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English Court Approves Enzen Part 26A Restructuring Plans in First Case With HMRC Active Support

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On 25 March 2025, the English Court approved the interconditional dual restructuring plans of Enzen Global Limited and Enzen Limited (Enzen). The plans amend and extend £50 million senior secured liabilities, provide for new...more

Pillsbury Winthrop Shaw Pittman LLP

U.S. Bankruptcy Court Agrees to Enforce English Three-Step, with Third-Party Releases, Used by Mexican Auto Financer

Manipulation of “center of main interest” to secure UK bankruptcy venue does not bar chapter 15 recognition so long as creditors are not disadvantaged. On February 24, 2025, U.S. Bankruptcy Judge Michael E. Wiles granted...more

Latham & Watkins LLP

Cram-across: Sino-Ocean Restructuring Plan Makes Waves

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The evolution of the English RP continues to push the jurisdictional envelope. The English court’s sanction of the Sino-Ocean restructuring plan (RP) marks an interesting development in the evolution of the English RP....more

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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

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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

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

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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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National Security and Investment Act 2021 and Restructuring and Insolvency

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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

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Impact of the recent Gategroup decision on aviation restructurings

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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

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