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Piercing the corporate veil is when a company is shown to be corrupt, and engaged in injurious activities. This was the case of a Kenyan Pipeline Company explosion and fire that killed 120 people, and injured hundreds of others. The company was found to be grossly negligent in their operations, an a subsequent lawsuit was filed by victims and their families.

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What is Reverse piercing of corporate veil?

Reverse piercing the corporate veil is the act holding a shareholder personally liable for the debts of the corporation and then (when taking his assets as damages) reaching into the assets of other corporations to which he is a shareholder. Normally when a corporation takes on too much debt and the creditors want their money, it goes insolvent (bankrupt). However, if the corporate formalities have not been observed (there was commingling of personal and corporate funds, there was a failure to maintain the corporate records, etc.) and adhering to the limited liability rules of corporations would promote injustice, a creditor can "pierce the corporate veil" and reach past the limited liability into the personal assets of the shareholder(s). However, if the personal assets of the shareholders are mostly stock in other corporations that have also taken too much debt, this doesn't help much (because the stocks wouldn't be worth much on the market and dissolving those other corporations means their assets would be paid to creditors before they can be distributed to the shareholders). In that situation, the court can "reverse pierce the corporate veil" and take the assets of the other corporations, bypassing the line of creditors.


If you file Bankruptcy on your business can they take your personal assets?

Only if then can show that you committed fraud, by piercing the corporate veil (i.e. using the business as your personal property), or if you gave a personal guarantee for business loans/debts.


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Sorry. For information, other than general knowledge, please don't rely on this (or any other) site for questions with that much specifity required. What you are asking for in your question REALLY needs to be addressed to legal counsel of your choosing.


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Under which circumstances are the courts of Zimbabwe likely to lift the corporate veil of incorporation?

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