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Arbitration Agreements No Longer a Get-Out-of-Jail-Free Card for Insolvent Debtors: A Farewell to Salford Estates

The Judicial Committee of the Privy Council has decisively redrawn the boundaries between arbitration agreements and insolvency proceedings in the case of Sian Participation Corp (In Liquidation) v Halimeda International Ltd.[1]

United Kingdom, Arbitration & ADR, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, McDermott Will & Emery, Liquidation, Insolvency
Das Starug und dessen bedeutung für die restrukturierung von immobiliengesellschaften - Die wichtigsten fragen und antworten

Insolvenzanträge von namhaften Projektentwicklern und Immobiliengesellschaften stellen die betroffenen Unternehmen und ihre Gläubiger vor große Herausforderungen und setzen die gesamte Immobilienbranche unter Druck. Gleichzeitig gewinnen alternative Restrukturierungsmethoden, die außerhalb oder bereits im Vorfeld eines formalen Insolvenzverfahrens stattfinden, zunehmend an Bedeutung.

Vor diesem Hintergrund fällt auch vermehrt das Stichwort “StaRUG“, wenn es um die Restrukturierung von immobilienhaltenden Gesellschaften geht.

Germany, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, McDermott Will & Emery, Real Estate
Court of Appeal summaries (April 15 - April 19)

Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of April 15, 2024.

Canada, Ontario, Company & Commercial, Family, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Personal Injury, Professional Negligence, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Abbott Laboratories, European Securities and Markets Authority, Supreme Court of Canada, Court of Appeal for Ontario
England and Wales: overview of restructuring mechanisms and recent developments

Matthew Czyzyk, Natalie Blanc, Natalie Raine and Emily Ma, Ropes & Gray

This is an extract from the 2024 edition of GRR's Europe, Middle East and Africa Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.

United Kingdom, England & Wales, Compliance Management, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Global Restructuring Review, Corporate governance, Secured creditor, Liquidator (law), Directors' duties, Company voluntary arrangement, Insolvency, HM Revenue and Customs (UK), Companies Act 2006 (UK), Insolvency Act 1986 (UK), Corporate Insolvency and Governance Act 2020, Directive on Preventive Restructuring Frameworks (2019/1023/EU), Insolvency Regulation (1346/2000) (EU)
Is 2024 finally the year? Key drivers of restructuring and the UK and European commercial real estate market in 2024

Mark Fine, Usman Khan and Sunay Radia, McDermott Will & Emery

This is an extract from the 2024 edition of GRR's Europe, Middle East and Africa Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.

European Union, United Kingdom, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Global Restructuring Review, Private equity, Insolvency
Saudi Arabia: Key developments of the Bankruptcy Law and latest trends

Amar Meher, Addleshaw Goddard LLP

This is an extract from the 2024 edition of GRR's Europe, Middle East and Africa Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.

This is an Insight article, written by a selected partner as part of GRR's co-published content. Read more on Insight

Saudi Arabia, Insolvency & Restructuring, Global Restructuring Review
Greece: Significant reform to insolvency law

Alexandros Kontogeorgiou and Georgia Papathanasiou, Kontogeorgiou Bakopanou & Associates Law Firm

This is an extract from the 2024 edition of GRR's Europe, Middle East and Africa Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.

Greece, Compliance Management, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Global Restructuring Review, Transfer pricing, Articles of association, Insolvency, European Commission, Bankruptcy Code (2020/4738) (Greece), Directive on Preventive Restructuring Frameworks (2019/1023/EU)
Switzerland: one year after the revision of the Swiss Restructuring Law and potentially viable restructuring approaches from a corporate law perspective

Alexander Vogel and Marc Baumberger, MLL Legal

This is an extract from the 2024 edition of GRR's Europe, Middle East and Africa Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.

Switzerland, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Global Restructuring Review
Court of Appeal summaries (January 15 - January 19)

Following are our summaries of the civil decisions of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of January 15, 2024.

Canada, USA, Ontario, Banking, Company & Commercial, Derivatives, Family, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Real Estate, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Due diligence, Barclays, Commodity Futures Trading Commission (USA), FERC, HSBC, Bank of Nova Scotia, Competition Act 1985 (Canada), Supreme Court of Canada, Court of Appeal for Ontario
Court of Appeal summaries (December 18-22)

Good afternoon. Following are this week’s summaries of the Court of Appeal for Ontario for the week of December 18, 2023.

Canada, Ontario, Banking, Company & Commercial, Environment & Climate Change, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, Litigation, Personal Injury, Real Estate, Blaney McMurtry LLP, Due diligence, ESG, Court of Appeal for Ontario