In this article, partner Bertrand Géradin and managing associate David Al Mari from Ogier’s Restructuring and Insolvency team in Luxembourg provide a high level summary of the enforcement mechanisms related to share pledges in Luxembourg. This article first appeared in Chambers Expert Focus Guides.

Our analysis of a recent court judgment in the ongoing liquidation of the high profile crypto-asset hedge fund Three Arrows Capital is by Nicholas Brookes and Romauld Johnson, part of Ogier's BVI team representing the joint liquidators.

Read our update on crypto insolvency issues from Three Arrows, which illustrates implications of the judgment including

A Court-approved reduction of capital is one of the corporate reorganisation tools that has been successfully deployed by listed companies domiciled in the Cayman Islands in order to manage debt and liquidity.

The variable capital company (VCC) structure was established by Singapore in 2020. Since then, Singapore has reported a total of 969 incorporated or re-domiciled VCCs representing 1,995 sub-funds, both umbrella and standalone.

This article will look at the recent decision of David Doyle J in In the Matter of HQP Corporation Limited (in Official Liquidation) (7 July 2023) and its effect on the ability of investors to recover damages from a company in which they have acquired shares as a result of a fraudulent misrepresentation.

Introduction

The case involved an application by liquidators for direction in relation to three issues in the winding up of the Company:

Gregg Galardi, Matthew Czyzyk, Natalie Blanc and Emily Ma, Ropes & Gray

This is an extract from the 2024 edition of GRR's the Americas Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.

Richard J Cooper, Lisa M Schweitzer and Richard C Minott, Cleary Gottlieb Steen & Hamilton

This is an extract from the 2024 edition of GRR's the Americas Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.

Fabio Guzmán-Saladín and Pamela Benzán Arbaje, Guzmán Ariza

This is an extract from the 2024 edition of GRR's the Americas Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.

John Wasty, John Riihiluoma, Lalita Vaswani and James Batten, Appleby

This is an extract from the 2024 edition of GRR's the Americas Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.

In summary