The first half of 2024 saw a number of high-profile insolvencies in the fashion sector including the online retailer Matches Fashion and brands such as The Vampire’s Wife and Roksanda. Indeed Matches was reported to have owed over £35.9 million to various luxury brands, with a low percentage in respect of the amount recovered for supplier brands.
So, what can brands do to guard against retailers and wholesalers in the fashion supply chain becoming insolvent?
Retention of title – Incorporate a robust clause into your sale contracts
In the July 2024 edition of the Restructuring Department Bulletin, we highlight recent decisions and developments impacting the restructuring arena and share the latest news on the Paul, Weiss Restructuring Department.
Regularly the news media reports that a fashion business is in difficulty or is about to, or has gone into, administration. But what is the purpose of administration? What does an Administrator do? Most importantly how should suppliers deal with an Administrator? And what does administration mean for a company’s creditors?
Purpose
On June 20, 2024, the United States Bankruptcy Court for the Southern District of Texas (the “Court”) issued a memorandum decision and order in the adversary proceeding involving Robertshaw US Holding Corp.
Alice Eaton and Sean Mitchell Discuss Paul, Weiss’s Restructuring
Practice in Vault Q&A
Alice and Sean describe the breadth of Paul, Weiss’s Restructuring
practice and what sets the practice apart in a Q&A in the 2024 edition
of “Practice Perspectives: Vault’s Guide to Legal Practice Areas.”
Elizabeth McColm and Sean Mitchell Publish “USA” Chapter in
ICLG – Restructuring & Insolvency 2024
In the latest ICLG – Restructuring & Insolvency Laws & Regulations,
Elizabeth and Sean discuss common issues in restructurings and
Alice Eaton Featured at Wharton’s PE and Venture Capital Conference
Restructuring partner Alice Eaton spoke on the panel “Adjusting to a New Era: Redefining Value Creation in Uncertain Times,” as part of the Wharton School of the University of Pennsylvania’s 2024 Private Equity and Venture Capital Conference on March 29. The panel covered the use of innovative financing instruments and structures for investments in distressed assets.
Elizabeth McColm Discusses Women in Restructuring at Winter Bankruptcy Conference
On April 22, 2024, in the chapter 11 cases of GOL Linhas Aéreas Inteligentes S.A.
Motions to Transfer Venue Filed More Than a Year Postpetition and after Chapter 11 Plan Confirmed Deemed Untimely
In the March 2024 edition of the Restructuring Department Bulletin, we highlight recent decisions and developments impacting the restructuring arena and share the latest news on the Paul, Weiss Restructuring Department.
In the February 2024 edition of the Restructuring Department Bulletin, we highlight recent decisions and developments impacting the restructuring arena and share the latest news on the Paul, Weiss Restructuring Department.
In the February 2024 edition of the Restructuring Department Bulletin, we highlight recent decisions and developments impacting the restructuring arena and share the latest news on the Paul, Weiss Restructuring Department.