Case update: Cross-border insolvency, November 2016

In The Joint Provisional Liquidators of BJB Career Education Company Limited (In Provisional Liquidation) v Xu Zhendong1, the Court of First Instance considered the Hong Kong courts' common law powers to recognise and assist foreign courts and insolvency practitioners overseeing non-Hong Kong insolvency proceedings.

The questions considered by the court were:

Filed under:
Hong Kong, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, HFW, Court of First Instance (Hong Kong)
Authors:
Peter Murphy , Andrew M Johnstone , Strachan Gray
Location:
Hong Kong
Firm:
HFW