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    Court of Appeal confirms that the Quincecare duty does not extend to protect creditors
    2021-04-26

    The Court of Appeal has struck out Quincecare duty and dishonest assistance claims brought by the liquidators of a company running a Ponzi scheme against a correspondent bank that operated various accounts for the company.

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Banking, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    Authors:
    Chris Bushell , Ceri Morgan , Andrew Cooke , Nihar Lovell
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    Ya hay propuesta de fecha para el levantamiento de la moratoria de accesos
    2021-04-20

    Esta Resolución, tramitada con arreglo a lo previsto en el artículo 13 de la Circular 1/2021, de 20 de enero, de la CNMC, por la que se establece la metodología y condiciones del acceso y de la conexión a las redes de transporte y distribución de las instalaciones de producción de energía eléctrica, vendría a completar el marco normativo del acceso y conexión y daría cumplimiento a lo previsto en su Disposición Transitoria Única. De esta forma:

    Filed under:
    Spain, Energy & Natural Resources, Insolvency & Restructuring, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    Authors:
    Iria Calviño , José Ramón Mourenza , Mónica de Hevia
    Location:
    Spain
    Firm:
    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    Not a soft touch - Hong Kong Court’s increased scrutiny of offshore soft-touch provisional liquidations
    2021-03-23

    A recent pair of decisions of the Hong Kong Companies Court (the “Court”) has immense potential significance for debtor companies listed on the Stock Exchange of Hong Kong (“HKEx”) and their Hong Kong creditors.

    Facts

    Re Lamtex Holdings Ltd [2021] HKCFI 622 and Re Ping An Securities Group (Holdings) Ltd [2021] HKCFI 651 both involved a familiar factual scenario:

    Filed under:
    Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    Authors:
    Gareth Thomas , Alexander Aitken , Jojo Fan , Peter Ng
    Location:
    Hong Kong
    Firm:
    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    High Court allows non-party access to witness statements referred to at hearing relating to proposed scheme of arrangement
    2021-03-17

    A recent decision illustrates the court’s approach to providing non-party access to documents referred to at a public hearing, in the context of a proposed scheme of arrangement: Re Port Finance Investment Ltd [2021] EWHC 454 (Ch).

    Filed under:
    United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    Authors:
    Anna Pertoldi , Maura McIntosh
    Location:
    United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    Prórroga de la moratoria concursal hasta el 31 de diciembre de 2021 y aprobación de medidas económicas y procesales adicionales
    2021-03-17

    El Real Decreto-ley 5/2021, de 12 de marzo, de medidas extraordinarias de apoyo a la solvencia empresarial en respuesta a la pandemia del Covid-19, se ha aprobado con el fin de proteger el tejido productivo y evitar un impacto estructural sobre la economía tras la significativa reducción de ingresos de muchas empresas y autónomos.

    Filed under:
    Spain, Insolvency & Restructuring, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Coronavirus
    Authors:
    Marta Rey
    Location:
    Spain
    Firm:
    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    A Day Late And A Dollar Short - Reminder on Applications to Adjourn Winding Up Petitions
    2021-03-10

    Companies planning to resist a winding up petition and seek an adjournment on the ground of progressing a restructuring plan are reminded to produce timely and sufficient evidence in support of their application for an adjournment, in particular evidence of creditors’ support, provides the Hong Kong Companies Court (Court) in Re Founder Information (Hong Kong) Limited [2021] HKCFI 311.

    Filed under:
    Hong Kong, Insolvency & Restructuring, Litigation, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    Authors:
    Gareth Thomas , Alexander Aitken , Peter Ng
    Location:
    Hong Kong
    Firm:
    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    Impact of Brexit on applicable law in cross-border insolvencies
    2021-02-25

    From 31 December 2020, the European Regulation on Insolvency Proceedings (the “EIR”) ceased to apply in the UK. As a result:

    Filed under:
    European Union, United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Public, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Brexit, UNCITRAL
    Authors:
    John Whiteoak , Kevin Pullen , John Chetwood , Andrew Cooke
    Location:
    European Union, United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    Insurance and Reinsurance Disputes Annual Review 2020
    2021-02-11

    INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE DISPUTES

    2020 REVIEW

    The contents of this publication are for reference purposes only. They do not constitute legal advice and should not be relied upon as such. Specific legal advice about your specific circumstances should always be sought separately before taking any action based on this publication.

    INSURANCE AND REINSURANCE DISPUTES 2020 REVIEW

    Contents

    Preface

    Filed under:
    European Union, United Kingdom, Aviation, Company & Commercial, Competition & Antitrust, Employment & Labor, Environment & Climate Change, Healthcare & Life Sciences, Insolvency & Restructuring, Insurance, IT & Data Protection, Litigation, Real Estate, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, Brexit, Employee Retirement Income Security Act 1974 (USA), Money laundering, Mediation, Due diligence, Force majeure, Personal data, Cybersecurity, Coronavirus, Financial Conduct Authority (UK), European Commission, Barclays, HM Revenue and Customs (UK), CJEU, Serious Fraud Office (UK), European Medicines Agency, House of Lords, European Free Trade Association, GDPR, Solvency II Directive (2009/138/EU), Court of Justice of the European Union, Employment Appeal Tribunal, Technology and Construction Court
    Location:
    European Union, United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    Cross-border insolvencies in the UK and the EU - a quick guide
    2021-02-04

    At 11pm on 31 December 2020, the UK left the European single market at the end of the transition period agreed as part of the 2019 Withdrawal Agreement. The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement that was reached on Christmas Eve made no provision for continued recognition of, or co-operation in, insolvency and restructuring proceedings. This briefing considers the implications of this and we examine how:

    Filed under:
    European Union, United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, UNCITRAL, EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
    Authors:
    John Whiteoak , Kevin Pullen , John Chetwood
    Location:
    European Union, United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP
    Cross-border insolvencies in the UK and the EU - a quick guide
    2021-02-04

    At 11pm on 31 December 2020, the UK left the European single market at the end of the transition period agreed as part of the 2019 Withdrawal Agreement. The EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement that was reached on Christmas Eve made no provision for continued recognition of, or co-operation in, insolvency and restructuring proceedings. This briefing considers the implications of this and we examine how:

    Filed under:
    European Union, United Kingdom, Insolvency & Restructuring, Herbert Smith Freehills LLP, EU-UK Trade and Cooperation Agreement
    Authors:
    John Whiteoak , Kevin Pullen , John Chetwood , Andrew Cooke
    Location:
    European Union, United Kingdom
    Firm:
    Herbert Smith Freehills LLP

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