Peter Ferrer, Harneys

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Gregg Galardi, Daniel Anderson, Matthew Czyzyk, Janice Ng, Natalie Blanc and Emily Ma, Ropes & Gray

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Juan Carlos Machorro, Carlos Olvera and Ricardo Orea, Santamarina y Steta

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Gianfranco Lotito, Cuatrecasas

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Mark Goodman and Katie Logan, Campbells

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Ken Baird, Mark Liscio, Michael Broeders, Marvin Knapp, Samantha Braunstein, Katharina Crinson, Laurent Mabilat, Ana Lóppez and Silvia Anggós, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

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

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In October 2022, the English High Court delivered a long-awaited judgment¹ relating to whether or not certain Bankruptcy Events of Default can be cured under the ISDA 2002 and 1992 Master Agreements ("ISDA Master Agreements") - resolving an issue relating to the suspensory effect of conditions precedent to payments and performance under ISDA Master Agreements raised in the English Court of Appeal earlier in the Lehman administration.

As the UK teeters on the brink of what would appear to be an inevitable recession, new restructuring tools introduced in the UK in 2020 pursuant to the Corporate Insolvency & Governance Act 2020 (“CIGA”) will ensure that issuers and other distressed borrowers can execute more creative and aggressive restructuring strategies than were possible during previous market downturns. A brief summary of the new UK restructuring plan is set out below, together with some examples as to how the restructuring plan is being used in practice.

What is the so-called "creditor duty"?

This is the duty, introduced into English common law by the leading case of West Mercia Safetywear v Dodd1 in 1988, of company directors to consider, or act in accordance with, the interests of the company's creditors when the company becomes insolvent, or when it approaches, or is at real risk of insolvency.

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