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The widespread reach of the coronavirus (“Covid-19”) outbreak has unfavorably impacted numerous industries all over the world and sent shock waves across the global financial markets. As the outbreak has spread globally, a growing list of some of the world’s biggest companies have started to warn markets about the adverse impact the Covid-19 outbreak will have on their results and financial condition.

On December 19, 2019, the Second Circuit held that appellants’ state law constructive fraudulent transfer claims were preempted by virtue of the Bankruptcy Code’s safe harbors that exempt transfers made in connection with a contract for the purchase, sale or loan of a security from being clawed back into the bankruptcy estate for

On February 25, 2020, the United States Supreme Court in Rodriguez v. Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation[1] struck down a judicial federal common law rule—known as the Bob Richards rule—that is used by courts to allocate tax refunds among members of a corporate affiliated group where the group does not have a written tax sharing agreement in place, or, at least in some federal Circuits, where an agreement fails to allocate the refunds unambiguously.

On January 14, 2020, the Supreme Court of the United States issued a decision resolving the question of whether a motion for relief from the automatic stay constitutes a discrete dispute within the bankruptcy that creates a basis for a final appealable ruling, or whether it simply is a controversy that is part of the broader Chapter 11 case, such that appeals would not need to be taken until the conclusion of the Chapter 11 case.

David Baxter and Brian O’Malley, A&L Goodbody

This is an extract from the first edition of GRR's The Art of the Pre-Pack. The whole publication is available here.

Introduction

Pre-packs in Ireland probably are not as common as they should be. In theory, a pre-pack is broadly available in each of our insolvency procedures: liquidation, examinership and receivership.

Christopher Harlowe and Christopher Levers, Mourant

This is an extract from the first edition of GRR's The Art of the Pre-Pack. The whole publication is available here.

The Cayman Islands has established itself as the jurisdiction of choice for financially sophisticated businesses such as hedge funds, private equity funds, special purpose vehicles and trusts that use offshore vehicles.

Saam Golshani and Alexis Hojabr, White & Case LLP

This is an extract from the first edition of GRR's The Art of the Pre-Pack. The whole publication is available here.

Dominic Emmett and Hannah Cooper, Gilbert + Tobin

This is an extract from the first edition of GRR's The Art of the Pre-Pack. The whole publication is available here.

Dennis F Dunne, Dennis C O'Donnell and Nelly Almeida, Milbank LLP

This is an extract from the first edition of GRR's The Art of the Pre-Pack. The whole publication is available here.

Introduction

Jacqueline Ingram and Damilola Odetola, Milbank LLP

This is an extract from the first edition of GRR's The Art of the Pre-Pack. The whole publication is available here.