the creditor-verification schedule, with claims due by November 6, 2026, and judicial reports scheduled for March and June 2027.

Carsa, one of the companies behind Argentina’s Musimundo retail chain, moved from a preventive restructuring process into bankruptcy after a court in Chaco revoked the proceeding opened in July.

The Civil and Commercial Court No. 23 in Resistencia announced the decision, which the company reported to the National Securities Commission. Judge Fernando Luis Lavenas ordered that the case proceed under the title “CARSA S.A. bankruptcy.” He found that the company’s financial condition showed a suspension of payments and concluded that continuing the preventive proceeding was not viable.

The ruling followed an analysis by the court-appointed trustee of a plan to reduce the company’s structure. Carsa’s financial troubles had unfolded alongside branch closures and the failure of a transaction involving the transfer of 45 commercial locations.

The court nevertheless kept the timetable for verifying debts and submitting the required reports. Creditors may file claims until November 6, 2026. The trustee must submit the individual report by March 30, 2027, followed by the general report on June 25, 2027.

Carsa had formally requested preventive creditor proceedings on July 7 after shareholders unanimously approved the move at a June 30 meeting. The company had described the proceeding as the appropriate legal tool for addressing its financial and asset position. Its stated objectives were to preserve commercial operations, protect jobs, maintain the value of its assets and reorganize its liabilities in an orderly way. The court’s latest decision rejected that plan.

The appropriate and convenient legal tool.

· CarsaThe company used this phrase to describe the preventive insolvency proceeding it sought in July.
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