Summary
The Court of Appeal’s judgment in The Trustees of the Olympic Airlines SA Pension & Life Insurance Scheme v Olympic Airlines SA [2013] EWCA Civ 643 has clarified what is required to fall within the definition of an ‘establishment’ for the purposes of the EC Insolvency Regulation (the Insolvency Regulation).
European Union, United Kingdom, Aviation, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer, Pension Protection Fund, Pensions Act 2004 (UK), Court of Appeal of England & Wales
On July 30, 2010 the Italian Parliament passed Law 122/20101 which, among others, improved the restructuring proceedings governed by the Italian Bankruptcy Law2 (“IBL”).
The improvements operate on two fronts of restructuring deals which had proven to be still unclear (and thus risky) despite the recent reform:
Italy, Insolvency & Restructuring, Orrick, Herrington & Sutcliffe LLP, Bankruptcy, Shareholder, Debtor, Unsecured debt, Mortgage loan, Negligence, Capital punishment, Bridge loan, United States bankruptcy court