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Corporate Insights: Ten Reasons to Expect an Increase in Financial Restructurings in 2025

1. Commercial Chapter 11 Bankruptcy Filings Have Increased Significantly Year-Over-Year: There has been a significant increase in the number of commercial Chapter 11 cases (larger company filings) in 2024. By way of example, there were 1,894 commercial Chapter 11 filings (including subchapter V filings) during the first quarter of 2024, up 43% from the 1,325 total commercial chapter 11 filings during the first calendar quarter of 2023 according to data provided by Epiq Bankruptcy, the leading provider of U.S. bankruptcy filing data.

USA, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Bowditch & Dewey LLP, Financial services banks
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
Implications of the Rule in Gibbs on the Effectiveness of Schemes of Arrangement to Compromise US Law-governed Debt

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.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Global Restructuring Review, Debt, Scheme of arrangment, Gibbs
Recent Developments in DIP Financing for International and Domestic Debtors

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.

USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Global Restructuring Review, Private equity
Dominican Republic: Law 141-15’s Challenges and Application

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.

Dominican Republic, Compliance Management, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Global Restructuring Review
Bermuda: Insolvency in a Consistently Reliable Restructuring Jurisdiction

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.

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Bermuda, Company & Commercial, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Global Restructuring Review, Supply chain, Liquidation, Insolvency, Judicial Insolvency Network