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Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

New Money - Marking the Boundaries

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

Paul Hastings LLP

The Legal 500’s Restructuring & Insolvency Comparative Guide

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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

Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP

Updates to the UK National Security and Investment Act

Key Points - Following our Alert last month addressing the United Kingdom Government’s intentions to improve the workings of the National Security and Investment Act 2021 (NSIA), the U.K. Government has now published two new...more

Mayer Brown

Adler: Court of Appeal sets aside sanction of a Restructuring Plan

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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

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Adler: English Court of Appeal Overturns Restructuring Plan (UPDATE)

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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

Mayer Brown

Restructuring Downloaded: Episode 2

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In this episode Sheena Frazer and Nicola Hughes discuss The National Security and Investment Act 2021....more

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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

Latham & Watkins LLP

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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The Court of Appeal Judgment in the Adler Restructuring Plan: Pari Passu is Back!

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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

The 2023 Restructuring Market Wrap-Up

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

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Comet: The Court of Appeal provides timely guidance regarding unlawful preferences

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

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Intercreditor Distressed Disposal Provisions: Pragmatic Decision Provides Certainty for Stakeholders

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

Katten Muchin Rosenman LLP

Tips for Dissenting Stakeholders Challenging a Cram Down (or Up)

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

White & Case LLP

The HMRC Restructuring Plan Challenges: Lessons Learned from GAS, Nasmyth and Prezzo

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Earlier this year, the English Court refused to sanction two Part 26A restructuring plans ("RPs") which sought to bind HMRC, the UK tax authority, into restructurings via "cross-class cram down". (See "Restructuring Plans...more

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HMRC's slice of Italian restaurant's restructuring plan is big enough, finds English court

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Summary - On 5 July 2023 the English High Court handed down its judgment to In the matter of Prezzo Investco Limited and In the matter of the Companies Act 2006 [2023] EWHC 1679 (Ch), another case (hot on the heels of The...more

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Fixed to Floating Charge Security: Exploring the Spectrum of Control

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In the recent case of Avanti Communications, the English Court held that to constitute fixed charge security, a chargee’s control over the relevant charged assets does not need to be absolute. A significant amount of control...more

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Private Markets Update - 2023

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Welcome to the inaugural Private Markets Update, which highlights developments in the European private markets, covering the issues that matter to investors in alternative assets. Touching on themes as diverse as predictions...more

Cadwalader, Wickersham & Taft LLP

Crammed Down but Not Out: HMRC Successfully Opposes Restructuring Plans

HMRC has recently taken an increased interest in opposing restructuring plans under Part 26A of the Companies Act 2006 (“Part 26A”) under which HMRC would otherwise be crammed down. This follows HMRC somewhat regaining its...more

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Recognition of Part 26A Restructuring Plans in Germany

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German real estate company Adler recently made headlines by successfully implementing a €6bn restructuring by way of a UK Part 26A Restructuring Plan. The Plan involved the subordination of Adler’s existing notes to new money...more

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Recent restructuring plan cases: important guidance for advisers

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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

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

Alston & Bird

Restructuring Plans as Versatile Tools to Tackle Over-Leveraged Balance Sheets

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The UK Part 26A restructuring plan was introduced in the UK over two years ago. It draws upon features of the well-tested scheme of arrangement, a court supervised procedure under Part 26 of the UK Companies Act 2006. Despite...more

White & Case LLP

Europe’s banks emerge from the COVID-19 pandemic resolute in their ambitions

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UK & European Financial Services M&A: Sector trends H2 2021 | H1 2022 — Banks - Our outlook for bank M&A is extremely positive despite current market uncertainty. Many of Europe’s lenders dedicated significant resources...more

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Bermuda: Restructuring & Insolvency 2022

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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

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