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Leverage may be a sufficient benefit to justify the making of a winding up order - new ruling by the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal

Creditors seeking to enforce an undisputed debt against a solvent foreign non-Hong Kong company in the courts of Hong Kong will welcome the recent judgment of the Court of Final Appeal (CFA) in Shandong Chenming Paper Holdings Limited v Arjowiggins HKK 2 Limited [2022] HKCFA 11, as the CFA helpfully backs a broader and more commercially holistic interpretation of a key tenet relating to how Hong Kong courts approach certain threshold assessments involving winding up petitions brought by creditors in Hong Kong against foreign incorporated companies.

Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Dechert LLP
Certain Companies that May be Subject to FDIC Orderly Liquidation Authority under Dodd-Frank are Now Subject to Qualified Financial Contract Recordkeeping Requirements

Companies that the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) believes may be subject to FDIC receivership under the Orderly Liquidation Authority contained in Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act, and certain of their affiliates, are now subject to recordkeeping requirements related to their “qualified financial contracts”1 (QFCs).

USA, Banking, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Dechert LLP, Depository institution, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (USA), Financial Stability Oversight Council, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 (USA)