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Australia: Big trouble in small business restructuring

In brief

Australia, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Baker McKenzie
Australia: New Small Business Insolvency Reforms - How Statutory Demands will change from 1 January 2021

 

In brief

The new small business insolvency reforms enacted by the Corporations Amendment (Corporate Insolvency Reforms) Act 2020 (Cth) (Corporations Amendment Act) - which inserts a new Part 5.3B into the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) (Corporations Act) - are due to come into effect on 1 January 2021.

Australia, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Baker McKenzie, Coronavirus
The Reef of Hanjin’s Woe: Will Chapter 15 Unlash Hanjin’s Sailors from the Mast?

On September 9, 2016, Hanjin Shipping Co. won a ruling protecting its assets in the U.S. against creditors, while the shipping line proceeds with its reorganization in South Korea. Hanjin filed for relief under Chapter 15 of the Bankruptcy Code in the United States Bankruptcy Court for the District of New Jersey (U.S. Bankruptcy Court Judge John K. Sherwood in Newark, N.J.).

South Korea, USA, New Jersey, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Shipping & Transport, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (Bryan Cave), United States bankruptcy court
The Little Airline That Couldn’t

Remember Sabena, the ill-fated Belgian airline that declared bankruptcy in 2001? Well, to quote Ford Madox Ford, this is the saddest story I have ever heard.

USA, Aviation, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Trade & Customs, White Collar Crime, Bryan Cave Leighton Paisner (Bryan Cave), Bankruptcy, Beneficiary, Office of Foreign Assets Control (USA), Deutsche Bank, Uniform Commercial Code (USA)