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In light of the banking failures of Silicon Valley Bank, Signature Bank and First Republic (as well as Credit Suisse), this summer, the Federal Reserve and the FDIC proposed guidance and rules for larger banks to (i) develop...more
New York state court ruled that a non-defaulting insurer’s valuation under the 1992 ISDA Master Agreement was commercially reasonable and in good faith and was not required to rely on market prices that distorted the value of...more
In October 2022, the English High Court delivered a long-awaited judgment relating to whether or not certain Bankruptcy Events of Default can be cured under the ISDA 2002 and 1992 Master Agreements ("ISDA Master Agreements")...more
Case: Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in administration) [2018] EWHC 1980 (Ch), Hildyard J (27 July 2018) - The High Court sanctioned a complex scheme of arrangement (“Scheme") under the Companies Act 2006 (“CA...more
The Court of Appeal judgment in the so-called “Waterfall IIA” case signals the English Courts’ reluctance to impute established equitable principles in aid of construing English insolvency legislation. The Court of Appeal’s...more
98% of the liabilities of Lehman Brothers International (Europe) (in administration) (“LBIE”) were denominated in non-sterling currencies. The fall in sterling after LBIE entered administration resulted in significant paper...more
The 2008 collapse of the Lehman Brothers group (“the Group”) continues to generate questions of English insolvency law of interest to the international business community. A recent judgment of the UK Supreme Court considered,...more
Lehman Brothers International (Europe) v ExxonMobil Financial Services B.V. [2016] EWHC 2699 (Comm), 28 October 2016 - When serving notices in deteriorating market conditions, beware more haste and less speed. A recent...more
Last week, the High Court ruled on the meaning of “Default Rate” in the 1992 and 2002 ISDA Master Agreements (together, the “ISDA Master Agreements”). Whilst the decision addresses a multitude of issues, perhaps the most...more
This alert focuses on the European Market Infrastructure Regulation (or "EMIR" as it is better known) which was introduced as the equivalent of the Dodd-Frank Act of 2010, to address a wide range of issues, many of which were...more
What Happens in Delaware Does Not Always Stay in Delaware: Caesars Victorious in Venue Battle - On Wednesday, January 28, the Bankruptcy Court for the District of Delaware transferred venue for the involuntary bankruptcy...more
When the Lehman Brothers group imploded in September 2008, the impact of events on the Lehman Brothers UK pension scheme (the "Scheme") was not seen as a key concern for anyone other than the members themselves. Yet as time...more
While the arrival of His Royal Highness Prince George Alexander Louis of Cambridge has dominated the British (and the world) headlines this week, the U.K. Supreme Court delivered its own long awaited bundle of joy earlier...more