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M&A in the City: Lessons from Basslink - the coalface of credit bids for infrastructure assets

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Australia, Banking, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, King & Wood Mallesons, Foreign direct investment, Foreign Investment Review Board
A spot-fire mentality to Australia’s insolvency laws is still not the answer

On the 2 August 2021 Treasury released a consultation paper titled ‘Helping Companies Restructure by Improving Schemes of Arrangement. The consultation is aimed at reforming Australia’s scheme of arrangement procedure.

Australia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, King & Wood Mallesons, Coronavirus
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