Due to the COVID-19 pandemic, Mexican courts were closed for the past few months and only received urgent cases.
The COVID-19 pandemic has had a negative impact on the Mexican economy. As a result, Mexican courts have seen a rise in insolvency cases, which are not as common in Mexico compared to other jurisdictions, such as the United States. The rise of insolvency cases imposes new challenges to Mexican courts and Mexico’s laws.
On April 20, the House Committee on Financial Services held a hearing to discuss public policy issues raised by last month’s report of court-appointed bankruptcy examiner for Lehman Brothers Holdings Inc. (Lehman Brothers), Mr. Anton R. Valukas. The Committee heard testimony from the following witnesses:
Panel One:
USA, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Alston & Bird LLP, Bankruptcy, Audit, Board of directors, Accounting, Defamation, Balance sheet, US Securities and Exchange Commission, Federal Reserve (USA), FSAB, US House Committee on Financial Services, Chair of the Federal Reserve, Lehman Brothers, Ernst & Young, Chief executive officer