This is an extract from Financier Worldwide's August online publication entitled "Pension challenges in bankruptcy and restructuring processes."
REFLECTING ON THE LAST FEW YEARS, HOW WOULD YOU DESCRIBE OVERALL PENSION CHALLENGES ARISING FOR COMPANIES FACING BANKRUPTCY / INSOLVENCY AND RESTRUCTURING PROCESS? WHAT MAJOR TRENDS HAVE DEFINED THIS SPACE?
United Kingdom, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Macfarlanes LLP, Defined benefit pension plan, The Pensions Regulator (UK), Pension Protection Fund
The “Waterford Crystal” Judgment
Introduction
The Court of Justice of the European Union (“CJEU”) delivered its judgment in Hogan & Others v. Minister for Social and Family Affairs, Ireland, Attorney General [2013] CJEU Case C-398-11 on 25 April 2013.
European Union, Ireland, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Matheson LLP, Liquidation, Defined benefit pension plan