On 1 August 2022, the English High Court granted the administrators of Petropavlovsk PLC (the “Company”) permission to enter into a sale of its Russian assets to Russian entity UMMC-Invest (the “Proposed Sale”) amidst sanctions concerns.
Russia, United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Trade & Customs, White Collar Crime, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Sanctions, Insolvency, Office of Financial Sanctions Implementation (UK)
Insolvency intersected with the UK government’s response to the coronavirus pandemic in an application to the High Court by the administrators of restaurant chain Carluccio’s. Considering the government’s Coronavirus Job Retention Scheme (the “Scheme”), the court held that:
United Kingdom, Employment & Labor, Insolvency & Restructuring, Morrison & Foerster LLP, Coronavirus