Ken Baird, Katharina Crinson, Guilhem Bremond, Michael Broeders, Charlotte Ausema, Jan-Philip Wilde, Ana López, Silvia Angós, Mark Liscio and Samantha Braunstein, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

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Mark Goodman, Katie Logan and Jordie Fienberg, Campbells

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Diego Sierra and Jessika Rocha, Von Wobeser y Sierra, SC

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Elizabeth McColm, Brian Bolin and Mitchell Mengden, Paul Weiss Rifkind Wharton & Garrison

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Gianfranco Lotito and Andrés Ignacio Lafuente Quiroz, Cuatrecasas

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Ken Baird, Katharina Crinson, Guilhem Bremond, Michael Broeders, Charlotte Ausema, Jan-Philip Wilde, Ana López, Silvia Angós, Mark Liscio and Samantha Braunstein, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer

This is an extract from the 2024 edition of GRR's the Americas Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.

Peter Ferrer, Harneys

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The Federal Court has recently conferred examination powers on an offshore trustee who was foreign representative for the purposes of obtaining Model Law recognition of a Swiss insolvency proceeding for the purposes of undertaking public examinations in Australia.

The decision is a reminder of the flexibility of the Model Law in assisting the recovery of assets and claims in aid of a foreign insolvency proceeding.

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On 1 November 2023, the Luxembourg law dated 7 August 2023, issued from Draft Bill No. 6539A on business preservation and modernization of the insolvency law ("Law" or "Reform"), entered into force.

While initial discussions leading to this Reform started about ten years ago¹, the need for suitable instruments to address financial difficulties in businesses was further emphasized by the pandemic, resulting in a notable increase in bankruptcies in Luxembourg since 2021.

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A selection of newly announced legislation and court decisions reinterpreting private law.

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