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Court of Appeal of Alberta dismisses application for leave in Bellatrix CCAA proceedings

The Court of Appeal of Alberta issued the latest decision in the Companies’ Creditors Arrangement Act (CCAA) proceedings of Bellatrix Exploration Ltd. (Bellatrix).1

Canada, Alberta, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Companies' Creditors Arrangement Act 1933 (Canada), Court of Appeal of Alberta
Canadian energy oil and gas: Top 20 of 2020 - Judicial decisions

Part 1

Without question, the top story over the last year has been the COVID-19 pandemic and its tremendous ongoing effects felt across Canada and the world.

This time has had a significant impact on Canada’s energy industry and many of the changes and developments that took place in 2020 will continue to influence trends, business decisions and the future growth of Canada’s energy industry in 2021.

Canada, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Borden Ladner Gervais LLP, Bankruptcy, Coronavirus
Changes in Italian security law

Proposed changes in Italian law mean that it should become easier to create certain types of security in Italy and to recover debt. The relevant law is Decree-law no. 59/2016 (“Urgent provisions on insolvency and executive procedures’’) which came into force on 4 May 2016 and which should be converted into binding law by early July.

The main changes introduced by the Decree are as follows:

Italy, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, King & Wood Mallesons, Debtor, Debt, Personal property, Default (finance), Secured loan