The international restructuring landscape is evolving rapidly. In the EU, efforts to harmonize member states’ legal regimes continue. In the Middle East, maturing legal frameworks are creating greater certainty for...more
2/6/2026
/ China ,
Commercial Bankruptcy ,
Corporate Restructuring ,
Economic Growth ,
EU ,
Geopolitical Risks ,
Germany ,
Globalization ,
Insolvency ,
International Trade ,
Middle East ,
Saudi Arabia ,
Tariffs ,
UK ,
United Arab Emirates (UAE) ,
United States
After several years of weak growth in the German economy, restructuring is emerging as a strategic tool to revitalize the country’s under-pressure businesses. Here we explore how the use of StaRUG, Germany’s preventive...more
2/6/2026
/ Corporate Restructuring ,
Creditors ,
Cross-Border Transactions ,
Debt Restructuring ,
Distressed Assets ,
European Commission ,
Germany ,
Insolvency ,
International Trade ,
Investors ,
Lenders ,
Private Equity ,
Restructuring
The European Parliament and the Council (the co-legislators) reached political agreement on the proposed Directive harmonising certain aspects of insolvency law on 19 November 2025. The final compromise text was confirmed and...more
In this alert, we consider the recent judgment of the Frankfurt court declining to recognize the effects of the Aggregate group’s 2024 English restructuring plan in respect of certain of its German law-governed debts....more
Temporary shortening of the forecast period relating to the over-indebtedness check and other changes until 31 December 2023.
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A short bullet point summary of the new StaRUG-Scheme and a non-reliance translation of the draft bill for the StaRUG-Scheme from German into English based on the preliminary text of the new draft legislation.
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