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M&A in the City: Lessons from Basslink - the coalface of credit bids for infrastructure assets

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Australia, Banking, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, King & Wood Mallesons, Foreign direct investment, Foreign Investment Review Board
A spot-fire mentality to Australia’s insolvency laws is still not the answer

On the 2 August 2021 Treasury released a consultation paper titled ‘Helping Companies Restructure by Improving Schemes of Arrangement. The consultation is aimed at reforming Australia’s scheme of arrangement procedure.

Australia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, King & Wood Mallesons, Coronavirus
Unauthorized UCC filings: a cautionary tale in the absence of requisite authority to file, a UCC termination statement is ineffective to bring a perfected security interest to an end

A recent decision by the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of New York1 found that a UCC-3 termination statement filed on behalf of a secured creditor was not effective because it lacked the proper authorization.

USA, New York, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Milbank LLP, Debtor, Uniform Commercial Code (USA), United States bankruptcy court