FTX was the third-largest cryptocurrency exchange at one point, but came crashing down to earth in 2022 and filed for bankruptcy in the US on 11 November. The platform’s downfall has reignited the debate around the regulation of cryptocurrencies globally and in specific jurisdictions. Marc Jones considers the arguments here.

The Covid-19 crisis could plunge the UK into the worst economic depression since the 1930s, and with it will come a spate of corporate insolvencies. In this article, Marc Jones explains why the existing insolvency regime is out of tune with the current government policy of saving good businesses and what needs to change to bring it into line.

The Corporate Insolvency and Governance Bill (CIG Bill) is not yet law but has already been considered and, in effect, applied in a recent High Court judgment. Marc Jones, a partner in our Commercial Litigation and Fraud teams, looks at the facts.