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Sanction for scheme of arrangement refused by Hong Kong court: Key takeaways

Notwithstanding that the requisite statutory majority was obtained in the relevant creditors’ scheme meeting, the Hong Kong Companies Court refused to sanction a scheme of arrangement propounded by a company that professed to be insolvent in a recent judgment [2024] HKCFI 2216.

Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Des Voeux Chambers
When do directors owe duties to creditors and how is a breach of creditor duty assessed: Key takeaways from recent Singapore Court of Appeal Decision in Foo Kian Beng v OP3 International Pte Ltd (in liquidation) [2024] SGCA 10

In the recent decision of Foo Kian Beng v OP3 International Pte Ltd (in liquidation) [2024] SGCA 10 (dated 27 March 2024), the Singapore Court of Appeal upheld a director’s breach of duty by authorising the payment of a dividend and the repayment of a loan to himself. The decision, considering Sequana, sheds further important light on the directors’ duty to consider or act in the interest of the company’s creditors, coined as “creditor duty”.

The Facts – Briefly Stated

Singapore, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Des Voeux Chambers
Liquidators have the final say on disclosure of information to creditors

China City Construction Holding Group Co Ltd -v- Patrick Cowley and Lui Yee Man, Joint and Several Liquidators of China City Construction (International) Co Ltd [2024] HKCFI 219

The Hong Kong Court of First Instance (the Court) has examined the issue of the scope of information required to be disclosed by liquidators to creditors and whether the Court should exercise its discretion to order discovery if it is just and beneficial to do so.

Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Hill Dickinson
Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal gives primacy to a foreign exclusive jurisdiction clause over insolvency jurisdiction in landmark case

On 4 May 2023, the Court of Final Appeal (CFA) delivered a landmark judgment in Guy Kwok-Hung Lam (Respondent) -v- Tor Asia Credit Master Fund LP (Appellant) Final Appeal No.13 of 2022 (on appeal from CACV No. 393 of 2021 [2023 HKCFA 9) (“Re Guy Kwok-Hung Lam”).

Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Hill Dickinson
Who foots the bill following the reversal of a bankruptcy order?

Back on 4 May 2023, the Hong Kong Court of Final Appeal (the “CFA”) in Re Guy Kwok-Hung Lam [2023] HKCFA 9 delivered a ground breaking judgment in relation to whether a foreign exclusive jurisdiction clause (EJC) should be upheld in insolvency cases, upholding the Court of Appeal’s (the “CA”) judgment that, in an ordinary case where there is an EJC, absent any countervailing factors such as the risk of insolvency affecting third parties and a dispute that borders on the frivolous or abuse of process, the petitioner and the debtor ought to be held to their contract and to submit their disput

Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Hill Dickinson
Hong Kong’s Court of Final Appeal provides clarity in landmark judgment giving primacy to an exclusive jurisdiction clause over insolvency proceedings

Hill Dickinson’s Hong Kong Commercial and Insolvency Disputes team acted for the successful respondent in Guy Kwok-Hung Lam (Respondent) -v- Tor Asia Credit Master Fund LP (Appellant) Final Appeal No.13 of 2022 (on appeal from CACV No. 393 of 2021 [2023] HKCFA 9).

Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Hill Dickinson, Insolvency, U.S. Court of Appeals
Re Guangdong Overseas Construction Corporation: Constructive takeaways from recent judgment on recognition/assistance application by Mainland administrator over Mainland company

The Facts – Shortly Stated

China, Hong Kong, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Des Voeux Chambers
Do directors owe any duty to creditors (and when does the duty arise)? Key takeaways from recent UK Supreme Court decision in BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and others [2022] UKSC 2

In this Article, José-Antonio Maurellet SC (a member of DVC and an Associate Member of 3 Verulam Buildings) and Michael Lok discuss the landmark decision just handed down by the Supreme Court of the United Kingdom in BTI 2014 LLC v Sequana SA and others 

Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Des Voeux Chambers, Board of directors, Insolvency, UK Supreme Court
Landmark judgment from Hong Kong Court of Appeal on the effect of exclusive jurisdiction clauses in insolvency proceedings

The Hong Kong commercial and insolvency disputes team acted for the successful appellant in Guy Kwok-Hung Lam -v- Tor Asia Credit Master Fund LP CACV 393/2021 [2022] HKCA 1297.

Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Hill Dickinson, Insolvency
Landmark judgment from Hong Kong Court of Appeal on the effect of exclusive jurisdiction clauses in insolvency proceedings

The Hong Kong commercial and insolvency disputes team acted for the successful appellant in Guy Kwok-Hung Lam -v- Tor Asia Credit Master Fund LP CACV 393/2021 [2022] HKCA 1297.

Hong Kong, United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Hill Dickinson, Insolvency