Rising Chapter 11 Bankruptcies in Healthcare
Critical Access to Care in Rural Communities
Increasing Hospital Profitability Through Transformative Integrations
Hospital Restructuring and Strategic Partnerships
Strategic Restructuring for the Future: Exploring Upstream Revenue Opportunities for Hospices
Strategic Restructuring for the Future: The State of the Hospice Market
Avoiding Tax Consequences During Oil & Gas Restructurings
A Conversation with Lindsay Chu on Asia Restructurings
A Conversation with John Houghton on Asia Restructurings
A Conversation with Rajiv Gupta on Asia Restructurings
A Conversation with Ben Simpfendorfer on Asia Restructurings
A Conversation with David Heller on Asia Restructurings
A Conversation with Robyn Meredith on Asia Restructurings
Maximizing Outcomes in Upcoming Asia Restructurings - Executive Summary
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The majority of all 2023 EMEA restructurings involving an equitisation and/or a maturity extension required the provision of new money. While equitisation can solve for an over-leveraged capital structure, and maturity...more
Our London Financial Restructuring team authored the UK chapter of the 8th Edition of The Legal 500’s “Restructuring & Insolvency Comparative Guide". The guide provides information on the current issues affecting...more
In the first appeal of a restructuring plan under Part 26A Companies Act 2006, the English Court of Appeal unanimously set aside the first instance decision sanctioning the plan proposed by AGPS BondCo PLC, part of the Adler...more
On January 23, 2024, the Court of Appeal in England and Wales (the "Appeal Court") upheld a challenge launched by dissenting creditors to overturn the UK Restructuring Plan (the "RP") of the Adler Group previously approved by...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
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
On 23 January the Court of Appeal unanimously overturned the High Court’s decision to sanction Adler’s restructuring plan, following a successful challenge from an ad hoc committee of noteholders (the AHG). The judgment is...more
As 2024 gets underway, 2023 will be remembered as the year that King Charles III’s coronation captured our attention with its many (and occasionally bizarre) storied traditions and customs and, of course, for the passing of...more
Overview - The Court of Appeal has overturned the decision of the High Court in Carton-Kelly v Darty Holdings SAS, providing welcome clarity for directors of distressed companies when considering whether to make payments...more
Investors in LMA-based intercreditor agreements (ICA) should be reassured by the commercial approach recently taken by the High Court in construing the "Distressed Disposal" provisions (DD Provisions)....more
This article considers the key issues a dissenting creditor or shareholder (Dissenting Stakeholder) should consider when challenging a UK Restructuring Plan (Plan) under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006. For convenience,...more
The restructuring plan has so far proven to be a powerful tool to facilitate restructurings of complex capital structures. Two recent cases provide further helpful guidance for advisers when formulating a restructuring plan...more
1 Overview - 1.1 Where would you place your jurisdiction on the spectrum of debtor- to creditor-friendly jurisdictions? Bermuda is a self-governing British Overseas Territory. The systems of law administered in...more
On 30 March 2022, the English High Court sanctioned a new restructuring plan for Smile Telecoms Holdings Limited (“Smile” or the “Company”) (the “Restructuring Plan”). The restructuring will result in the Company’s super...more
The National Security and Investment Act 2021 ("NSIA" or "the Act") came into force in the UK on 4 January 2022. NSIA expands the UK Government’s powers to scrutinise certain acquisitions and investments on national security...more
For the first time, a UK court has crammed down a dissenting class of senior secured creditors. Our Financial Restructuring & Reorganization Group reviews the court’s reasoning and sets out the main takeaways from the...more
On 12 January 2022, the English High Court granted Smile Telecoms Holdings Limited’s (“Smile” or the “Company”) application to convene a single meeting of plan creditors (the super senior creditors) to vote on the Company’s...more
As we stand facing another potential financial crisis, the UK adopted new regulations which tighten the screw to control pre-packaged sales to connected parties. ...more
A UK court has allowed the first case where the most-senior creditor class has been compromised under a restructuring plan despite its objections. Our Financial Restructuring & Reorganization Group outlines the background to...more
A restructuring plan completed earlier this year by Smile Telecoms notches up a number of firsts. African telecommunications provider Smile Telecoms Holding Limited, incorporated in Mauritius, successfully completed a...more
On 28 June 2021, the English High Court handed down a judgment declining to sanction a restructuring plan proposed by Hurricane Energy PLC, which sought to cram down the dissenting class of shareholders and hand over the...more
First featured as an article in Global Restructuring Review, Jennifer Marshall and Harini Viswanathan consider what the Gategroup convening judgment that found UK restructuring plans to be an “insolvency proceeding” for the...more
Pre-packaged sales are often used as a rapid and discreet method to rescue a company, providing business continuity and preserving value. After years of heavy criticism due to the lack of transparency associated with such...more