Paul Apáthy and Angus Dick, Herbert Smith Freehills
This is an extract from the 2021 edition of GRR's the Asia-Pacific Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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Heidi Chui, Stevenson, Wong & Co
This is an extract from the 2021 edition of GRR's the Asia-Pacific Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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Chul Man Kim, Ki Young Kim, Sun Kyoung Kim, Su Yeon Lee, Jin Seok Choi and Sy Nae Kim, Yulchon LLC
This is an extract from the 2021 edition of GRR's the Asia-Pacific Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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Debby Sulaiman, Hiswara Bunjamin & Tandjung
This is an extract from the 2021 edition of GRR's the Asia-Pacific Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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Abhishek Tripathi and Mani Gupta, Sarthak Advocates & Solicitors
This is an extract from the 2021 edition of GRR's the Asia-Pacific Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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Nuo Ji, Lingqi Wang and Jessica Li, Fangda Partners
This is an extract from the 2021 edition of GRR's the Asia-Pacific Restructuring Review. The whole publication is available here.
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In several recent judgments in cases centring on complex commercial and regulatory disputes, the High Court has grappled with a number of important aspects of legal professional privilege under English law. Certain of these decisions, and their implications for parties to such disputes, are highlighted below.
Litigation privilege: sole or dominant purpose
October Bankruptcy Developments
In a victory for minority noteholders opposing an out-of-court restructuring of their distressed issuer, New York's highest court ruled last week that a holder's right to receive or sue for payment on its notes survived an exercise of statutory remedies by the trustee, conducted at the direction of a noteholder majority, that would have cancelled the holder's notes without its consent and replaced them with equity securities.
1. Background and Overview
As described in our Client Alert "The new German business stabilization and restructuring regime ("German Scheme")" dated 12 October 2020, the German Federal Ministry of Justice and Consumer Protection had presented a draft bill (the "Original Bill") to introduce a new business stabilization and restructuring framework - the new "German Scheme" - into German law.