On 31 October 2023, Federal Law No. 51 of 2023 Promulgating the Financial and Bankruptcy Law (the Bankruptcy Law) was published in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Official Gazette, repealing the prior federal law on bankruptcy (Federal Law No. 9 of 2016, the Prior Law) and significantly developing the bankruptcy regime in the UAE.

The Irish Examiner publication is the latest business to be restructured using a so called pre-pack insolvency transaction. “Pre-pack” transactions have been a feature of insolvency sales in other countries such as England and Wales for some years, but until relatively recently had not commonly featured in Irish insolvencies.  It has been reported that at least one creditor has initiated proceedings to challenge the Irish Examiner transaction.