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UK Government consultation on a new insolvency regime for UK-authorised payment institutions and electronic money institutions

On 3 December 2020, the UK Government (HM Treasury) issued a consultation paper (the Consultation) setting out a proposal to implement a new “special administration regime” (the SAR) which it is proposed would apply to any insolvency of an authorised payment institution (a PI) or electronic money institution (an EMI).

United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Bird & Bird LLP, Financial Conduct Authority (UK)
HM Treasury publishes consultation on a new insolvency regime for UK authorised payment institutions (PI) and electronic money institutions (EMI)

On 3 December 2020, HM Treasury published the Government's proposal to implement a new special administration regime for PIs and EMIs (PI and EMI SAR), a copy of which can be seen here.

United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Bird & Bird LLP, Financial Conduct Authority (UK)
Ultra Petroleum Corp. Make-Whole Saga Continues

Creditors File Petition for Rehearing En Banc After Fifth Circuit Reversal and Remand of Bankruptcy Court Decision Awarding Creditors Make-Whole and Post-Petition Interest in Accordance with the Terms of the Underlying Agreement.

Executive Summary

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, United States bankruptcy court
To Make-Whole … or Not

Fifth Circuit Holds that Disallowance of Claim Pursuant to the Bankruptcy Code Does Not Render Such Claim Impaired and Casts Doubt on Creditors’ Ability to Recover Make-Whole Amounts or Post-Petition Interest at the Default Contract Rate

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USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Weil Gotshal & Manges LLP, Unsecured debt, Liquidated damages, United States bankruptcy court