Hong Kong, Capital Markets, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, Due diligence, Initial public offerings
Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, Court of First Instance (Hong Kong)
Hong Kong, Compliance Management, Construction, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Reynolds Porter Chamberlain, Bankruptcy, Contempt of court, Costs, Court of First Instance (Hong Kong)
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- Court's obiter comments
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Introduction
Companies that the Financial Stability Oversight Council (FSOC) believes may be subject to FDIC receivership under the Orderly Liquidation Authority contained in Title II of the Dodd-Frank Act, and certain of their affiliates, are now subject to recordkeeping requirements related to their “qualified financial contracts”1 (QFCs).
USA, Banking, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Dechert LLP, Depository institution, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (USA), Financial Stability Oversight Council, Dodd-Frank Wall Street Reform and Consumer Protection Act 2010 (USA)
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Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, RPC, Discovery, Ex parte, Liquidation, Writ, Liquidator (law), Deloitte, Singapore High Court
From 1 April 2016, conditional fee agreements (CFA), after the event premiums and success fees will no longer be recoverable in insolvency cases.
The legislative change is set to have the biggest impact on lower-value insolvency cases (damages less than £500,000 and legal costs lower than £200,000).