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Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal clarifies the law on common law recognition and assistance in the British Virgin Islands for cross border insolvencies

In its recent decision in Net International Property Limited v Erez, the Eastern Caribbean Court of Appeal considered whether the BVI Courts had jurisdiction at common law to recognize an insolvency office-holder appointed in the courts of Israel, and whether and to what extent the BVI Courts could grant assistance to that office-holder at common law.

British Virgin Islands, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Carey Olsen
Revisiting the DIFC Insolvency Law in the Context of the COVID-19 Crisis: An Innovative Toolkit for the Turnaround of Troubled Enterprises

In the wake of the high profile collapse of the private equity firm Abraaj Capital, the Dubai International Financial Centre (“DIFC”) updated its insolvency regime with the introduction on June 13, 2019 of the new DIFC Insolvency Law (Law No.1 of 2019) (the “DIFC Insolvency Law”).

United Arab Emirates, Insolvency & Restructuring, Dechert LLP, Private equity, Coronavirus
The UAE Bankruptcy Law: Stepping up to the challenges raised by the COVID-19 crisis

With the significant strain placed on market participants as a result of the combined impacts of the global COVID-19 pandemic, the oil price war and the ensuing liquidity and credit crunches, we expect that a number of enterprises in the United Arab Emirates ("UAE") will either be forced to carry out restructurings or otherwise undergo formal court-supervised insolvency processes.

United Arab Emirates, Insolvency & Restructuring, Dechert LLP, Private equity, Coronavirus