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New UAE Bankruptcy Law - Key Features You Need to Know

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.

United Arab Emirates, Insolvency & Restructuring, Akin Gump Strauss Hauer & Feld LLP
British Virgin Islands court rules on the ranking of redeemed shareholders

A recent decision from the Commercial Court of the British Virgin Islands has clarified the position of a redeemed shareholder of a fund who has a claim for redemption proceeds which have become due and payable. In the matter ofWestern Union International Limited v Reserve International Liquidity Fund Ltd., the court considered the status of a redeemed shareholder both before and after the commencement of the liquidation of a fund and the operation of Section 197 of the Insolvency Act, 2003 (the “Act”). Section 197 states that:

British Virgin Islands, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Proskauer Rose LLP, Share (finance), Regulatory compliance, Shareholder, Unsecured debt, Dividends, Market liquidity, Liquidation, Articles of association, Internal Revenue Service (USA), US Federal Government, Internal Revenue Code (USA)