This article summarises the findings of the High Court in Re gategroup Guarantee Limited [2021] EWHC 304 (Ch) (Re gategroup Guarantee Limited) and provides a view of its effects on the cross-border application of the Restructuring Plan (defined below) and the use of co-obligor structures in restructurings.
The Restructuring Plan
European Union, United Kingdom, USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McDermott Will & Emery, Brexit, Coronavirus, European Free Trade Association
Introduction
Towards the end of 2020, while businesses were reeling from the challenges of grappling with a global pandemic, the end of the Brexit transition period and LIBOR transition, the Law Commission published a paper analysing the current law underlying intermediated securities - Intermediated securities: who owns your shares? A Scoping Paper.
European Union, France, United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Public, Stephenson Harwood LLP, Brexit, Libor