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The Grand Court of the Cayman Islands recently confirmed expressly for the first time that it has jurisdiction to wind up a segregated portfolio company ("SPC") on the insolvency of one or more, but not all, of its segregated...more
In this episode Sheena Frazer and Amy Jacks discuss issues dealing with European assets post Brexit....more
The Situation: The Adler Group sought to restructure more than €6 billion of debt by means of a UK restructuring plan ("RP"), to give itself a runway for a planned wind-down and asset sales, leading to an enhanced return for...more
In the current economic climate, it is important that lenders understand how they can enforce security and debt claims, to help in assessing options in the event of default by their customers, and when structuring new...more
On 23 January 2024, Snowden LJ handed down the Court of Appeal's judgment in the Adler Restructuring Plan case - AGPS Bondco plc - overturning the sanctioning of the Plan by the High Court in April 2023....more
The decision represents the first appellate-level ruling on the Part 26A regime. On 23 January 2024, the Court of Appeal set aside the sanction of the Adler restructuring plan (RP) in the first appellate-level decision on...more
In a radical departure from settled case law, the English High Court has eroded the protections of English law creditors guaranteed by the Rule in Gibbs....more
Third-Party Releases are common in English law schemes of arrangement and restructuring plans, and US courts have so far indulged that approach in granting recognition. If Prospero’s plea to the audience at the...more
The arrangements in Israel’s Insolvency and Economic Rehabilitation Law, enacted in 2018, include a series of special characteristics that must be taken into account when engaging with an Israeli corporation....more
Judicial comments cast doubt on the ability to compromise US law-governed debt effectively based on Chapter 15 recognition alone. A recent first instance decision in Hong Kong has highlighted an important...more
Where a company’s liquidation is necessary, deciding who or where is best placed to administer an orderly wind down for the benefit of creditors can be difficult: the shortfall of assets in an insolvency will highlight...more
The forecast for the English scheme and plan looks set fair despite concerns around Brexit turbulence. The restructuring market’s appetite for Part 26 schemes of arrangement and Part 26A restructuring plans shows no...more
Debtors and investors have an enhanced choice of restructuring venues as the EU Restructuring Directive is rolled out in Member States - A number of key European jurisdictions have now implemented the EU Preventive...more
In its judgment dated 28 July 2021, the BVI Commercial Court, determined both that as matter of jurisdiction, and in the exercise of his discretion he should permit creditors who successfully opposed the making of a...more
Cross-border bankruptcy cases filed in the U.S. under chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code on behalf of foreign businesses doubled during 2020 and are on pace to set another record-breaking year in 2021 (with more than 123...more
Although receiving little fanfare since its issuance, a recent trial court order in Florida state court has sent a warning shot to American defendants embroiled in litigation abroad. In Gorsoan Ltd. v. Bullock, the...more
In Sang Cheol Woo v Charles C Spackman, the BVI Commercial Court handed down its first written judgment on the issue of whether the Court has jurisdiction to grant a committal order against a judgment debtor resident and...more
Many of us have a basic understanding of U.S. bankruptcy filings under chapters 7, 11, and 13, but we may not know very much about chapter 15. Jackson Walker Bankruptcy, Restructuring, & Recovery attorneys Kristhy Peguero and...more
Akin Gump lawyers who advised the Ad Hoc Group of holders of Weatherford's $7.4 billion unsecured notes explain how the restructuring was agreed and implemented using three parallel in-court procedures Weatherford is one...more
On 19 September 2019, Norris J handed down judgment in the challenge brought by six landlords against the Debenhams Retail Limited (Debenhams) company voluntary arrangement (CVA) which was approved by 94.71% of Debenham’s...more
On June 19, 2019, the United States Court of Appeals for the Third Circuit (the “Third Circuit”) affirmed a ruling of the United States District Court for the District of Delaware (the “District Court”) dismissing challenges...more
‘Corporate reorganisation’ is something of an umbrella term, and is used in many different contexts to mean a multitude of different things. At one extreme, a reorganisation may refer to ‘paper’ changes to a corporate group’s...more
In a March 19, 2019 summary order, the U.S. Court of Appeals for the Second Circuit affirmed the district court’s dismissal of a purported shareholder’s appeal challenging the chapter 15 recognition of a Cayman Islands...more
In a recent cross-border insolvency case, In re Agrokor d.d., 591 B.R. 163 (Bankr. S.D.N.Y. 2018), Judge Glenn of the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York recognized and enforced a...more
This case reiterates the opportunity that an English scheme provides to companies in emerging market jurisdictions seeking to restructure their English law debt obligations with international lenders. Mr Justice Snowden’s...more