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On 31 October 2023, Federal Law No. 51 of 2023 Promulgating the Financial and Bankruptcy Law (the Bankruptcy Law) was published in the United Arab Emirates (UAE) Official Gazette, repealing the prior federal law on bankruptcy (Federal Law No. 9 of 2016, the Prior Law) and significantly developing the bankruptcy regime in the UAE.

A recent decision of the Alberta Court of Queen’s Bench in Tallgrass10 clarifies the threshold that a company must meet when it seeks relief pursuant to the CCAA11, particularly when such an application is met with a competing applicati