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The collapse of ftx - a regulatory and claims perspective

Cryptoassets are traded on a global basis. Indeed, the markets are even more global and constant than markets in more conventional financial instruments, rivalled only perhaps by the FX markets in their reach.

Global, USA, Delaware, Banking, Compliance Management, Insolvency & Restructuring, IT & Data Protection, Collyer Bristow LLP, Corporate governance, Blockchain, Due diligence, Cryptocurrency
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
CW Advanced Technologies Limited - Recognition Issues Considered

In the recent case Re CW Advanced Technologies Limited, the Hong Kong court took the opportunity, albeit only obiter dicta, to raise and briefly comment on certain unresolved questions surrounding three issues of interest to insolvency practitioners:

Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Mayer Brown