Key Points:
Australia, Banking, Corporate Finance/M&A, Insolvency & Restructuring, King & Wood Mallesons, Foreign direct investment, Foreign Investment Review Board
The perception of Australia as being a relatively “risky” place to sit on a Board has generally focused on the insolvent trading prohibition in section 588G of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and how it interacts with general directors’ duties.[1]
Australia, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Trade & Customs, King & Wood Mallesons, Board of directors
Overview
The perception of Australia as a relatively “risky” place to sit on a board, arises in no small part from the insolvent trading prohibition in section 588G of the Corporations Act 2001 (Cth) and how it interacts with general directors’ duties.[1]
Australia, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, King & Wood Mallesons, Corporations Act 2001 (Australia)
In In re Washington Mutual, Inc., No. 08-12229 (MFW), 2011 WL 4090757 (Bankr. D. Del. Sept.
USA, Delaware, Capital Markets, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, White Collar Crime, Sheppard Mullin Richter & Hampton LLP, Confidentiality, Bankruptcy, Debtor, Hedge funds, Insider trading, Misappropriation, Promulgation, Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation (USA), JPMorgan Chase, Securities Exchange Act 1934 (USA), United States bankruptcy court, US District Court for District of Delaware