On Wednesday 29 April the Outer House of the Court of Session in Edinburgh issued an opinion sanctioning two schemes of arrangement proposed by Premier Oil Plc and Premier Oil UK Limited (together, Premier Oil) (the Schemes). The Court addressed multiple grounds of challenge and did so without hearing live evidence, despite disputes of fact between the parties.

The Rescheduling of Indebtedness of Large Israeli Companies

2013 was the year when repayment obligations finally caught up with some of Israel’s largest corporate borrowers.

In addition to the new legal concepts introduced by Amendment 19, several recent high-profile bankruptcy cases have indicated that Israeli insolvency law generally is in a state of transition.

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