The StaRUG provides for a so-called stabilisation order to make it easier for companies to restructure. This is also referred to as a moratorium. We explain the requirements and consequences.
Germany, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, GÖRG Partnerschaft von Rechtsanwälten
This briefing first appeared in the June 2020 edition of South Square Digest.
Executive Summary
In February 2020 the British Virgin Islands Commercial Court (the "BVI Court") sanctioned a creditor scheme of arrangement, which was part of a much larger cross boarder restructuring. This scheme of arrangement, which as a creditor scheme was itself rare for the BVI, was preceded by the BVI's first ever "soft touch" provisional liquidation (in linked proceedings), which commenced in December 2018.
British Virgin Islands, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Ogier, Coronavirus