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Court of Appeal Overturns Restructuring Plan Sanction and Looks at Cram Down

On 23 January 2024, Snowden LJ handed down the Court of Appeal's judgment in the Adler Restructuring Plan case - AGPS Bondco plc - overturning the sanctioning of the Plan by the High Court in April 2023.

United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, A&O Shearman, Companies Act 2006 (UK), Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020
Supreme Court Holds That a Non-Debtor Retaining a Debtor’s Property Does Not Exercise Control Over the Property in Violation of the Automatic Stay

In January 2020, we analyzed a split among the Circuit Courts regarding whether a non-debtor holding a debtor’s property on the petition date has an affirmative obligation under section 362(a)(3) of the Bankruptcy Code to return that property to the debtor immediately following the filing of the bankruptcy petition.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP
New proposals to amend Shareholder Rights Directive

On 9 April 2014, the Commission published proposals to amend the existing Shareholder Rights Directive (2007/36/EC).

European Union, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, Hogan Lovells, Corporate governance, Shareholder