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Adler: English Court of Appeal Overturns Restructuring Plan

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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

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Court of Appeal Overturns Restructuring Plan Sanction and Looks at Cram Down

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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

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English Court of Appeal Overturns Adler Sanction: What Next for Restructuring Plans?

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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

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Cayman Islands Restructuring: Court-to-Court Communication and Co-operation in Cross-Border Matters

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With a marked increase in large-scale cross-border insolvency and restructuring proceedings in the Cayman Islands and elsewhere, there is a greater focus on principles of comity and co-operation between courts and...more

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High Court further clarifies when foreign companies may use Singapore’s restructuring regime

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In Re Zipmex Co Ltd (2022), the Singapore High Court held that Thai, Indonesian and Australian subsidiaries of the Zipmex Group had their Centre of Main Interest in Singapore. It noted that it would have been evident to...more

Morrison & Foerster LLP

The UK Insolvency Service’s New Consultation on the Adoption of Two Insolvency-Related UNCITRAL Model Laws

On July 7, 2022, the UK Insolvency Service, an executive agency of government responsible for a variety of roles in administering the UK insolvency regime, published a consultation on the UK’s proposed adoption of two...more

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Bermuda Insights: Trends and Opportunities 2022

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As part of our five year anniversary celebrations of our law firm opening in Bermuda, we put together the original version of this summary report highlighting the latest developments and trends in the Bermuda legal and...more

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The Virgin Active Restructuring: Cross-border Recognition

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“Virgin Active is a global gym and leisure business with operations in England, Italy, Spain, Australia, Singapore, Thailand and South Africa. The group was significantly impacted by the Covid-19 pandemic and…amassed an...more

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Singapore-Incorporated Company Has Its COMI in the US

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In Re Zetta Jet Pte Ltd (2019), the Singapore High Court held that the Centre of Main Interest (COMI) of a Singapore-incorporated company was the US. It noted that a company’s jurisdiction of incorporation could be displaced...more

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Zebra Crossings: the view on secondment in Johannesburg

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When I left the UK, bound for Johannesburg, it was (and remains) a turbulent time with the UK government facing difficult negotiations in the coming years first over Brexit and now too in relation to its very ability to...more

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