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A decade later; could it happen again?

On September 15, 2008, Lehman Brothers declared bankruptcy, an event considered by many to mark the beginning of the credit crisis of 2008–2009 and the unprecedented public policy responses that followed. Much has been written about the multiple contributing factors to the crisis, ranging from predatory lending to Federal Reserve interest rate policy.

USA, Banking, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Derivatives, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, K&L Gates LLP, Fintech, Troubled Asset Relief Program, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (USA), Federal Reserve (USA), Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 (USA), Emergency Economic Stabilization Act 2008 (USA)
Court Places Assets in the Freezer

The Supreme Court of Western Australia has recently made a freezing order in the matter of Trans Global Projects Pty Ltd (In Liquidation) (TGP) v Duro Felguera Australia Pty Ltd (Duro) [2018] WASC 136.

This decision sheds light on:

Australia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, K&L Gates LLP, Arbitration award, Asset freezing
Victorian Court of Appeal in Façade Treatment Case was "Plainly Wrong"

What you need to know in light of Seymour Whyte Constructions Pty Ltd v Ostwald Bros Pty Ltd (in liq)

The NSW Supreme Court recently handed down its decision in the matter of Seymour Whyte Constructions Pty Ltd v Ostwald Bros Pty Ltd (in liq); Ostwald Bros Pty Ltd (in liq) v Seymour Whyte Constructions Pty Ltd [2018] NSWSC 412, in which K&L Gates represented Seymour Whyte. The decision sheds light on numerous issues, including:

Australia, New South Wales, Construction, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, K&L Gates LLP, New South Wales Supreme Court