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    UK insolvency statistics signal a potentially serious underlying concern about the UK economy
    2020-01-31

    Yesterday the UK Insolvency Service released their quarterly statistics spanning October to December 2019. These confirm that liquidations and administrations in 2019 hit levels not seen for over five years. This signals a potentially serious underlying concern about the UK economy.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Public, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Brexit, Landlord
    Authors:
    Katharina Crinson , Adam Gallagher
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
    Managing pensions risk in corporate groups
    2018-01-30

    5 What will happen if a Type A event occurs? If a Type A event occurs without appropriate steps being taken there can be a number of consequences. (i) Impact on relationship with pension scheme trustees Pension schemes have long term liabilities. Sponsoring employers therefore generally expect to have a long term relationship with the trustees of their scheme. That relationship could be damaged if a Type A event occurs and the trustees are not kept informed or if they consider that their concerns about such events have not been addressed.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
    Disposizioni urgenti a sostegno delle imprese, in materia di procedure esecutive e concorsuali - Decreto Legge 59/2016 del 3 maggio 2016
    2016-05-10

    E’ stato pubblicato sulla Gazzetta Ufficiale n. 59 del 3 maggio 2016 il Decreto Legge recante “Disposizioni urgenti in materia di procedure esecutive e concorsuali nonché a favore degli investitori in banche in liquidazione” (il Decreto). Il Decreto dovrà essere convertito in legge entro il 2 luglio 2016 (60 giorni dalla data di pubblicazione). Di seguito una breve descrizione delle misure più rilevanti.

    Una nuova forma di garanzia, il “pegno mobiliare non possessorio”

    Filed under:
    Italy, Insolvency & Restructuring, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
    Location:
    Italy
    Firm:
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
    CNS and FSDs rank as provable debts
    2013-10-08

    On 24 July 2013, the Supreme Court handed down its long-awaited judgment in the Nortel/Lehman case on where a contribution notice (CN) or financial support direction (FSD) issued by the Pensions Regulator (TPR) on a company that is already in insolvency proceedings (eg administration) ranks in the order of priority of payment.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Employee Benefits & Pensions, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Debt, The Pensions Regulator
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
    A commercial approach to the balance sheet insolvency test
    2011-03-15

    We reported on the High Court case of BNY Corporate Trustee Services Limited v Eurosail in August 2010 and last week's Court of Appeal decision provides further important guidance on the interpretation of the balance sheet insolvency.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Balance sheet, Court of Appeal of England & Wales, High Court of Justice, Trustee
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
    A perpetual headache: ‘flip’ clause declared unenforceable by US Bankruptcy Court
    2010-01-28

    The US Bankruptcy Court has issued a declaratory judgment that the relevant clause flipping priority from the swap counterparty to the noteholders constituted an ipso facto provision and was therefore unenforceable – a judgment that produces a different result under US law to that established by the Court of Appeal in the Perpetual Trustee case from November 2009.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, USA, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Swap (finance), Constitution, Trustee
    Location:
    United Kingdom, USA
    Firm:
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
    Pre-pack administration
    2009-06-04

    Summary

    A recent court decision confirmed that transparent pre-pack sales can be used where they are in the best interests of the creditors as a whole. The court ruled that:

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Unsecured debt, Debt, Liquidation, Precondition, HM Revenue and Customs (UK), Department for Business, Enterprise and Regulatory Reform
    Authors:
    Richard Tett , Catherine Balmond , Margaret Rhodes
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
    Secured creditors: no access to prescribed part
    2008-02-25

    Summary

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Share (finance), Unsecured debt, Debt, Liquidation, Secured creditor, Unsecured creditor, Insolvency Act 1986 (UK), Enterprise Act 2002 (UK), House of Lords
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
    New FCA draft guidance sets out an interventionist approach to restructuring plans, schemes of arrangement and CVAs
    2022-02-02

    On 25 January 2022, the Financial Conduct Authority (FCA) published draft guidance on how it will approach ‘compromises’ by regulated firms. The guidance is expressed to cover restructuring plans, schemes of arrangement and CVAs.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Financial Conduct Authority (UK)
    Authors:
    Katharina Crinson , Craig Montgomery
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP
    International recognition of English schemes of arrangement: Brexit changed nothing (and contested restructurings are here to stay)
    2021-08-02

    A recent England and Wales High Court decision demonstrates the increasingly litigious nature of Court-supervised restructuring processes. It also addresses the Court’s approach to whether foreign recognition risks represent a ‘blot’ on a proposed scheme of arrangement so that the Court should decline sanction ('the recognition/blot question').

    Filed under:
    European Union, United Kingdom, England & Wales, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP, Brexit
    Authors:
    Kevin Whibley , Frank Clarke
    Location:
    European Union, United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Freshfields Bruckhaus Deringer LLP

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